29 CFR § 580.1 - Definitions.

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title: "29 CFR § 580.1 - Definitions."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "580.1"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS"
part_number: "580"
part_name: "CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES—PROCEDURES FOR ASSESSING AND CONTESTING PENALTIES"
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authority: "29 U.S.C. 9a, 203, 209, 211, 212, 213(c), 216; Reorg. Plan No. 6 of 1950, 64 Stat. 1263, 5 U.S.C. App; secs. 25, 29, 88 Stat. 72, 76; Secretary's Order 01-2014 (Dec. 19, 2014), 79 FR 77527 (Dec. 24, 2014); 5 U.S.C. 500, 503, 551, 559; 103 Stat. 938."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 24991, May 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
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# 580.1 Definitions.

As used in this part:

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

*Administrative law judge* means a person appointed as provided in 5 U.S.C. 3105 and subpart B of part 930 of title 5 of the CFR, and qualified to preside at hearings under 5 U.S.C. 554-557.

*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 authorized by the Administrator to perform any of the functions of the Administrator under this part and parts 578 and 579 of this chapter.

*Chief Administrative Law Judge* means the Chief Administrative Law Judge, Office of the Administrative Law Judges, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC 20210.

*Department* means the U.S. Department of Labor.

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

*Secretary* means the Secretary of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor, or a designated representative of the Secretary.

*Solicitor of Labor* means the Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor, and includes attorneys of the Office of the Solicitor authorized by the Solicitor to perform functions of the Solicitor under this part.

[56 FR 24991, May 31, 1991, as amended at 82 FR 2230, Jan. 9, 2017]