[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 29, Volume 3] [Revised as of July 1, 2006] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 29CFR785.1] [Page 641-642] TITLE 29--LABOR CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PART 785_HOURS WORKED--Table of Contents Subpart A_General Considerations Sec. 785.1 Introductory statement. Subpart A_General Considerations Sec. 785.1 Introductory statement. 785.2 Decisions on interpretations; use of interpretations. 785.3 Period of effectiveness of interpretations. 785.4 Application to Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act. Subpart B_Principles for Determination of Hours Worked 785.5 General requirements of sections 6 and 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act. 785.6 Definition of ``employ'' and partial defintion of ``hours worked''. 785.7 Judicial construction. 785.8 Effect of custom, contract, or agreement. 785.9 Statutory exceptions. Subpart C_Application of Principles 785.10 Scope of subpart. Employees ``Suffered or Permitted'' to Work 785.11 General. 785.12 Work performed away from the premises or job site. 785.13 Duty of management. Waiting Time 785.14 General. 785.15 On duty. 785.16 Off duty. 785.17 On-call time. Rest and Meal Periods 785.18 Rest. 785.19 Meal. Sleeping Time and Certain Other Activities 785.20 General. 785.21 Less than 24-hour duty. 785.22 Duty of 24 hours or more. 785.23 Employees residing on employer's premises or working at home. Preparatory and Concluding Activities 785.24 Principles noted in Portal-to-Portal Bulletin. 785.25 Illustrative U.S. Supreme Court decisions. 785.26 Section 3(o) of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Lectures, Meetings and Training Programs 785.27 General. 785.28 Involuntary attendance. 785.29 Training directly related to employee's job. 785.30 Independent training. 785.31 Special situations. 785.32 Apprenticeship training. Traveltime 785.33 General. [[Page 642]] 785.34 Effect of section 4 of the Portal-to-Portal Act. 785.35 Home to work; ordinary situation. 785.36 Home to work in emergency situations. 785.37 Home to work on special one-day assignment in another city. 785.38 Travel that is all in the day's work. 785.39 Travel away from home community. 785.40 When private automobile is used in travel away from home community. 785.41 Work performed while traveling. Adjusting Grievances, Medical Attention, Civic and Charitable Work, and Suggestion Systems 785.42 Adjusting grievances. 785.43 Medical attention. 785.44 Civic and charitable work. 785.45 Suggestion systems. Subpart D_Recording Working Time 785.46 Applicable regulations governing keeping of records. 785.47 Where records show insubstantial or insignificant periods of time. 785.48 Use of time clocks. Subpart E_Miscellaneous Provisions 785.49 Applicable provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. 785.50 Section 4 of the Portal-to-Portal Act. Authority: 52 Stat. 1060; 29 U.S.C. 201-219. Source: 26 FR 190, Jan. 11, 1961, unless otherwise noted. Section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206) requires that each employee, not specifically exempted, who is engaged in commerce, or in the production of goods for commerce, or who is employed in an enterprise engaged in commerce, or in the production of goods for commerce receive a specified minimum wage. Section 7 of the Act (29 U.S.C. 207) provides that persons may not be employed for more than a stated number of hours a week without receiving at least one and one-half times their regular rate of pay for the overtime hours. The amount of money an employee should receive cannot be determined without knowing the number of hours worked. This part discusses the principles involved in determining what constitutes working time. It also seeks to apply these principles to situations that frequently arise. It cannot include every possible situation. No inference should be drawn from the fact that a subject or an illustration is omitted. If doubt arises inquiries should be sent to the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC 20210, or to any area or Regional Office of the Division. [35 FR 15289, Oct. 1, 1970]