2020 US Code
Title 29 - Labor
Chapter 8 - Fair Labor Standards
Sec. 216b - Liability for overtime work performed prior to July 20, 1949

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Citation 29 U.S.C. § 216b (2020)
Section Name §216b. Liability for overtime work performed prior to July 20, 1949
Section Text

No employer shall be subject to any liability or punishment under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended [29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.] (in any action or proceeding commenced prior to or on or after January 24, 1950), on account of the failure of said employer to pay an employee compensation for any period of overtime work performed prior to July 20, 1949, if the compensation paid prior to July 20, 1949, for such work was at least equal to the compensation which would have been payable for such work had section 7(d)(6) and (7) and section 7(g) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended [29 U.S.C. 207(d)(6), (7), (g)], been in effect at the time of such payment.

Source Credit

(Oct. 26, 1949, ch. 736, §16(e), 63 Stat. 920.)


Editorial Notes EDITORIAL NOTES REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, referred to in text, is act June 25, 1938, ch. 676, 52 Stat. 1060, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 201 of this title and Tables.

CODIFICATION

Section was enacted as part of the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1949, and not as part of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 which comprises this chapter.

"January 24, 1950" substituted in text for "the effective date of this Act". See Effective Date of 1949 Amendment note set out under section 202 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 29 - LABOR
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 29 - LABOR
CHAPTER 8 - FAIR LABOR STANDARDS
Sec. 216b - Liability for overtime work performed prior to July 20, 1949
Contains section 216b
Date 2020
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 13, 2021
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 52 Stat. 1060
63 Stat. 920
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