The following article by Juliet Eilperin was posted on the Washington Post website January 8, 2018:
The Labor Department revived 17 opinion letters to employers issued during the final days of George W. Bush’s second term, a move that represents a shift in how the department will enforce compliance with overtime and other wage requirements.
The letters from the Wage and Hour Division, which were withdrawn once Barack Obama took office, provide interpretations of how the Fair Labor Standards Act applies in individual cases. The Obama administration stopped issuing these letters altogether, instead releasing broader “Administrator’s Interpretations” that laid out how the department viewed employers’ specific obligations under the law. Continue reading “The Trump administration just changed its overtime guidance — and business cheers”