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Title 29 — LaborRelease 119-73

§218 Relation to other laws

Title 29 › Chapter CHAPTER 8— - FAIR LABOR STANDARDS › § 218

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Requires employers to follow any higher minimum wage, shorter workweek, or stricter child-labor rule set by federal, state, or local law. Employers also must not cut a wage that already exceeds the chapter’s minimum or make workers work more hours than a shorter maximum the chapter allows. Except for section 213(f) of this title, the chapter’s rules do not override other rules for two groups: federal employees in the Canal Zone doing work listed in 5 U.S.C. 5102(c)(7), and employees of Armed Forces nonappropriated fund instrumentalities.

Full Legal Text

Title 29, §218

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(a)No provision of this chapter or of any order thereunder shall excuse noncompliance with any Federal or State law or municipal ordinance establishing a minimum wage higher than the minimum wage established under this chapter or a maximum work week lower than the maximum workweek established under this chapter, and no provision of this chapter relating to the employment of child labor shall justify noncompliance with any Federal or State law or municipal ordinance establishing a higher standard than the standard established under this chapter. No provision of this chapter shall justify any employer in reducing a wage paid by him which is in excess of the applicable minimum wage under this chapter, or justify any employer in increasing hours of employment maintained by him which are shorter than the maximum hours applicable under this chapter.
(b)Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter (other than section 213(f) of this title) or any other law—
(1)any Federal employee in the Canal Zone engaged in employment of the kind described in section 5102(c)(7) of title 5, or
(2)any employee employed in a nonappropriated fund instrumentality under the jurisdiction of the Armed Forces,

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in subsec. (b), see section 3602(b) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

Amendments

1967—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 90–83 substituted reference to section 5102(c)(7) of title 5 for reference to par. (7) of section 202 of the Classification Act of 1949 to reflect the amendment of section 5341(a) of title 5 by section 1(97) of Pub. L. 90–83 and struck out provision covering employees described in section 7474 of title 10 in view of the repeal of section 7474 of title 10 by Pub. L. 89–554. 1966—Pub. L. 89–601 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1966 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 89–601 effective Feb. 1, 1967, except as otherwise provided, see section 602 of Pub. L. 89–601, set out as a note under section 203 of this title. Rules,

Regulations

, and Orders Promulgated With Regard to 1966

Amendments

Secretary authorized to promulgate necessary rules,

Regulations

, or orders on and after the date of the enactment of Pub. L. 89–601, Sept. 23, 1966, with regard to the

Amendments

made by Pub. L. 89–601, see section 602 of Pub. L. 89–601, set out as a note under section 203 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

29 U.S.C. § 218

Title 29 — Labor

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73