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Title 29LaborPart / Section
Subtitle BRegulations Relating to Labor100 – 4999
Chapter VWage and Hour Division, Department of Labor500 – 899
Subchapter BStatements of General Policy or Interpretation Not Directly Related to Regulations775 – 795
Part 785Hours Worked785.1 – 785.50
Subpart CApplication of Principles785.10 – 785.45
§ 785.10Scope of subpart.
Employees “Suffered or Permitted” to Work785.11 – 785.13
§ 785.11General.
§ 785.12Work performed away from the premises or job site.
§ 785.13Duty of management.
Waiting Time785.14 – 785.17
§ 785.14General.
§ 785.15On duty.
§ 785.16Off duty.
§ 785.17On-call time.
Rest and Meal Periods785.18 – 785.19
§ 785.18Rest.
§ 785.19Meal.
Sleeping Time and Certain Other Activities785.20 – 785.23
§ 785.20General.
§ 785.21Less than 24-hour duty.
§ 785.22Duty of 24 hours or more.
§ 785.23Employees residing on employer's premises or working at home.
Preparatory and Concluding Activities785.24 – 785.26
§ 785.24Principles noted in Portal-to-Portal Bulletin.
§ 785.25Illustrative U.S. Supreme Court decisions.
§ 785.26Section 3(o) of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Lectures, Meetings and Training Programs785.27 – 785.32
§ 785.27General.
§ 785.28Involuntary attendance.
§ 785.29Training directly related to employee's job.
§ 785.30Independent training.
§ 785.31Special situations.
§ 785.32Apprenticeship training.
Traveltime785.33 – 785.41
§ 785.33General.
§ 785.34Effect of section 4 of the Portal-to-Portal Act.
§ 785.35Home to work; ordinary situation.
§ 785.36Home to work in emergency situations.
§ 785.37Home to work on special one-day assignment in another city.
§ 785.38Travel that is all in the day's work.
§ 785.39Travel away from home community.
§ 785.40When private automobile is used in travel away from home community.
§ 785.41Work performed while traveling.
Adjusting Grievances, Medical Attention, Civic and Charitable Work, and Suggestion Systems785.42 – 785.45
§ 785.42Adjusting grievances.
§ 785.43Medical attention.
§ 785.44Civic and charitable work.
§ 785.45Suggestion systems.