---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 548.100"
title: "29"
number: "548.100"
heading: "Introductory statement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/548.100"
---

# §548.100. Introductory statement.

- (a) This subpart contains material explaining and illustrating the terms used in [subpart A](/cfr/29/subpartA.md) of this part which were issued under [section 7(g)(3)](/cfr/29/7.md?p=g-3) of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The purpose of section 7(g)(3) of the Act, and [subpart A](/cfr/29/subpartA.md) of this part, is to provide an exception from the requirements of computing overtime pay at the regular rate, 1 and to allow, under specific conditions, the use of an established “basic” rate 2 instead. Basic rates are alternatives to the regular rate of pay under [section 7(a)](/cfr/29/7.md?p=a), and their use is optional. The use of basic rates is principally intended to simplify bookkeeping and computation of overtime pay.
- (b) Section 7(g) of the Fair Labor Standards Act provides that an employer will comply with the overtime requirements of the Act if:

## Notes

### Amendments

[20 FR 5680, Aug. 6, 1955, as amended at 26 FR 7731, Aug. 18, 1961]

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 7, 52 Stat. 1063, as amended; 29 U.S.C. 207, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[20 FR 5680, Aug. 6, 1955, as amended at 26 FR 7731, Aug. 18, 1961]