Title 29 — LaborRelease 119-73
§216b Liability for overtime work performed prior to July 20, 1949
Title 29 › Chapter CHAPTER 8— - FAIR LABOR STANDARDS › § 216b
Summary
Under the FLSA, employers are not responsible for unpaid overtime worked before July 20, 1949 if they had paid at least as much then as 7(d)(6), 7(d)(7), and 7(g) would have required; it covers cases started before, on, or after January 24, 1950.
Full Legal Text
Title 29, §216b
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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.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
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.
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Citation
29 U.S.C. § 216b
Title 29 — Labor
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73