[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: 29CFR553.104]

[Page 291]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 553_APPLICATION OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT TO EMPLOYEES OF 
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart B_Volunteers
 
Sec. 553.104  Private individuals who volunteer services to public agencies.

    (a) Individuals who are not employed in any capacity by State or 
local government agencies often donate hours of service to a public 
agency for civic or humanitarian reasons. Such individuals are 
considered volunteers and not employees of such public agencies if their 
hours of service are provided with no promise expectation, or receipt of 
compensation for the services rendered, except for reimbursement for 
expenses, reasonable benefits, and nominal fees, or a combination 
thereof, as discussed in Sec. 553.106. There are no limitations or 
restrictions imposed by the FLSA on the types of services which private 
individuals may volunteer to perform for public agencies.
    (b) Examples of services which might be performed on a volunteer 
basis when so motivated include helping out in a sheltered workshop or 
providing personal services to the sick or the elderly in hospitals or 
nursing homes; assisting in a school library or cafeteria; or driving a 
school bus to carry a football team or band on a trip. Similarly, 
individuals may volunteer as firefighters or auxiliary police, or 
volunteer to perform such tasks as working with retarded or handicapped 
children or disadvantaged youth, helping in youth programs as camp 
counselors, soliciting contributions or participating in civic or 
charitable benefit programs and volunteering other services needed to 
carry out charitable or educational programs.

[52 FR 2032, Jan. 16, 1987; 52 FR 2648, Jan. 23, 1987]