CT HB05260

Replaces Section 31-76b of Connecticut General Statutes to clarify definitions related to domestic service employment and overtime pay calculations.

Allows employers and domestic service employees to agree in writing to exclude meal times, periods of complete freedom from duties, and regularly scheduled sleeping periods (up to 8 hours) from hours worked calculations.

Requires adequate on-site sleeping facilities and at least 5 consecutive hours of sleep time for the sleeping period exclusion to apply; any interrupted sleep or failure to receive 5 consecutive hours counts as hours worked.

Applies to individuals employed to provide "domestic service employment" as defined by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act regulations and working shifts of at least 24 consecutive hours.

Effective from passage and amends Section 31-76b of the General Statutes.