[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR552.5]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 552_APPLICATION OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT TO DOMESTIC SERVICE
--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Regulations
 
Sec. 552.5  Casual basis.

    As used in section 13(a)(15) of the Act, the term casual basis, when 
applied to babysitting services, shall mean employment which is 
irregular or intermittent, and which is not performed by an individual 
whose vocation is babysitting. Casual babysitting services may include 
the performance of some

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household work not related to caring for the children: Provided, 
however, That such work is incidental, i.e., does not exceed 20 percent 
of the total hours worked on the particular babysitting assignment.