The department weighed in on several wage-and-hour questions in a trio of opinion letters made public Tuesday.
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The department weighed in on several wage-and-hour questions in a trio of opinion letters made public Tuesday.
Published Sept. 9, 2026
Farmworkers eat on a lunch break on March 31, 2026, near Oxnard, Calif The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday weighed in on a worker question about meal breaks.
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