Notes on 29 U.S.C. § 215 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 29 U.S.C. § 215 : US Code - Notes

(June 25, 1938, ch. 676, Sec. 15, 52 Stat. 1068; Oct. 26, 1949, ch.
736, Sec. 13, 63 Stat. 919; 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 6, Secs. 1, 2,
eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263.)
AMENDMENTS
1949 - Subsec. (a)(1). Act Oct. 26, 1949, Sec. 13(a), inserted
provision protecting purchaser in good faith in sale of goods
produced in violation of this chapter.
Subsec. (a)(5). Act Oct. 26, 1949, Sec. 13(b), inserted "or any
regulation or order made or continued in effect under the
provisions of section 211(d) of this title" after "211(c) of this
title".
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1949 AMENDMENT
Amendment by act Oct. 26, 1949, effective ninety days after Oct.
26, 1949, see section 16(a) of act Oct. 26, 1949, set out as a note
under section 202 of this title.
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and
agencies of Department of Labor, with certain exceptions, to
Secretary of Labor, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 6
of 1950, Secs. 1, 2, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in the
Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
LIABILITY OF PUBLIC AGENCY FOR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST EMPLOYEE FOR
ASSERTION OF COVERAGE
Pub. L. 99-150, Sec. 8, Nov. 13, 1985, 99 Stat. 791, provided
that: "A public agency which is a State, political subdivision of a
State, or an interstate governmental agency and which discriminates
or has discriminated against an employee with respect to the
employee's wages or other terms or conditions of employment because
on or after February 19, 1985, the employee asserted coverage under
section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 [29 U.S.C. 207]
shall be held to have violated section 15(a)(3) of such Act [29
U.S.C. 215(a)(3)]. The protection against discrimination afforded
by the preceding sentence shall be available after August 1, 1986,
only for an employee who takes an action described in section
15(a)(3) of such Act."