29 CFR § 788.12 - Limitation of exemption to specific operations in which “number of employees * * * does not exceed eight.”

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s788.12"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "29 CFR § 788.12 - Limitation of exemption to specific operations in which “number of employees * * * does not exceed eight.”"
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "788.12"
section_name: "Limitation of exemption to specific operations in which “number of employees * * * does not exceed eight.”"
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: "788"
part_name: "FORESTRY OR LOGGING OPERATIONS IN WHICH NOT MORE THAN EIGHT EMPLOYEES ARE EMPLOYED"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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: "34 FR 15794, Oct. 14, 1969, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "788"
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# 788.12 Limitation of exemption to specific operations in which “number of employees * * * does not exceed eight.”

Regardless of his duties, no employee is exempt under section 13(a)(13) unless “the number of employees employed by his employer in such forestry or lumbering operations does not exceed eight.”