29 U.S.C. § 218: Relation to other laws

Summary

No part of this chapter lets anyone ignore a federal, state, or local law that sets a higher minimum wage or a shorter maximum workweek. Stronger child labor rules also still apply. Employers may not cut pay that is already higher than this chapter's minimum. Employers may not raise a worker's hours if those hours were already shorter than the chapter's maximum. Except for section 213(f), two groups must be paid at least certain federal rates: federal employees in the Canal Zone doing the work listed in 5 U.S.C. 5102(c)(7), and employees of nonappropriated fund activities run by the Armed Forces. Their basic pay must be at least the rate in section 206(a)(1) (206(b) applies if the worker worked in a Canal Zone workplace that week), and their overtime must be at least the hourly rate in section 207(a)(1).

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,

shall have his basic compensation fixed or adjusted at a wage rate that is not less than the appropriate wage rate provided for in section 206(a)(1) of this title (except that the wage rate provided for in section 206(b) of this title shall apply to any employee who performed services during the workweek in a work place within the Canal Zone), and shall have his overtime compensation set at an hourly rate not less than the overtime rate provided for in section 207(a)(1) of this title.

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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).

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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,

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, and Orders Promulgated With Regard to 1966

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Secretary authorized to promulgate necessary rules,

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

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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.

§218 Relation to Other Laws

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