Last week, the Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division resumed its practice of publishing Opinion Letters. One of the first it published answers an interesting question about the intersection of the FLSA and the FMLA. Must an employer pay an employee for FMLA-approved breaks taken during the work day? I’ve taken some journalistic license and paraphrased the questions. The answers, however, are verbatim from the DOL Opinion Letter FLSA2018-19 [pdf] Q: We have an employee who is on an approved intermittent FMLA leave for back issues. When he experiences a flare-up during the day, his FMLA papers permit him to take
Must You Pay Employees for FMLA-related Breaks During the Work Day?
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