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Essential Protections for Essential Workers

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Key Topics

Restoring and Extending Overtime Protections

Restoring and Extending Overtime Protections

How to File a Complaint

How to File a Complaint with the Wage and Hour Division

Final Rule: Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act

Final Rule: Employee or Independent Contractor Classification

Workers Owed Wages

Workers Owed Wages

If you think you may be owed back wages collected by WHD, you can search our database of workers for whom we have money waiting to be claimed.

Protections for Workers in Construction under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

Protections for Workers in Construction under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

Family and Medical Leave Act

Family and Medical Leave Act

The FMLA entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons with continuation of group health insurance coverage under the

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Prevailing Wage and the Inflation Reduction Act
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