8051 HD 9807 pt 781 1965 Apr. OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS THE UNIVERSITY JUL 1 1965 LIBRARY The Fair Labor Standards Act as [This publication conforms to the Code of Federal Regulations as of April 13, 1965, the date this reprint was authorized.] UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR W. WILLARD WIRTZ, Secretary Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Divisions UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PART 781-The Fair Labor Standards Act as Applied to Establishments Engaged in Laundering, Cleaning or Repairing Clothing or Fabrics Under Section 13(a)(3) of the Act This Part 781 constitutes the official interpretative bulletin of the Department of Labor with respect to the meaning and scope of section 13 (a) (3) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended. Section 13 (a) (3) provides an exemption from the minimum wage and overtime pay requirements of the Act for employees employed by an establishment engaged in laundering, cleaning or repairing clothing or fabrics which meets certain specified conditions. It is the purpose of this part to make available in one place the interpretations of the provisions in section 13 (a) (3) which will guide the Secretary of Labor and the Administrator in the performance of their duties under the act unless and until they are otherwise directed by authoritative decisions of the courts or conclude, upon reexamination of an interpretation, that it is incorrect. Section 781.1 General scope of the Act. The Fair Labor Standards Act is a Federal statute of general application which establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor requirements that apply as provided in the Act. These requirements are applicable, except where exemptions are provided, to employees in those workweeks when they are engaged in interstate or foreign commerce or in the production of goods for such commerce or are employed in enterprises so engaged within the meaning of definitions set forth in the Act. Employers having such em |