Authority: 52 Stat. 1060-1069, as amended; 29 U.S.C. 201-219.
General
(a) This subpart discusses the meaning and scope of the child labor
provisions contained in the Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended
(hereinafter referred to as the Act). These provisions seek to protect
the safety, health, well-being, and opportunities for schooling of
youthful workers and authorize the Secretary of Labor to issue legally
binding orders or regulations in certain instances and under certain
conditions. The child labor provisions are found in sections 3(1),
11(b), 12, 13 (c) and (d), 15(a)(4), 16(a), and 18 of the Act. They are
administered and enforced by the Secretary of Labor who has delegated to
the Wage and Hour Division the duty of making investigations to obtain
compliance, and of developing standards for the issuance of regulations
and orders relating to: (1) Hazardous occupations, (2) employment of 14-
and 15-year-old children, and (3) age certificates.
(b) The interpretations of the Secretary contained in this subpart
indicate the construction of the law which will guide him in performing
his duties until he is directed otherwise by authoritative rulings of
the courts or until he shall subsequently decide that his prior
interpretation is incorrect.
[16 FR 7008, July 20, 1951. Redesignated at 28 FR 1634, Feb. 21, 1963.
Redesignated and amended at 36 FR 25156, Dec. 29, 1971]
