[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: 29CFR784.1]

[Page 619-620]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 784_PROVISIONS OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT APPLICABLE TO FISHING 
AND OPERATIONS ON AQUATIC PRODUCTS--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 784.1  General scope of the Act.

    The Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended, is a Federal statute of 
general application which establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, equal 
pay, and child labor requirements that apply as provided in the Act. 
Employers and employees in enterprises engaged in fishing and related 
activities, or in operations on aquatic products on

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shore, need to know how the Act applies to employment in these 
enterprises so that they may understand their rights and obligations 
under the law. All employees whose employment has the relationship to 
interstate or foreign commerce which the Act specifies are subject to 
the prescribed labor standards unless specifically exempted from them. 
Employers having such employees are required to comply with the Act's 
provisions in this regard and with specified recordkeeping requirements 
contained in part 516 of this chapter. The law authorizes the Department 
of Labor to investigate for compliance and, in the event of violations, 
to supervise the payment of unpaid minimum wages or unpaid overtime 
compensation owing to any employee. The law also provides for 
enforcement in the courts.