[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: 29CFR794.112]

[Page 704]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 794_PARTIAL OVERTIME EXEMPTION FOR EMPLOYEES OF WHOLESALE OR BULK 
 
Subpart B_Exemption From Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section 7(b)(3) 
                               of the Act
 
Sec. 794.112  Only independent and local enterprises qualify for 
exemption.

    The legislative history of the exemption (Sec. 794.101) shows that 
the proponents of an amendment to provide the relief which it grants 
from the overtime pay provisions of the Act were organizations of 
independent local merchants who did not as a rule engage extensively in 
interstate operations such as those typical of major oil companies, and 
who functioned primarily at the local level in distributing petroleum 
products at wholesale or in bulk. As a result the exemption provided by 
the Act, like that requested, was limited to enterprises which are 
``local'' (Sec. 794.113) and are ``independently owned and controlled'' 
(Sec. Sec. 794.114-794.118).