DOL Wage-Hour Chief Promises More Return-to-Work Guidance (2)

The Labor Department plans to issue new guidance to answer employer questions about how wage-and-hour laws apply when reopening workplaces after Covid-19-related closures, while also bolstering enforcement by hiring new investigators.

“Over the coming weeks and months you will see new guidance come out as we start to learn new things that employers are doing and they have questions on how that works under the Fair Labor Standards Act or the Family and Medical Leave Act,” Cheryl Stanton, administrator of DOL’s Wage and Hour Division, said during a webinar Tuesday.

Stanton, whose agency enforces federal laws on minimum wage, overtime, ...