The Labor Department wants to delete its own rules that were never voted on

The US Labor Department wants to remove parts of its rulebook that were never approved by public comment. These parts are currently used to interpret the Fair Labor Standards Act, but they do not have the full force of law.

Government agencies often issue guidance that acts like law, even if it hasn't gone through the formal public comment process. This proposal aims to strip those interpretations of their official status in the Code of Federal Regulations. It means that some long-standing interpretations of wage and hour laws might lose their official weight, forcing the Labor Department to either formalize them or rely on less binding guidance.