29 CFR § 786.300 - Application of the youth opportunity wage.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s786.300"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "29 CFR § 786.300 - Application of the youth opportunity wage."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "786.300"
section_name: "Application of the youth opportunity wage."
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: "786"
part_name: "MISCELLANEOUS EXEMPTIONS AND EXCLUSIONS FROM COVERAGE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "52 Stat. 1060, as amended; 29 U.S.C. 201-219. Pub. L. 104-188, 100 Stat. 1755. Pub. L. 105-221, 112 Stat. 1248, 29 U.S.C. 203(e)."
cfr_part: "786"
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# 786.300 Application of the youth opportunity wage.
Section 6(g) of the Fair Labor Standards Act allows any employer to pay any employee who has not attained the age of 20 years a wage of not less than $4.25 an hour during the first 90 consecutive calendar days after such employee is initially employed by such employer. For the purposes of hiring workers at this wage, no employer may take any action to displace employees, including partial displacements such as reducing hours, wages, or employment benefits. Any employer that violates these provisions is considered to have violated section 15(a)(3) of the Act.
[76 FR 18860, Apr. 5, 2011]