---identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s401.7"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "29 CFR § 401.7 - Labor dispute."title_number: 29title_name: "Labor"section_number: "401.7"section_name: "Labor dispute."chapter_name: "OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"subchapter_number: "A"subchapter_name: "LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS"part_number: "401"part_name: "MEANING OF TERMS USED IN THIS SUBCHAPTER"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-04-05"last_updated: "2026-04-05"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "Secs. 3, 208, 301, 401, 402, 73 Stat. 520, 529, 530, 532, 534 (29 U.S.C. 402, 438, 461, 481, 482); Secretary's Order No. 03-2012, 77 FR 69376, November 16, 2012; § 401.4 also issued under sec. 320 of Title III of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, Pub. L. 95-598, 92 Stat. 2678."regulatory_source: "28 FR 14380, Dec. 27, 1963, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "401"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t29/s401.7
Currency
2026-04-05
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-04-05
Chapter
Office of Labor-management Standards, Department of Labor
Authority
Secs. 3, 208, 301, 401, 402, 73 Stat. 520, 529, 530, 532, 534 (29 U.S.C. 402, 438, 461, 481, 482); Secretary's Order No. 03-2012, 77 FR 69376, November 16, 2012; § 401.4 also issued under sec. 320 of ... Secs. 3, 208, 301, 401, 402, 73 Stat. 520, 529, 530, 532, 534 (29 U.S.C. 402, 438, 461, 481, 482); Secretary's Order No. 03-2012, 77 FR 69376, November 16, 2012; § 401.4 also issued under sec. 320 of Title III of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, Pub. L. 95-598, 92 Stat. 2678.
# 401.7 Labor dispute.*Labor dispute* includes any controversy concerning terms, tenure, or conditions of employment, or concerning the association or representation of persons in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing, or seeking to arrange terms or conditions of employment, regardless of whether the disputants stand in the proximate relation of employer and employee.