Pub. L. 87-581, tit. II, sec. 201

Sec. 201. The proviso of section 23 of the Act of March 28, 1934 (48 Stat. 509, 522), as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: “Provided, That the regular hours of labor are hereby established at not more than eight per day or forty per week, but work in excess of such hours shall be permitted when administratively determined to be in the public interest: Provided further, That overtime work in excess of eight hours per day or in excess of forty hours per week shall be compensated for at not less than time and one-half the basic rate of compensation, except that employees subject to this section who are regularly required to remain at or within the confines of their post of duty in excess of eight hours per day in a standby or on-call status shall be paid overtime rates only for hours of duty, exclusive of eating and sleeping time, in excess of forty per week.”