---identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s552.5"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "29 CFR § 552.5 - Casual basis."title_number: 29title_name: "Labor"section_number: "552.5"section_name: "Casual basis."chapter_name: "WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"subchapter_number: "A"subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS"part_number: "552"part_name: "APPLICATION OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT TO DOMESTIC SERVICE"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-04-05"last_updated: "2026-04-05"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "Secs. 13(a)(15) and 13(b)(21) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended (29 U.S.C. 213(a)(15), (b)(21)), 88 Stat. 62; Sec. 29(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-259, 88 Stat. 76), unless otherwise noted."regulatory_source: "40 FR 7405, Feb. 20, 1975, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "552"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t29/s552.5
Currency
2026-04-05
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-04-05
Chapter
Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor
Authority
Secs. 13(a)(15) and 13(b)(21) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended (29 U.S.C. 213(a)(15), (b)(21)), 88 Stat. 62; Sec. 29(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-259, 88 St... Secs. 13(a)(15) and 13(b)(21) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended (29 U.S.C. 213(a)(15), (b)(21)), 88 Stat. 62; Sec. 29(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-259, 88 Stat. 76), unless otherwise noted.
# 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 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.