TITLE 29 - LABOR

SUBTITLE B - REGULATIONS RELATING TO LABOR

CHAPTER V - WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

SUBCHAPTER A - REGULATIONS

PART 570 - CHILD LABOR REGULATIONS, ORDERS AND STATEMENTS OF INTERPRETATION

subpart g - GENERAL STATEMENTS OF INTERPRETATION OF THE CHILD LABOR PROVISIONS OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938, AS AMENDED

570.102 - General scope of statutory provisions.

The most important of the child labor provisions are contained in sections 12(a), 12(c), and 3(l) of the Act. Section 12(a) provides that no producer, manufacturer, or dealer shall ship or deliver for shipment in interstate or foreign commerce any goods produced in an establishment in or about which oppressive child labor was employed within 30 days before removal of the goods. The full text of this subsection is set forth in 570.104 and its terms are discussed in 570.105 to 570.111, inclusive. Section 12(c) prohibits any employer from employing oppressive child labor in interstate or foreign commerce or in the production of goods for such commerce. The text and discussion of this provision appear in 570.112 and 570.113. Section 3(l) of the Act, which defines the term oppressive child labor, is set forth in 570.117 and its provisions are discussed in 570.118 to 570.121, inclusive. It will further be noted that the Act provides various specific exemptions from the foregoing provisions which are set forth and discussed in 570.122 to 570.126, inclusive.