29 CFR § 1975.6 - Policy as to domestic household employment activities in private residences.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s1975.6"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "29 CFR § 1975.6 - Policy as to domestic household employment activities in private residences."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "1975.6"
section_name: "Policy as to domestic household employment activities in private residences."
chapter_name: "OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
part_number: "1975"
part_name: "COVERAGE OF EMPLOYERS UNDER THE WILLIAMS-STEIGER OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT OF 1970"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 2, 3, 4, 8, Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 651, 652, 653, 657); Secretary of Labor's Order No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754)."
regulatory_source: "37 FR 929, Jan. 21, 1972, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1975"
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# 1975.6 Policy as to domestic household employment activities in private residences.

As a matter of policy, individuals who, in their own residences, privately employ persons for the purpose of performing for the benefit of such individuals what are commonly regarded as ordinary domestic household tasks, such as house cleaning, cooking, and caring for children, shall not be subject to the requirements of the Act with respect to such employment.