The DOL said meal breaks that are significantly reduced by travel time may still be noncompensable as long as they are long enough for employees to eat a meal (i.e., typically 30 minutes).
Republishing the 2019 overtime rule is a technical correction accounting for changes in the law that have already occurred, the US Department of Labor said.
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed into law a bill that will enhance pay transparency, strengthen lactation break protections and impose a number of other new requirements on employers.
Although the business community greeted them as an improvement over draft rules proposed last year, the new regulations are still expected to make it more difficult for businesses to classify workers as independent contractors.
The US Department of Labor (DOL) will propose a new rule intended to establish a "clear, consistent understanding" of when employers are jointly responsible for complying with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA).
The DOL plans to restore a lightly modified version of the five-factor independent contractor rule enacted in 2021 under the first Trump administration.
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has said she will sign into law legislation that would raise the state's minimum wage to $13.75 in 2027 and to $15.00 in 2028.