[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: 29CFR785.17]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 785_HOURS WORKED--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart C_Application of Principles
 
Sec. 785.17  On-call time.

    An employee who is required to remain on call on the employer's 
premises or so close thereto that he cannot use the time effectively for 
his own purposes is working while ``on call''. An employee who is not 
required to remain on the employer's premises but is merely required to 
leave word at his home or with company officials where he may be reached 
is not working while on call. (Armour & Co. v. Wantock, 323 U.S. 126 
(1944); Handler v. Thrasher, 191 F. 2d 120 (C.A. 10, 1951); Walling v. 
Bank of Waynesboro, Georgia, 61 F. Supp. 384 (S.D. Ga. 1945))

                          Rest and Meal Periods