Regulations last checked for updates: May 04, 2024

Title 29 - Labor last revised: Apr 30, 2024
§ 780.308 - Definition of immediate family.

The Act does not define the scope of “immediate family.” Whether an individual other than a parent, spouse or child will be considered as a member of the employer's immediate family, for purposes of sections 3(e)(1) and 13(a)(6)(b), does not depend on the fact that he is related by blood or marriage. Other than a parent, spouse or child, only the following persons will be considered to qualify as part of the employer's immediate family: Step-children, foster children, step-parents and foster parents. Other relatives, even when living permanently in the same household as the employer, will not be considered to be part of the “immediate family.”

[38 FR 17726, July 3, 1973]
authority: Secs. 1-19, 52 Stat. 1060, as amended; 75 Stat. 65; 29 U.S.C. 201-219. Pub. L. 105-78, 111 Stat. 1467
source: 37 FR 12084, June 17, 1972, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 29 CFR 780.308