Various Federal, State, and local laws require the payment of
minimum hourly, daily or weekly wages different from the minimum set
forth in the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the payment of overtime
compensation computed on bases different from those set forth in the
Fair Labor Standards Act. Where such legislation is applicable and does
not contravene the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act, nothing
in the act, the regulations or the interpretations announced by the
Administrator should be taken to override or nullify the provisions of
these laws. Compliance with other applicable legislation does not excuse
noncompliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act. Where a higher minimum
wage than that set in the Fair Labor Standards Act is applicable to an
employee by virtue of such other legislation, the regular rate of the
employee, as the term is used in the Fair Labor Standards Act, cannot be
lower than such applicable minimum, for the words ``regular rate at
which he is employed'' as used in section 7 must be construed to mean
the regular rate at which he is lawfully employed.
