29 CFR § 578.2 - Definitions.

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title: "29 CFR § 578.2 - Definitions."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "578.2"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS"
part_number: "578"
part_name: "TIP RETENTION, MINIMUM WAGE, AND OVERTIME VIOLATIONS—CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES"
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authority: "29 U.S.C. 216(e), as amended by sec. 9, Pub. L. 101-157, 103 Stat. 938, sec. 3103, Pub. L. 101-508, 104 Stat. 1388-29, sec. 302(a), Pub. L. 110-233, 122 Stat. 920, and sec. 1201, Div. S., Tit. XII, Pub. L. 115-141, 132 Stat. 348; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note), as amended by sec. 31001(s), Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321-358, 1321-373, and sec. 701, Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat 584."
regulatory_source: "57 FR 49129, Oct. 29, 1992, unless otherwise noted."
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# 578.2 Definitions.

(a) *Act* means the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended (52 Stat. 1060 (29 U.S.C. 201 *et seq.*));

(b) *Administrator* means the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor, and includes any official of the Wage and Hour Division who is authorized by the Administrator to perform any of the functions of the Administrator under this part.

(c) *Person* includes any individual, partnership, corporation, association, business trust, legal representative, or organized group of persons.

[57 FR 49129, Oct. 29, 1992, as amended at 82 FR 2229, Jan. 9, 2017]