The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has submitted comments to the Labor Department supporting its July 2 proposal to remove nine Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) policy statements and interpretive rules from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). We expect it won’t be long before DOL moves to finalize its proposal.

Specifically, we support DOL’s plan to:

  • Relocate relevant guidance to the Wage and Hour Division’s Field Operations Handbook;
  • Rescind obsolete guidance related to retail operations; and
  • Limit the proposed changes to nine CFR sections that have never undergone notice and comment.

We also encourage DOL to continue using the notice-and-comment process for important guidance, whether formally required or not. CWC’s Guides to the White Collar Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, and Professional Employees could help employers to review their wage and hour practices to identify possible risks.

CWC members read more here.