MissConstrue<p>This slid so far under the radar that I didn’t even hear about it until today, 2 days after public comment has closed. A potential rule from the Department of Labor would end minimum wage and overtime pay for all domestic workers.</p><p>In 2013, the Obama administration made it more difficult for providers to claim that domestic workers should be exempt from minimum wage and overtime requirements. The Trump administration wants to roll back this update to the Fair Labor Standards Act and return to the 1975 interpretation of the rule. </p><p>If it goes through, it would be the latest blow to wage standards. In July, the Trump administration rolled back a proposed regulation that would have ended the subminimum wage for disabled people.</p><p><a href="https://mefi.social/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rights</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wages</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/eatTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eatTheRich</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/MinimumWage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MinimumWage</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/02/2025-12316/application-of-the-fair-labor-standards-act-to-domestic-service" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">federalregister.gov/documents/</span><span class="invisible">2025/07/02/2025-12316/application-of-the-fair-labor-standards-act-to-domestic-service</span></a></p>