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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 780

Exemptions Applicable to Agriculture, Processing of Agricultural Commodities, and Related Subjects Under the Fair Labor Standards Act

Subpart I

Employment in Ginning of Cotton and Processing of Sugar Beets, Sugar-Beet Molasses, Sugarcane, or Maple Sap into Sugar or Syrup; Exemption From Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section 13(b)(15)

• Section Number: 780.800
• Section Name: Scope and significance of interpretative bulletin. Introductory

    Subpart A of this part 780 and this subpart I constitute the 
official interpretative bulletin of the Department of Labor with respect 
to the meaning and application of section 13(b)(15) of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938, as amended. This section provides an exemption 
from the overtime pay provisions of the Act for two industries (a) for 
employees engaged in ginning of cotton for market in any place of 
employment located in a county where cotton is grown in commercial 
quantities and (b) for employees engaged in the processing of sugar 
beets, sugar-
beet molasses, sugarcane or maple sap, into sugar (other than refined 
sugar) or syrup. The limited overtime exemptions provided for cotton 
ginning and for sugar processing under sections 7(c) and 7(d) (see part 
526 of this chapter) are not discussed in this subpart.