[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: 29CFR783.3]

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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. 783.3  Significance of official interpretations.

    This part contains the official interpretations of the Department of 
Labor pertaining to the provisions of section 6(b)(2) and the exemptions 
provided in sections 13(a)(14) and 13(b)(6) of the Act. It is intended 
that the positions stated concerning the Act will serve as ``a practical 
guide to employers and employees as to how the office representing the 
public interest in its enforcement will seek to apply it'' (Skidmore v. 
Swift, 323 U.S. 134). The Secretary of Labor and the Administrator will 
follow these interpretations in the performance of their duties under 
the Act, unless and until they are otherwise directed by authoritative 
decisions of the courts or conclude upon re-examination of an 
interpretation that it is incorrect. The interpretations contained 
herein may be relied upon in accordance with section 10 of the Portal-
to-Portal Act (29 U.S.C. 251-262), so long as they remain effective and 
are not modified, amended, rescinded, or determined by judicial 
authority to be incorrect.