[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR783.18]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 783_APPLICATION OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT TO EMPLOYEES 
EMPLOYED AS SEAMEN--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 783.18  Commerce activities of employees.

    Prior to the 1961 Amendments, the Fair Labor Standards Act applied 
to all employees, not specifically exempted, who are engaged (a) in 
interstate or foreign commerce or (b) in the production of goods for 
such commerce, which is defined to include any closely related process 
or occupation directly, essential to such production (29 U.S.C. 206(a), 
207(a); and see Sec. Sec. 783.12 to 783.15 for definitions governing 
the scope of this coverage). The Act as amended in 1961 continues this 
coverage. In general, employees of businesses concerned with the 
transportation of

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goods or persons on navigable waters are engaged in interstate or 
foreign commerce, or in the production of goods for such commerce, as 
defined in the Act, and are subject to the Act's provisions except as 
otherwise provided in sections 13(a)(14) and 13(b)(6) or other express 
exemptions. A detailed discussion of the activities in commerce or in 
the production of goods for commerce which will bring an employee under 
the Act is contained in part 776 of this chapter, dealing with general 
coverage.