(a) No employer shall employ any of his employees for (1) more than 5 consecutive days, or (2) longer than a total of 40 hours in a workweek, unless otherwise provided for pursuant to section 6(e) of this title, or (3) for a workday longer than 8 hours, unless such employee receives compensation for his employment (1) on a sixth and/or a seventh consecutive day of work, or (2) in excess of 40 hours in a workweek, or (3) in excess of 8 hours in a workday, whichever excess is calculated to give the employee the greatest compensation, at a rate not less than 1 ½ times the regular rate at which he is employed.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, an employer in either a tourist service or a restaurant industry may employ an employee for 6 consecutive days, provided, however, that such employee is employed for not less than 40 hours in the workweek during which any part of the 6 consecutive days are worked. No such employer shall employ any such employee for (1) more than 6 consecutive days, or (2) longer than a total of 40 hours in a workweek, unless otherwise provided for pursuant to section 6(e) of this title, or (3) for a workday longer than 8 hours, unless such employee receives compensation for employment (1) on a seventh consecutive day of work, or (2) in excess of 40 hours in a workweek, or (3) in excess of 8 hours in a workday, whichever excess is calculated to give the employee the greatest compensation, at a rate not less than 1 ½ times the regular rate at which he is employed.
(c) Except in the case of either a tourist service or a restaurant industry, whenever an employee is regularly required to work on more than one shift, all of which fall within one calendar day, and the interval between such shifts exceeds two hours, the employer shall pay compensation to the employee at the regular rate for the period of such interval in excess of two hours. The provisions of this paragraph shall not affect the payment of overtime compensation when such payment is otherwise applicable.
(d) any employee of a carrier by air or other carriers, that are subject to the provisions of the Federal Railway Labor Act, are exempted from the overtime provision in subsection (a) of this section.