29 U.S.C. § 260
Liquidated damages
United States · Title 29 — LABOR · Status: effective
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- 29 U.S.C. § 260, Liquidated damages, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/465830
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In any action commenced prior to or on or after May 14, 1947 to recover unpaid minimum wages, unpaid overtime compensation, or liquidated damages, under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended [29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.], if the employer shows to the satisfaction of the court that the act or omission giving rise to such action was in good faith and that he had reasonable grounds for believing that his act or omission was not a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, the court may, in its sound discretion, award no liquidated damages or award any amount thereof not to exceed the amount specified in section 216 of this title.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1974House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally