29 CFR § 785.28 - Involuntary attendance.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s785.28"
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title: "29 CFR § 785.28 - Involuntary attendance."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "785.28"
section_name: "Involuntary attendance."
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: "785"
part_name: "HOURS WORKED"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "52 Stat. 1060; 29 U.S.C. 201-219; 29 U.S.C. 254. Pub. L. 104-188, 100 Stat. 1755."
regulatory_source: "26 FR 190, Jan. 11, 1961, unless otherwise noted."
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# 785.28 Involuntary attendance.

Attendance is not voluntary, of course, if it is required by the employer. It is not voluntary in fact if the employee is given to understand or led to believe that his present working conditions or the continuance of his employment would be adversely affected by nonattendance.