The Biden Administration’s Department of Labor (DOL) is wasting no time in reversing wage and hour policies adopted during the Trump Administration that were intended to provide employers with useful guidance regarding their compliance obligations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Since the new administration assumed office, DOL has formally rescinded a regulation that clarified the rules for making worker classification determinations; has proposed rescinding regulations clarifying the standard under which “joint employment” is determined; has reversed a policy that clarified when expanded monetary damages should be sought in the case of alleged FLSA violations; and has delayed helpful clarifications to portions of DOL’s “tipped employee” rules in anticipation of rescinding them.
Members of the Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC) can read more here.