(a) The general recordkeeping regulations are found in part 516 of
this chapter and they require that every employer having covered
domestic service employees shall keep records which show for each such
employee: (1) Name in full, (2) social security number, (3) address in
full, including zip code, (4) total hours worked each week by the
employee for the employer, (5) total cash wages paid each week to the
employee by the employer, (6) weekly sums claimed by the employer for
board, lodging or other facilities, and (7) extra pay for weekly hours
worked in excess of 40 by the employee for the employer. No particular
form of records is required, so long as the above information is
recorded and the
record is maintained and preserved for a period of 3 years.
(b) In the case of an employee who resides on the premises, records
of the actual hours worked are not required. Instead, the employer may
maintain a copy of the agreement referred to in Sec. 552.102. The more
limited recordkeeping requirement provided by this subsection does not
apply to third party employers. No records are required for casual
babysitters.
(c) Where a domestic service employee works on a fixed schedule, the
employer may use a schedule of daily and weekly hours that the employee
normally works and either the employer or the employee may: (1) Indicate
by check marks, statement or other method that such hours were actually
worked, and (2) when more or less than the scheduled hours are worked,
show the exact number of hours worked.
(d) The employer may require the domestic service employee to record
the hours worked and submit such record to the employer.
