29 CFR § 785.30 - Independent training.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s785.30"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "29 CFR § 785.30 - Independent training."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "785.30"
section_name: "Independent training."
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."
cfr_part: "785"
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# 785.30 Independent training.

Of course, if an employee on his own initiative attends an independent school, college or independent trade school after hours, the time is not hours worked for his employer even if the courses are related to his job.