[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: 29CFR785.27]



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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.  785.27  General.



    Attendance at lectures, meetings, training programs and similar 

activities need not be counted as working time if the following four 

criteria are met:

    (a) Attendance is outside of the employee's regular working hours;

    (b) Attendance is in fact voluntary;

    (c) The course, lecture, or meeting is not directly related to the 

employee's job; and

    (d) The employee does not perform any productive work during such 

attendance.