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Title 29 — Labor

Chapter 8 — Fair Labor Standards

§ 216b. Liability for overtime work performed prior to July 20, 1949

Statutory 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 ), on account of the failure of said employer to pay an employee compensation for any period of overtime work performed prior to , if the compensation paid prior to , 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.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1949

    Pub. L. 81–736 § 16(e) · 63 Stat. 910

    Enacted · 29 U.S.C. § 216b

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

    Source evidence

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

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (e) No employer shall be subject to any liability or punishment 52 Stat. 1060. 29 U.S.C. §§ 201–219; Supp. II, § 216. under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended (in any action or proceeding commenced prior to or on or after the effective date of this Act), 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 Ante, pp. 914, 915. section 7 (g) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, been in effect at the time of such payment.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

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.

“” 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.

Credits

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

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