The regulations in this part contain the official interpretations of
the Department of Labor with respect to the application under described
circumstances of the provisions of law which they discuss. These
interpretations indicate the construction of the law which the Secretary
of Labor and the Administrator believe to be correct and which will
guide them in the performance of their duties under the Act unless and
until they are otherwise directed by authoritative decisions of the
courts or conclude, upon reexamination of an interpretation, that it is
incorrect.
