Domestic service employees; agreements to exclude certain periods from wages; calls to duty; maintenance of records

1. If a domestic service employee resides in the household where he or she works, the employer and domestic service employee may agree in writing to exclude from the wages of the domestic service employee: (a) Periods for meals if the period for meals is at least one-half hour for each meal; (b) Periods for sleep if the period for sleep excluded from the wages of the domestic service employee does not exceed 8 hours; and (c) Any other period of complete freedom from all duties during which the domestic service employee may either leave the premises or stay on the premises for purely personal pursuits. To be excluded from the wages of the domestic service employee pursuant to this paragraph, a period must be of sufficient duration to enable the domestic service employee to make effective use of the time. 2. If a period excluded from the wages of the domestic service employee pursuant to this section is interrupted by a call to duty by the employer, the interruption must be counted as hours worked for which compensation must be paid. 3. An agreement pursuant to this section may be used to establish the total hours of employment of a domestic service employee in a pay period in lieu of maintaining precise records of the number of hours worked per day. The employer shall keep a copy of the agreement and indicate in the record of wages pursuant to NRS 608.115 that the work time of the domestic service employee generally coincides with the agreement. If it is found by the parties that there is a significant deviation from the initial agreement, a separate record must be kept for the period in which the deviation occurs or a new agreement must be reached that reflects the actual facts.