Can laundries or dry cleaners qualify as a retail or service establishment under the Act?
The legislative history of the Act makes it plain that an establishment engaged in laundering, cleaning, or repairing clothing or fabrics is not a retail or service establishment. When the Act was amended in 1949, Congress excluded such establishments from the exemption because of the lack of a retail concept in the services sold by such establishments, and provided a separate exemption for them which did not depend on status as a retailer. Again in 1966, when this exemption was repealed, Congress made it plain by exclusionary language that the exemption for retail or service establishments was not to be applied to laundries or dry cleaners. Are there any other special exceptions to the percentage limitations? There are two special exceptions to the percentage limitations (1) Those relating to the employee in “sole charge” of an independent or branch establishment, and (2) those relating to an employee owning a 20-percent interest in the enterprise in which he is employed. However, th
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