The WHD enforces federal laws on minimum wage, overtime, recordkeeping, youth labor, FMLA, and certain contractor standards—investigating complaints at no cost and protecting workers from retaliation.
More info: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/faq/workers
Eligible employees can take up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave per year (26 weeks for military caregiving), with health benefits maintained and the right to return to their same or equivalent position.
More info: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fmla/faq
Under the FLSA, status is based on a totality-of-the-circumstances economic reality test, considering factors like control, investment, permanence, and integration—not a rigid ABC test.
More info: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/flsa/misclassification/rulemaking/faqs
Covered federal contractors must offer up to seven days of paid sick leave annually, in addition to any leave required under other laws or collective bargaining agreements.
More info: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/government-contracts/sick-leave/faq
Employers must provide reasonable unpaid break time and a private, non-bathroom space for nursing mothers to express breast milk for up to one year after childbirth; if break time is paid, lactation time must also be paid.
More info: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/flsa/faq (see Nursing Mothers section)