Responding to the ubiquity of remote work amid the pandemic, on Dec. 31, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (FLSA2020-19) issued an opinion letter regarding the compensability of travel time when...more
On Nov. 3, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division issued two additional opinion letters regarding what constitutes “work time” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The first opinion letter analyzes...more
On March 26, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a series of opinion letters clarifying how to calculate properly an employee’s “regular rate” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for overtime payment...more