29 USC § 216b - Liability for overtime work performed prior to July 20, 1949

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title: "29 USC § 216b - Liability for overtime work performed prior to July 20, 1949"
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title_name: "LABOR"
section_number: "216b"
section_name: "Liability for overtime work performed prior to July 20, 1949"
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source_credit: "(Oct. 26, 1949, ch. 736, § 16(e), 63 Stat. 920.)"
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# § 216b. Liability for overtime work performed prior to July 20, 1949

29 U.S.C. 201January 24, 1950July 20, 1949July 20, 194929 U.S.C. 207(d)(6)

No employer shall be subject to any liability or punishment under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended [ et seq.] (in any action or proceeding commenced prior to or on or after ), on account of the failure of said employer to pay an employee compensation for any period of overtime work performed prior to , if the compensation paid prior to , for such work was at least equal to the compensation which would have been payable for such work had section 7(d)(6) and (7) and section 7(g) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended [, (7), (g)], been in effect at the time of such payment.

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**Source Credit**: (Oct. 26, 1949, ch. 736, § 16(e), 63 Stat. 920.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, referred to in text, is , , which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see  and Tables.

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1949, and not as part of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 which comprises this chapter.

“” substituted in text for “the effective date of this Act”. See Effective Date of 1949 Amendment note set out under .