DOL Issues New Wage and Hour Opinion Letters

Final Rulings and Opinion Letters - U.S. Department of Labor

Opinion letters may be signed by the Wage and Hour Division Administrator or a lower level official. The Wage and Hour Division maintains discretion regarding ...

Opinion Letter Search - U.S. Department of Labor

This withdrawal is an official ruling of the Wage and Hour Division for purposes of the Portal-to-Portal Act, 29 U.S.C. § 259, and these letters may not be ...

DOL Issues New Wage and Hour Opinion Letters

DOL opinion letters are not binding in court, but can serve as a useful guide for employers deciding on worker payment issues. And, relying on ...

U.S. Department of Labor Issues New Wage and Hour Opinion Letters

The first opinion letter analyzes whether employees' attendance at voluntary training lectures, meetings or programs is compensable. The second ...

Ask HRK: What are DOL “Opinion Letters” and why should ...

These letters often provide guidance on complicated wage and hour topics that employers face. For example, on June 25, 2020, the DOL published ...

DOL Issues Opinion Letters on Administrative Exemption and ...

The US Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued two new opinion letters on January 8, 2021, bringing the number of “lame duck” wage and hour ...

DOL Issues New Wage And Hour Opinion Letters – KZA Law

On November 8, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that its Wage and Hour Division has issued four new opinion letters. An opinion letter is ...

DOL Issues New Opinion Letters on Fluctuating Workweek Hours ...

Continuing the practice it reinstituted during the current administration, on August 31, 2020 the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Wage Hour ...

Wages, Hours & Leave, Overview - DOL Opinion Letters and ...

The Fair Labor Standards Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act are enforced by the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division.

DOL Withdraws Opinion Letters Under Biden Administration

As many of you know, the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issues guidance primarily through Opinion Letters, ...

DOL Delivers a Five-Pack of Wage and Hour Opinion Letters

While DOL opinion letters can provide helpful analogies for employers defending against wage and hour complaints, it is important to keep in ...

DOL Wage and Hour Division Publishes First Opinion Letter Under ...

The WHD opinion letters serve as a means by which the public can develop a clearer understanding of what FMLA compliance entails. This ...

DOL Issues Five New Opinion Letters Pertaining to the FLSA

The opinions focus on exemptions to the FLSA's requirement that employers pay their employees overtime at one and one-half times their regular rate of pay for ...

DOL to Reinstate Issuance of Wage-Hour Opinion Letters - Ogletree

On June 27, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it will reinstate the issuance of Wage and Hour Division (WHD) opinion ...

U.S. Wage and Hour Division Issues Two New Opinion Letters

On November 30, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor issued two new Opinion Letters dealing with two rather uncommon Fair Labor ...

Trump DOL Rides Out on Wave of Nine Opinion Letters

In 2017, then-Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Alexander Acosta, appointed by former President Donald Trump, announced the Wage and Hour ...

U.S. DOL Issues Three Opinion Letters After Nine-Year Hiatus

On April 12, 2018, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued the first Opinion Letters since the Bush ...

Newsline | DOL Issues New Opinion Letters on FLSA Compliance: Vol

On Nov. 3, the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division issued two opinion letters addressing specific compliance issues related to ...

DOL Issues Five New Wage & Hour Opinion Letters - Workwise

On June 25th, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published five new wage & hour opinion letters on issues under the Fair Labor Standards Act ...

New DOL Opinion Letters Shed Light on Important Wage and Hour ...

The DOL recently released four opinion letters addressing a broad range of important wage and hour issues under the federal FSLA. Here are highlights.