29 C.F.R. § 531.30

“Furnished” to the employee

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The reasonable cost of board, lodging, or other facilities may be considered as part of the wage paid an employee only where customarily “furnished” to the employee. Not only must the employee receive the benefits of the facility for which he is charged, but it is essential that his acceptance of the facility be voluntary and uncoerced. See Williams v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. (E.D.N.C.). 1 W.H. Cases 289.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1973–2025 · leading case: Gabina Camacho Lopez v. Manuel Rodriguez & Mirtha Rodriguez, 668 F.2d 1376 (D.C. Cir. 1981).
Gabina Camacho Lopez v. Manuel Rodriguez & Mirtha Rodriguez, 668 F.2d 1376 (D.C. Cir. 1981). · cites it 7× “We reject that portion of the District Court decision holding that, under 29 C.F.R. § 531.30 (1980), appellants are not entitled to a credit against unpaid wages for “board, lodging or other facilities” furnished by appellants to appellee.”
Beltran v. InterExchange, Inc., 176 F. Supp. 3d 1066 (D. Colo. 2016). · cites it 4× “) Defendants’ Objection obliquely addresses Judge Tafoya’s argument about Defendant’s failure to cite an exception to 29 C.F.R. § 531.30 , in citing generalized language about the benefits to the au pair from the immersion of the home life of the host family, and asserting that…”
Bureerong v. Uvawas, 922 F. Supp. 1450 (C.D. Cal. 1996). · cites it 3× “§ 203 (m), 29 C.F.R. § 531.30 , and Cal-Labor Code § 450 by wrongfully deducting the costs of transportation, housing, and outstanding debt from Plaintiffs’ wages.”
Castellanos-Contreras v. Decatur Hotels, LLC, 622 F.3d 393 (5th Cir. 2010). · cites it 2× “See 29 C.F.R. §§ 531.30 , 531.32, 531.35; Glen M.”
Roces v. Reno Hous. Auth., 300 F. Supp. 3d 1172 (D. Nev. 2018). · cites it 3× “31 ; (2) the employee's acceptance of the lodging must be voluntary and uncoerced, 29 C.F.R. § 531.30 ; (3) the lodging must be furnished in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law, 29 C.”
Davis Bros., Inc. v. Marshall, 522 F. Supp. 628 (N.D. Ga. 1981). · cites it 11× “(“Davis”) asks the Court to strike down 29 C.F.R. § 531.30 as inconsistent with section 3(m) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.”
Alexis M. Herman, Sec'y of Labor, United States Dep't of Labor v. Collis Foods, Inc., 176 F.3d 912 (6th Cir. 1999). · cites it 3× “” 29 C.F.R. § 531.30 Another regulation interprets the term “reasonable cost” to mean “not more than the actual cost to the employer of the board, lodging, or other facilities customarily furnished by him to his employees.”
Davis Bros., Inc., a Georgia Corp. v. Raymond J. Donovan, Sec'y of Labor, 700 F.2d 1368 (11th Cir. 1983). · cites it 2× “In reaching this position, the Department relied on 29 C.F.R. § 531.30 (1981), an interpretative rule promulgated by the agency in 1940.”
Maryam Balbed v. Eden Park Guest House, LLC, 881 F.3d 285 (4th Cir. 2018). “The employee voluntarily accepts the lodging, 29 C.F.R. § 531.30 ; 3. The lodging is furnished in compliance with applicable federal, state, or local law, 29 C.”
Marshall v. Sam Dell's Dodge Corp., 451 F. Supp. 294 (N.D.N.Y. 1978). “29 C.F.R. § 531.30 . However, facilities which are “primarily for the benefit or convenience of the employer” do not qualify as wages.”
Raymond J. Donovan, Sec'y of Labor, United States Dep't of Labor v. Miller Props., Inc., a Corp., 711 F.2d 49 (5th Cir. 1983). · cites it 2× “” The regulation is 29 C.F.R. § 531.30 (1982), which provides that board, lodging, or other facilities are “furnished” for purposes of section 3(m) only where the employee’s acceptance of them is “voluntary and uncoerced.”
Donovan v. Miller Props., Inc., 547 F. Supp. 785 (M.D. La. 1982). · cites it 2× “The Secretary urges the Court to apply his long-standing interpretation of “furnished” found in 29 C.F.R. § 531.30 : § 531.30 “Furnished” to the employee.”
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