Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 418. Worker's Disability Compensation § 418.118

Sec. 118. (1) No household domestic servant shall be considered an employee if the person is a wife, child or other member of the employer's family residing in the home, and no householder shall be deemed a statutory principal within the meaning of section 171  1 for the purposes of this section.

(2) No private employer shall be liable under this act to any person who is employed by him as a household domestic servant for less than 35 hours per week for 13 weeks or longer during the preceding 52 weeks, notwithstanding the provisions of section 611  2 or any other provision of this act, unless such person assume liability under section 121.  3

(3) A household domestic servant or domestic as used in this act means a person who engages in work or activity relating to the operation of a household and its surroundings whether or not he resides therein.