{"id":9866,"date":"2016-06-06T10:08:20","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T14:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/household\/?p=9866"},"modified":"2020-01-28T12:10:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T17:10:00","slug":"exclusion-sleep-time-hours-domestic-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/household\/exclusion-sleep-time-hours-domestic-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusion of Sleep Time Hours for Domestic Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21627 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/household\/wp-content\/uploads\/sleep-time-hours-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"sleep time hours for domestic workers\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/household\/wp-content\/uploads\/sleep-time-hours-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gtm.com\/household\/wp-content\/uploads\/sleep-time-hours-980x652.jpg 980w, https:\/\/gtm.com\/household\/wp-content\/uploads\/sleep-time-hours-480x319.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/>When the Department of Labor&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/household\/home-care-final-rule-approved\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Home Care Final Rule<\/a> was approved last year,\u00a0 Fair Labor and Standards Act (FLSA) protections were extended to most home care workers in the United States. That meant\u00a0household employers needed to start\u00a0complying with the FLSA\u2019s requirements; therefore, an employer must determine what time constitutes \u201chours worked.\u201d\u00a0In some cases, the time a domestic employee spends sleeping at their workplace (the home) can be unpaid, even if the employee is required to be there,\u00a0leading to the exclusion of sleep time hours for domestic workers.<\/p>\n<p>The Home Care Final Rule did not change any of the requirements regarding sleep time. Depending on the type of domestic employee (a \u201clive-in\u201d employee, those working a 24-hour shift or more, or those working a less than 24-hour shift), the rules for excluding sleep time hours vary. For employees to whom the exclusion rules do apply if sleep time is interrupted because of work duties, the employee must be paid, and if interruptions prevent the employee from getting a total of at least five hours of sleep, they are entitled to be paid for the entire night.<\/p>\n<p>To help explain the sleep exclusion rules and how they apply, the Department of Labor has provided this <a href=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/household\/wp-content\/uploads\/whdfs79d-chart.png\">handy chart<\/a> below (click to enlarge).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/household\/wp-content\/uploads\/whdfs79d-chart.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9867 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/household\/wp-content\/uploads\/whdfs79d-chart-300x273.png\" alt=\"exclusion of sleep hours\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/household\/wp-content\/uploads\/whdfs79d-chart-300x273.png 300w, https:\/\/gtm.com\/household\/wp-content\/uploads\/whdfs79d-chart.png 638w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more information about excluding sleep hours, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dol.gov\/whd\/homecare\/sleep_time.htm\">see this section<\/a> of the DOL&#8217;s website, or <a href=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/household\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contact us<\/a> at (800) 929-9213.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The exclusion of sleep time hours for domestic workers was not impacted by the Department of Labor&#8217;s Home Care Final Rule last year, but it can be a little confusing to understand who can be excluded from being paid during sleep hours. 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