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1 - 10 of 722 resultsAdvisory Opinion 2026-02A
Whether the Blue and Gold Automotive Health Trust Fund Welfare Benefit Plan is an employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(1) of ERISA that is maintained by a group or association of employers within the meaning of section 3(5) of ERISA and whether it is a MEWA within the meaning of section 3(40) of ERISA that is fully insured within the meaning of section 514(b)(6)(D) of ERISA.
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
- Health
- ERISA Sec. 3(40)
- ERISA Sec. 3(5)
FLSA2026-13
Whether the FLSA allows a restaurant supervisor who also works as a bartender to keep a portion of other employees' tips and the extent to which he may participate in a tip pool.
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
FLSA2026-11
Whether an uncompensated 60-minute lunch break, during which employees spend 6 to 14 minutes walking to and from the employer designated break area, constitutes a bona fide meal period.
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
FLSA2026-12
Whether FLSA-exempt employees of a nonprofit organization may volunteer outside of their normal work hours for their employing organization.
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
FLSA2026-9
Whether mid-day travel between an employee's home and work office is worktime that an employer must record and pay for under the FLSA, where the employee performs work at both locations and the mid-day travel is offered as a voluntary alternative to unpaid commuter travel that would otherwise occur before or after the employee's workday.
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
FLSA2026-10
Whether time spent by an employee receiving pages, calling clients and other workers to schedule appointments, and driving from home to the first client appointment is worktime that an employer must record and pay for under the FLSA.
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
FLSA2026-6
Whether a bonus calculated by comparing an employee’s total straight-time and overtime earnings to the total straight-time and overtime earnings of all employees eligible for the bonus is a “percentage of total earnings” bonus under 29 C.F.R. 778.210 that provides for the simultaneous payment of any overtime compensation due on the bonus, thus satisfying the FLSA’s overtime pay requirement.
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
FLSA2026-7
Whether time spent during a meal break voluntarily traversing an employer’s premises and passing through a controlled access entry and exit is compensable under the FLSA when the employer allots employees a 30-minute meal period during which they are allowed to remain on the premises.
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
FLSA2026-8
Whether certain pre-shift activities by hospital employees are compensable work and, if so, whether the hospital's practice of rounding employees' clock-in time to their scheduled shift start time is permissible.
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
FLSA2026-5
Whether an employee exempt pursuant to section 13(a)(1) of the FLSA can perform additional work in a secondary role at an hourly rate, and if so, what overtime implications may arise.
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)