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On September 7, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued three new opinion letters addressing wage and hour questions that arise under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The letters address three unrelated but common problems: whether an unpaid lunch break remains unpaid when employees must walk several minutes to reach the break area, when employees may volunteer for the nonprofit that employs them without entitling them to payment for their time, and whether a supervisor who also works as a bartender may keep a share of other employees’ tips.