Quick Hits

• The DOL’s 2026 agency rule list includes eight WHD proposed rules covering tipped employees, young workers, independent contractor classification, and joint employer status, combining both newly announced and previously proposed measures.
• Among the newly announced items, the WHD is considering revised tip regulations that may align with the IRS’s recent “No Tax on Tips” rules, along with updated hour restrictions for workers aged fourteen and fifteen.
• The previously announced items would replace the 2024 independent contractor rule with a version resembling the 2021 rule and would restore 2021 style joint employer guidance, while employers are reminded that more protective state wage and hour laws still take precedence over these federal rules.

The previously announced items would replace the 2024 independent contractor rule with a version resembling the 2021 rule and would restore 2021 style joint employer guidance, while employers are reminded that more protective state wage and hour laws still take precedence over these federal rules.

The agency rule list is a list of proposed and developing regulations that the DOL plans to issue or review. It includes new standards, updates to existing workplace laws, and guidance. The list is part of the broader Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions published by the White House Office of Management and Budget.

The 2026 agency rule list includes eight WHD rules, some of which were already...

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