The agency addressed compensable working time in a pair of opinion letters Wednesday.
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The agency addressed compensable working time in a pair of opinion letters Wednesday.
Published July 23, 2026
Commuters board a train at Penn Station on May 15, 2026, in New York City, N.Y. Employers need not pay workers for midday commutes, DOL said in a July 22, 2026, opinion letter.
DOL has addressed overtime calculation issues several times since the relaunch of its opinion letter program in mid-2025.
Flexible work schedules mean people are commuting at all hours of the day — and it's turning our trips to the office into a…
The department weighed in on several wage-and-hour questions in a trio of opinion letters made public Tuesday.
Factors to consider include where employees live and work and the employers' tolerance for risk, attorney Frank B. Shuster said.
Journeys to and from work have become regarded as lost time. Rail travel could return it to us
The salary threshold is only part of the exemption test, one attorney reminded HR leads.
