Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 08, 2026

Title 29 - Labor last revised: Jan 31, 2026
§ 552.3 - Domestic service employment.

The term domestic service employment means services of a household nature performed by an employee in or about a private home (permanent or temporary). The term includes services performed by employees such as companions, babysitters, cooks, waiters, butlers, valets, maids, housekeepers, nannies, nurses, janitors, laundresses, caretakers, handymen, gardeners, home health aides, personal care aides, and chauffeurs of automobiles for family use. This listing is illustrative and not exhaustive.

[78 FR 60557, Oct. 1, 2013]
source: 40 FR 7405, Feb. 20, 1975, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 29 CFR 552.3