C.F.R. » Title 29 » CHAPTER V—WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › SUBCHAPTER B—STATEMENTS OF GENERAL POLICY OR INTERPRETATION NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO REGULATIONS › PART 776—INTERPRETATIVE BULLETIN ON THE GENERAL COVERAGE OF THE WAGE AND HOURS PROVISIONS OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938 › Subpart A—General

29 C.F.R. § 776.6

Coverage not dependent on place of work

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Except for the general geographical limitations discussed in § 776.7, the Act contains no prescription as to the place where the employee must work in order to come within its coverage. It follows that employees otherwise coming within the terms of the Act are entitled to its benefits whether they perform their work at home, in the factory, or elsewhere. 18 The specific provisions of the Act relative to regulation of homework serve to emphasize this fact. 19

18Walling v. American Needlecrafts, 139 F. 2d 60 (C.A. 6); Walling v. Twyeffort Inc., 158 F. 2d 944 (C.A. 2); McComb v. Homeworkers' Handicraft Cooperative, 176 F. 2d 633 (C.A. 4).

19 See 6(a)(2); Sec. 11(d).

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Cited in 1 case, 2009–2009 · leading case: Dager v. City of Phoenix, 646 F. Supp. 2d 1085 (D. Ariz. 2009).
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Dager v. City of Phoenix, 646 F. Supp. 2d 1085 (D. Ariz. 2009). · cites it 2× “139 Plaintiffs argue that 29 C.F.R. § 776.6 expressly provides for FLSA coverage whether employees “perform their work at home, in the factory, or elsewhere.”
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