A live-in domestic service worker and the employer may make an agreement excluding from hours worked sleep time, meal time, and other periods of freedom from all duties when the worker leaves the premises or stays on the premises for purely personal matters. The live-in domestic service worker must be paid for all hours worked even if those hours deviate from the agreement.
Information about reasonable agreements in the context of shared living arrangements (such as adult foster care and paid roommate situations) is available in guidance documents that can be found at http://www.dol.gov/whd/homecare/shared_living.htm.
October 2018
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