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CFR	Code of Federal Regulations Pertaining to ESA

Title 29

Labor

Chapter V

Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor

Part 779

The Fair Labor Standards Act As Applied to Retailers of Goods or Services

Subpart C

Employment to Which the Act May Apply; Enterprise Coverage

• Section Number: 779.200
• Section Name: Coverage expanded by 1961 and 1966 amendments. Enterprise; the Business Unit

    The 1961 amendments for the first time since the enactment of the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 provided that all employees in a 
particular business unit are covered by the Act. Prior to the 1961 
amendments each employee's coverage depended on whether that employee's 
activities were in commerce or constituted the production of goods for 
commerce. All employees employed in an ``enterprise'' described in 
section 3(s)(1) through (5) of the Act as it was amended in 1961 and 
section 3(s)(1) through (4) of the Act as amended in 1966 are also 
covered. Thus, it is necessary to consider the meaning of the term 
``enterprise'' as used in the Act.