29 CFR § 453.5 - Officers, agents, shop stewards, or other representatives or employees of a labor organization.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s453.5"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "29 CFR § 453.5 - Officers, agents, shop stewards, or other representatives or employees of a labor organization."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "453.5"
section_name: "Officers, agents, shop stewards, or other representatives or employees of a labor organization."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS"
part_number: "453"
part_name: "GENERAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE BONDING REQUIREMENTS OF THE LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1959"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 502, 73 Stat. 536; 79 Stat. 888 (29 U.S.C. 502); Secretary's Order No. 03-2012, 77 FR 69376, November 16, 2012."
regulatory_source: "28 FR 14394, Dec. 27, 1963, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "453"
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# 453.5 Officers, agents, shop stewards, or other representatives or employees of a labor organization.
With respect to labor organizations, the term “officer, agent, shop steward, or other representative” is defined in section 3(q) of the Act to include “elected officials and key administrative personnel, whether elected or appointed (such as business agents, heads of departments or major units, and organizers who exercise substantial independent authority)”. Other individuals employed by a labor organization, including salaried non-supervisory professional staff, stenographic, and service personnel are “employees” and must be bonded if they handle
<sup>5</sup>
[^] funds or other property of the labor organization.
<sup>5</sup> For discussion of “handle”, see § 453.8.