DOL Plans to Clean Up Unofficial Old Wage Rules
Published Date: 7/2/2025
Proposed Rule
Summary
The Department of Labor wants to clean up some old rules that never went through public review and turn them into helpful guides instead. This affects businesses and workers who follow Fair Labor Standards Act rules, but it won’t change any laws or costs right now. The Department is asking for your thoughts on which parts to keep and how to share the info going forward.
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Move FLSA interpretive rules to guidance
If you are a business or worker who follows the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Department of Labor proposes to remove parts in Title 29, Chapter V, Subchapter B that are interpretive rules or policy statements not issued through notice-and-comment rulemaking and repurpose them as sub-regulatory guidance. The Department says these parts do not carry the force and effect of law and that this change won’t change any laws or costs right now. The Department is asking for public comment on which provisions should stay in the CFR and what kind of guidance should replace those that are removed.
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