---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 778.314"
title: "29"
number: "778.314"
heading: "Special situations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/778.314"
---

# §778.314. Special situations.


There may be special situations in which the facts demonstrate that the hours for which contract overtime compensation is paid to employees working on a “task” or “stint” basis actually qualify as overtime hours under section [7(e)(5)](/cfr/29/7.md?p=e-5), [(6)](/cfr/29/7.md?p=e-6), or [(7)](/cfr/29/7.md?p=e-7). Where this is true, payment of one and one-half times an agreed hourly rate for “task” or “stint” work may be equivalent to payment pursuant to agreement of one and one-half time a piece rate. The alternative methods of overtime pay computation permitted by section [7(g)(1)](/cfr/29/7.md?p=g-1) or [(2)](/cfr/29/7.md?p=g-2), as explained in [§§ 778.415 through 778.421](/cfr/29/778.415..778.421.md) may be applicable in such a case.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 52 Stat. 1060, as amended; 29 U.S.C. 201 et seq. Section 778.200 also issued under Pub. L. 106-202, 114 Stat. 308 (29 U.S.C. 207(e) and (h)).

### Source

Source: 33 FR 986, Jan. 26, 1968, unless otherwise noted.