{"id":6385,"date":"2026-08-27T11:04:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T16:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/?p=6385"},"modified":"2026-08-27T11:04:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T16:04:33","slug":"hr-newsletter-dol-compensability-guidance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/27\/hr-newsletter-dol-compensability-guidance\/","title":{"rendered":"HR Newsletter: DOL Compensability Guidance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/images\/newsletter\/HR\/Blog\/September20_DOL.jpg\" alt=\"HR Newsletter: DOL Compensability Guidance\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On July 22, 2026, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued two new opinion letters related to compensating employees in various situations.\u00a0The links below provide summaries of the DOL guidance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/PDFs\/August2026_DOL-Update-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DOL Addresses Compensability of Certain Commute Time Activities<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/PDFs\/August2026_DOL-Update-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DOL Addresses Compensability of Midday Travel Between an Employee\u2019s Home and Work<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:hr@employco.com\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:hr@employco.com\">Contact us<\/a> with compensation and payroll questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 22, 2026, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued two new opinion letters related to compensating employees in various situations.\u00a0The links below provide summaries of the DOL guidance:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hr-newsletter"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Employco USA","author_link":"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/author\/employcousa\/"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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