---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 516.17"
title: "29"
number: "516.17"
heading: "Seamen exempt from overtime pay requirements pursuant to section 13(b)(6) of the Act."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/516.17"
---

# §516.17. Seamen exempt from overtime pay requirements pursuant to section 13(b)(6) of the Act.


With respect to each employee employed as a seaman and exempt from the overtime pay requirements of the Act pursuant to [section 13(b)(6)](/cfr/29/13.md?p=b-6), the employer shall maintain and preserve payroll or other records, containing all the information required by [§ 516.2(a)](/cfr/29/516.2.md?p=a) except [paragraphs (a)](#a) (5) through (9) and, in addition, the following:

- (a) Basis on which wages are paid (such as the dollar amount paid per hour, per day, per month, etc.)
- (b) Hours worked each workday and total hours worked each pay period (for purposes of this section, a “workday” shall be any fixed period of 24 consecutive hours; the “pay period” shall be the period covered by the wage payment, as provided in section 6(a)(4) of the Act),
- (c) Total straight-time earnings or wages for each such pay period, and
- (d) The name, type, and documentation, registry number, or other identification of the vessel or vessels upon which employed.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 11, Pub. L. 75-718, 52 Stat. 1066, as amended (29 U.S.C. 211). Section 516.28 also issued under 29 U.S.C. 203(m), as amended by sec. 2105(b), Pub. L. 104-188, 110 Stat. 1755; sec. 8102(a), Pub. L. 110-28, 121 Stat. 112; and sec. 1201, Div. S., Tit. XII, Pub. L. 115-141, 132 Stat. 348. Section 516.33 also issued under Pub. L. 75-718, 52 Stat. 1060, as amended (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq. ). Section 516.34 also issued under Sec. 7, Pub. L. 101-157, 103 Stat. 944 (29 U.S.C. 207(q)).

### Source

Source: 52 FR 24896, July 1, 1987, unless otherwise noted.