---
kind: "unit"
title: "29"
title_heading: "Labor"
key: "subtB/chV/subchB/part790"
level: "part"
label: "Part 790"
heading: "General Statement as to the Effect of the Portal-To-Portal Act of 1947 on the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/subtB-chV-subchB-part790"
sections_count: 22
---

# Part 790 — General Statement as to the Effect of the Portal-To-Portal Act of 1947 on the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938

Title 29 C.F.R. — Labor › Subtitle B — Regulations Relating to Labor › Chapter V — Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor › Subchapter B — Statements of General Policy or Interpretation Not Directly Related to Regulations

## Sections

- [§790.1. Introductory statement.](/cfr/29/790.1.md)
- [§790.2. Interrelationship of the two acts.](/cfr/29/790.2.md)
- [§790.3. Provisions of the statute.](/cfr/29/790.3.md)
- [§790.4. Liability of employer; effect of contract, custom, or practice.](/cfr/29/790.4.md)
- [§790.5. Effect of Portal-to-Portal Act on determination of hours worked.](/cfr/29/790.5.md)
- [§790.6. Periods within the “workday” unaffected.](/cfr/29/790.6.md)
- [§790.7. “Preliminary” and “postliminary” activities.](/cfr/29/790.7.md)
- [§790.8. “Principal” activities.](/cfr/29/790.8.md)
- [§790.9. “Compensable * * * by an express provision of a written or nonwritten contract.”](/cfr/29/790.9.md)
- [§790.10. “Compensable * * * by a custom or practice.”](/cfr/29/790.10.md)
- [§790.11. Contract, custom or practice in effect “at the time of such activity.”](/cfr/29/790.11.md)
- [§790.12. “Portion of the day.”](/cfr/29/790.12.md)
- [§790.13. General nature of defense.](/cfr/29/790.13.md)
- [§790.14. “In conformity with.”](/cfr/29/790.14.md)
- [§790.15. “Good faith.”](/cfr/29/790.15.md)
- [§790.16. “In reliance on.”](/cfr/29/790.16.md)
- [§790.17. “Administrative regulation, order, ruling, approval, or interpretation.”](/cfr/29/790.17.md)
- [§790.18. “Administrative practice or enforcement policy.”](/cfr/29/790.18.md)
- [§790.19. “Agency of the United States.”](/cfr/29/790.19.md)
- [§790.20. Right of employees to sue; restrictions on representative actions.](/cfr/29/790.20.md)
- [§790.21. Time for bringing employee suits.](/cfr/29/790.21.md)
- [§790.22. Discretion of court as to assessment of liquidated damages.](/cfr/29/790.22.md)