{"data":{"id":"us/29-cfr-779.410","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"29 CFR 779.410","heading":"Statutory provision.","body":"Section 7 of the Act provides, in subsection (i):\n(i) No employer shall be deemed to have violated subsection (a) by employing any employee of a retail or service establishment for a workweek in excess of the applicable workweek specified therein, if (1) the regular rate of pay of such employee is in excess of one and one-half times the minimum hourly rate applicable to him under section 6, and (2) more than half his compensation for a representative period (not less than 1 month) represents commissions on goods or services. In determining the proportion of compensation representing commissions, all earnings resulting from the application of a bona fide commission rate shall be deemed commissions on goods or services without regard to whether the computed commissions exceed the draw or guarantee.\nThere are briefly set forth in §§ 779.411 to 779.421 some guiding principles for determining whether an employee's employment and compensation meet the conditions set forth in section 7(i).","path":["Title 29—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","PART 779—THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT AS APPLIED TO RETAILERS OF GOODS OR SERVICES","Subpart E—Provisions Relating to Certain Employees of Retail or Service Establishments"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-29.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:20Z","sha256":"d60757c7416879b730ebdc7cb78c8ffc2fdcf1471bcb4354a7f99151bfba4665","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/29-cfr-779.409","next":"us/29-cfr-779.411"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}