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Reunited and It Feels So Good—The DOL’s Opinion Letters Are Back (Part 3 of 3)

When Lump-Sum Payments to Employees are Earnings for Garnishment Purposes - Welcome to Part 3 of our series on the Department of Labor’s three new opinion letters. We previously looked at the opinion letters on FMLA...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

New Opinion Letters from the United States Department of Labor - Regarding Travel Time, Work Breaks, and Garnishments

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In January 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) returned to its practice of issuing opinion letters in response to specific employer inquiries, after an almost 10-year hiatus. Under the Obama administration, the DOL...more

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Trump’s DOL Issues First Opinion Letters

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Back in January, we reported that the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) was reviving the agency’s practice of issuing opinion letters at the request of employers. The WHD stopped the practice of issuing...more

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DOL issues guidance on breaks, travel time, and earnings subject to garnishments

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For more than 70 years, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division provided employers and attorneys with a valuable resource for determining how to comply with the federal laws and regulations the agency enforces....more

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DOL Offers Additional Guidance on FLSA Compensable Travel Time, Rest Breaks and Garnishments in New Opinion Letters

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Returning to its long-standing practice of issuing opinion letters (which had ceased in 2010), and after reissuing 17 previously withdrawn opinion letters on January 5, 2018, the Department of Labor (DOL) yesterday issued...more

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WHD Opinion Letter Finally Resolves Question Surrounding Lump-Sum Payments and Garnishments

Most employers receive a garnishment from time to time, and some employers receive a lot of them. It is the employer’s legal obligation to administer garnishments exactly, and liability arises for the employer for...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

WHD Provides Long-Awaited Garnishment Guidance on the Meaning of “Earnings” Under the CCPA

A rare and interesting thing in the world of federal garnishment law has just occurred: the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) updated its published position concerning the meaning of “earnings” pursuant...more

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