29 CFR § 783.24 - The section 13(a)(14) exemption.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s783.24"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "29 CFR § 783.24 - The section 13(a)(14) exemption."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "783.24"
section_name: "The section 13(a)(14) exemption."
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: "783"
part_name: "APPLICATION OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT TO EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED AS SEAMEN"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 1-19, 52 Stat. 1060, as amended; 29 U.S.C. 201-219."
regulatory_source: "27 FR 8309, Aug. 21, 1962, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "783"
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# 783.24 The section 13(a)(14) exemption.

Section 13(a)(14) of the Fair Labor Standards Act exempts from the minimum wage and overtime pay requirements of the Act, but not from its child labor provisions, “any employee employed as a seaman on a vessel other than an American vessel”.