§ 260. Liquidated damages

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. 1947

   Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947

   Pub. L. 80–52 § 11 · 61 Stat. 84

   Enacted · 29 U.S.C. § 260

   May 14, 1947, ch. 52, § 11, 61 Stat. 89

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   May 14, 1947, ch. 52, § 11, 61 Stat. 89

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 11. Liquidated Damages.— In any action commenced prior to or on or after the date of the enactment of this Act to recover unpaid minimum wages, unpaid overtime compensation, or liquidated damages, under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, if the 52 Stat. 1060. 29 U. S. C. §§ 201–219. Ante, p. 87. employer shows to the satisfaction of the court that the act or omission giving rise to such action was in good faith and that he had reasonable grounds for believing that his act or omission was not a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, the court may, in its sound discretion, award no liquidated damages or award any amount thereof not to exceed the amount specified in section 16 (b) 52 Stat. 1069. 29 U. S. C. § 216 (b). Ante, p. 87. of such Act.

2. 1974

   Pub. L. 93–259 § 6(d)(2)(B) · [88 Stat. 55]

   Substituted · 29 U.S.C. § 260

   Pub. L. 93–259 substituted “section 216 of this title” for “section 216(b) of this title”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 93–259 substituted “section 216 of this title” for “section 216(b) of this title”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   29 USC 260.(B) Section 11 of such Act is amended by striking out “(b)” after “section 16”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 93–259 effective May 1, 1974, see section 29(a) of Pub. L. 93–259, set out as a note under section 202 of this title.

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