A direct or indirect party to an agreement or arrangement
A direct or indirect party to an agreement or arrangement includes persons who have secured the services of another or of others in connection with an agreement or arrangement of the type referred to in 406.2 as well as persons who have undertaken activities at the behest of another or of others with knowledge or reason to believe that they are undertaken as a result of an agreement or arrangement between an employer and any other person, except bona fide regular officers, supervisors or employees of their employer to the extent to which they undertook to perform services as such bona fide regular officers, supervisors or employees of their employer.
Source
29 CFR § 406.1
Scoping language
As used in this part, the term: