[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: 29CFR570.102]



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                             TITLE 29--LABOR

 

         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

 

PART 570_CHILD LABOR REGULATIONS, ORDERS AND STATEMENTS OF INTERPRETATION

--Table of Contents

 

   Subpart G_General Statements of Interpretation of the Child Labor 

     Provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as Amended

 

Sec.  570.102  General scope of statutory provisions.



    The most important of the child labor provisions are contained in 

sections 12(a), 12(c), and 3(l) of the Act. Section 12(a) provides that 

no producer, manufacturer, or dealer shall ship or deliver for shipment 

in interstate or foreign commerce any goods produced in an establishment 

in or



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about which oppressive child labor was employed within 30 days before 

removal of the goods. The full text of this subsection is set forth in 

Sec.  570.104 and its terms are discussed in Sec. Sec.  570.105 to 

570.111, inclusive. Section 12(c) prohibits any employer from employing 

oppressive child labor in interstate or foreign commerce or in the 

production of goods for such commerce. The text and discussion of this 

provision appear in Sec. Sec.  570.112 and 570.113. Section 3(l) of the 

Act, which defines the term ``oppressive child labor,'' is set forth in 

Sec.  570.117 and its provisions are discussed in Sec. Sec.  570.118 to 

570.121, inclusive. It will further be noted that the Act provides 

various specific exemptions from the foregoing provisions which are set 

forth and discussed in Sec. Sec.  570.122 to 570.126, inclusive.