29 CFR § 778.420 - Combined hourly rates and piece rates.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s778.420"
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title: "29 CFR § 778.420 - Combined hourly rates and piece rates."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "778.420"
section_name: "Combined hourly rates and piece rates."
chapter_name: "WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "STATEMENTS OF GENERAL POLICY OR INTERPRETATION NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO REGULATIONS"
part_number: "778"
part_name: "OVERTIME COMPENSATION"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "52 Stat. 1060, as amended; 29 U.S.C. 201  Section 778.200 also issued under Pub. L. 106-202, 114 Stat. 308 (29 U.S.C. 207(e) and (h))."
regulatory_source: "33 FR 986, Jan. 26, 1968, unless otherwise noted."
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# 778.420 Combined hourly rates and piece rates.

Where an employee works at a combination of hourly and piece rates, the payment of a rate not less than one and one-half times the hourly or piece rate applicable to the type of work being performed during the overtime hours will meet the overtime requirements of the Act if the provisions concerning piece rates (as discussed in § 778.418) and those concerning hourly rates (as discussed in § 778.419) are respectively met.