29 CFR § 794.144 - Records to be maintained.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s794.144"
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title: "29 CFR § 794.144 - Records to be maintained."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "794.144"
section_name: "Records to be maintained."
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: "794"
part_name: "PARTIAL OVERTIME EXEMPTION FOR EMPLOYEES OF WHOLESALE OR BULK PETROLEUM DISTRIBUTORS UNDER SECTION 7(b)(3) OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 1-19, 52 Stat. 1060, as amended; 29 U.S.C. 201-219."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 16510, Oct. 22, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "794"
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# 794.144 Records to be maintained.

(a) *Form of records.* No particular order or form of records is prescribed by the recordkeeping regulations (part 516 of this chapter). Every employer operating under section 7(b)(3) of the Act is, however, required to maintain and preserve records containing the information and data as set out in §§ 516.2 and 516.21 of this chapter.