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New FLSA Regulations And Recent Opinion Letters By The DOL

By E. Fredrick Preis, Jr. and Christine White

The Department of Labor's new Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (Wage and Hour Regulations) regulations, which went into effect Aug. 23, 2004, are an attempt to modernize pay scales, increase employee coverage, and clarify rules for employers. The salary levels had not been updated since 1975. The Korean War had not yet begun the last time the primary duties regulations were revised, and until last August, the regulations included such anachronistic titles as “legmen,” “straw bosses,” and “key punch operators.” Nevertheless, if one were to judge merely by the sheer number of opinion letters the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued since the regulations went into effect, it would seem that the new regulations have generated as much confusion as the previous regulations. The DOL has issued 31 opinion letters since the effective date of the new regulations, nearly as many opinion letters as for the entire years 2001, 2002, and 2003. This article will summarize the major changes brought about by the FLSA regulations and examine this recent spate of DOL opinion letters.

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