WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division today announced the issuance of a new field assistance bulletin addressing the treatment of related duties performed by tipped employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2026-1 brings the division’s guidance on tipped employees with dual jobs into alignment with current regulations.The bulletin withdraws the division’s 1979, 1980, and 1985 opinion letters concerning the application of dual jobs regulations to tipped employees. The withdrawal of the three opinion letters is necessary because they no longer reflect the division’s policy or interpretation of the FLSA. The bulletin also clarifies
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