[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR531.30]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 531_WAGE PAYMENTS UNDER THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938--Table 
of Contents
 
                        Subpart C_Interpretations
 
Sec. 531.30  ``Furnished'' to the employee.

    The reasonable cost of board, lodging, or other facilities may be 
considered as part of the wage paid an employee only where customarily 
``furnished'' to the employee. Not only must the employee receive the 
benefits

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of the facility for which he is charged, but it is essential that his 
acceptance of the facility be voluntary and uncoerced. See Williams v. 
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. (E.D.N.C.). 1 W.H. Cases 289.