---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 776.5"
title: "29"
number: "776.5"
heading: "Coverage not dependent on method of compensation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/776.5"
---

# §776.5. Coverage not dependent on method of compensation.


The Act's individual employee coverage is not limited to employees working on an hourly wage. The requirements of [section 6](/cfr/29/6.md) as to minimum wages are that “each” employee described therein shall be paid wages at a rate not less than a specified rate “an hour”. 15 This does not mean that employees cannot be paid on a piecework basis or on a salary, commission, or other basis; it merely means that whatever the basis on which the workers are paid, whether it be monthly, weekly, or on a piecework basis, they must receive at least the equivalent of the minimum hourly rate. “Each” and “any” employee obviously and necessarily includes one compensated by a unit of time, by the piece, or by any other measurement. 16 Regulations prescribed by the Administrator ([part 516](/cfr/29/part516.md) of this chapter) provide for the keeping of records in such form as to enable compensation on a piecework or other basis to be translated into an hourly rate. 17


## Notes

### Amendments

[35 FR 5543, Apr. 3, 1970]

### Source

Source: 15 FR 2925, May 17, 1950, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 52 Stat. 1060, as amended; 29 U.S.C. 201-219.

### Amendments

[35 FR 5543, Apr. 3, 1970]