(1) The Montana Minimum Wage and Overtime Compensation Act, is a Montana statute of general application which establishes minimum wage and overtime pay that apply as provided in the law. All employees are subject to the prescribed labor standards unless specifically exempted from them. Employers having such employees are required to comply with the law's provisions in this regard unless relieved therefrom by some exemption in the law.

(2) These interpretations and regulations contain the construction of the law which the commissioner believes to be correct and which will guide him in the performance of his duties under the law, unless and until he is otherwise directed by authoritative decisions of the courts or he concludes upon re-examination of a regulation or interpretation that it is incorrect. The interpretations contained herein may be modified, amended, rescinded, or determined by judicial authority to be incorrect.