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Here are the top 10 workplace compliance items you should tackle in February 2026, based on the latest labor and employment law updates...more
In June 2025, the United States Department of Labor announced a planned expansion of its opinion letter program intended to increase compliance assistance across several agencies including OSHA. The initiative is intended to...more
The Department of Labor (DOL) started off 2026 issuing numerous Opinion Letters on issues arising under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Opinion Letter FLSA2026-4 addresses questions regarding the overtime exemption...more
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) has resolved a long-standing and frequently litigated issue under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA): whether intermittent FMLA leave includes time spent traveling to and from...more
On January 5, 2026, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued six opinion letters designed to promote clarity, consistency, and transparency in the application of federal labor standards. These...more
On Monday, January 5, 2026, the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor (DOL) issued six opinion letters addressing questions regarding calculating overtime compensation under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and...more
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) just rang in 2026 with six new opinion letters addressing various employer practices under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The...more
Perhaps the most frequently violated provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act involves employers’ failure to include bonuses or other incentive pay when determining non-exempt employees’ regular rate for purposes of...more
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (DOL) recently issued Opinion Letter FLSA2026-2 confirming that incentive bonuses earned under a predetermined plan must be included in an employee’s “regular rate” when...more
On January 5, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (DOL) issued Opinion Letter FMLA2026-2, confirming that eligible employees may use Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave for time spent traveling to...more
On January 5, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (DOL) issued Opinion Letter FMLA2026-1, providing important guidance on how short-term school closures, such as snow days, affect a school employee’s...more
In this episode of What’s the Tea in L&E?, Labor & Employment attorneys Leah Stiegler and Fred Schutt break down the Department of Labor’s latest opinion letter addressing whether time spent traveling to and from medical...more
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (DOL) recently issued Opinion Letter FLSA2026-4, shedding light on key aspects of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Section 7(i) overtime exemption. This potentially...more
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (DOL) recently published six opinion letters, which provide information about the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). In this series, each...more
Texas’s Attorney General just issued a sweeping 74-page Opinion that calls into question the legality of many Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives across the state in both public and private sectors, including...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently released a new set of opinion letters addressing recurring questions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). While opinion letters...more
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division welcomed the new year by issuing six new opinion letters on January 5, 2026 — four regarding the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and two regarding the Family and...more
This month, the U.S. Department of Labor issued an opinion letter providing much-needed clarity for school districts — and other employers with similar schedules — on how to count FMLA leave during short-term closures. ...more
A new opinion letter from the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division explains that employees may use leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) not only to attend qualifying medical appointments, but...more
Do employers have to classify qualified employees as exempt from overtime pay if they don’t want to? Can FMLA leave be used to travel to and from medical appointments? The Department of Labor (DOL) recently released six new...more
This week, we examine the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) recent opinion letters clarifying critical Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) compliance standards, alongside the growing...more
The Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division issued an opinion letter on Jan. 5, 2026, explaining that an employee’s available leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) may be applied toward time spent...more
On January 5, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division published an Opinion Letter (FMLA2026-2) addressing whether leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) may be used intermittently or...more
Following up on its re-opening of the Opinion Letter program, the United States Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division (“DOL”) issued six new opinion letters on January 5, 2026. These letters are helpful guidance for...more
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division has issued a new opinion letter, FMLA2026-2, clarifying how to calculate leave usage under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) when an employer shuts down...more