29 U.S.C. § 49K
Section 49k · Rules and regulations
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 56 Cal. 2d 54 - Di Giorgio Fruit Corp. v. Department of Employment (1961)
Most recently applied in 81 F. Supp. 3d 1291 - Bayou Lawn & Landscape Services v. Perez (December 2014)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The Secretary is authorized to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Amendments
1998—Pub. L. 105–220, which directed the substitution of “The Secretary” for “The Director, with the approval of the Secretary of Labor,”, was executed by making the substitution for text which read in part “director” rather than “Director”, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Effective Date of 1998 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 105–220 effective July 1, 1999, see section 311 of Pub. L. 105–220, set out as a note under section 49a of this title.