1998 US Code
Title 29 - LABOR
CHAPTER 9 - PORTAL-TO-PORTAL PAY
Sec. 262 - Definitions
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 29 - LABOR |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 29 - LABOR CHAPTER 9 - PORTAL-TO-PORTAL PAY Sec. 262 - Definitions |
| Contains | section 262 |
| Date | 1998 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 5, 1999 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | May 14, 1947, ch. 52, §13, 61 Stat. 90. |
| Statutes at Large References | 49 Stat. 1011, 2036 52 Stat. 1060 61 Stat. 90 |
§262. Definitions
(a) When the terms “employer”, “employee”, and “wage” are used in this chapter in relation to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended [29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.], they shall have the same meaning as when used in such Act of 1938.
(b) When the term “employer” is used in this chapter in relation to the Walsh-Healey Act [41 U.S.C. 35 et seq.] or Bacon-Davis Act [40 U.S.C. 276a et seq.] it shall mean the contractor or subcontractor covered by such Act.
(c) When the term “employee” is used in this chapter in relation to the Walsh-Healey Act [41 U.S.C. 35 et seq.] or the Bacon-Davis Act [40 U.S.C. 276a et seq.] it shall mean any individual employed by the contractor or subcontractor covered by such Act in the performance of his contract or subcontract.
(d) The term “Wash-Healey Act” 1 means the Act entitled “An Act to provide conditions for the purchase of supplies and the making of contracts by the United States, and for other purposes”, approved June 30, 1936 (49 Stat. 2036), as amended [41 U.S.C. 35 et seq.]; and the term “Bacon-Davis Act” means the Act entitled “An Act to amend the Act approved March 3, 1931, relating to the rate of wages for laborers and mechanics employed by contractors and subcontractors on public buildings”, approved August 30, 1935 (49 Stat. 1011), as amended [40 U.S.C. §276a et seq.].
(e) As used in section 255 of this title the term “State” means any State of the United States or the District of Columbia or any Territory or possession of the United States.
(May 14, 1947, ch. 52, §13, 61 Stat. 90.)
References in TextThe Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, referred to in subsec. (a), is act June 25, 1938, ch. 676, 52 Stat. 1060, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 8 (§201 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see see section 201 of this title and Tables.
The “Bacon-Davis Act”, which is defined for purposes of this chapter in subsec. (d), is generally known as the “Davis-Bacon Act”. See Short Title note set out under section 276a of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.
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