---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 C.F.R. § 1401.240"
title: "2"
number: "1401.240"
heading: "Employee."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/2/1401.240"
---

# §1401.240. Employee.

- (a) Employee means the employee of a recipient directly engaged in the performance of work under the award, including—
  - (1) All direct charge employees;
  - (2) All indirect charge employees, unless their impact or involvement in the performance of work under the award is insignificant to the performance of the award; and
  - (3) Temporary personnel and consultants who are directly engaged in the performance of work under the award and who are on the recipient's payroll.
- (b) This definition does not include workers not on the payroll of the recipient (e.g., volunteers, even if used to meet a matching requirement; consultants or independent contractors not on the payroll; or employees of sub-recipients or subcontractors in covered workplaces).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 6101 note, 7501; 41 U.S.C. 252a; 41 U.S.C. 701-707.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 71008, Nov. 22, 2010, unless otherwise noted.