29 CFR § 510.3 - Definitions.

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title: "29 CFR § 510.3 - Definitions."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "510.3"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
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subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS"
part_number: "510"
part_name: "IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MINIMUM WAGE PROVISIONS OF THE 1989 AMENDMENTS TO THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT IN PUERTO RICO"
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authority: "Sec. 4, Pub. L. 101-157, 103 Stat. 938; 29 U.S.C. 201"
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# 510.3 Definitions.

(a) *Act* or *FLSA* means the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended (29 U.S.C. 201, *et seq.*).

(b) *Amendments* or *1989 Amendments* means the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1989 (Pub. L. 101-157).

(c) *Secretary* means the Secretary of Labor, or a duly authorized representative of the Secretary.

(d) *Administrator* means the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division of the Employment Standards Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, or a duly authorized representative of the Administrator.

(e) *Department* means the U.S. Department of Labor.

(f) *Tier* means one of the four categories established for an extended phase-in of the statutory increases in the minimum wage under section 6(c) of the Act as amended.

(g) *Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)* refers to the classifications established in the *Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987,* published by the Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President.