---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 780.308"
title: "29"
number: "780.308"
heading: "Definition of immediate family."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/780.308"
---

# §780.308. Definition of immediate family.


The Act does not define the scope of “immediate family.” Whether an individual other than a parent, spouse or child will be considered as a member of the employer's immediate family, for purposes of sections [3(e)(1)](/cfr/29/3.md?p=e-1) and [13(a)(6)(b)](/cfr/29/13.md?p=a-6-b), does not depend on the fact that he is related by blood or marriage. Other than a parent, spouse or child, only the following persons will be considered to qualify as part of the employer's immediate family: Step-children, foster children, step-parents and foster parents. Other relatives, even when living permanently in the same household as the employer, will not be considered to be part of the “immediate family.”


## Notes

### Amendments

[38 FR 17726, July 3, 1973]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 1-19, 52 Stat. 1060, as amended; 75 Stat. 65; 29 U.S.C. 201-219. Pub. L. 105-78, 111 Stat. 1467.

### Source

Source: 37 FR 12084, June 17, 1972, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[38 FR 17726, July 3, 1973]