The U.S. Dept. of Labor proposes to revise “a number of out-of-date regulations” under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Portal-to-Portal Act.

Among the changes being considered: the tip credit and tipped employee rules; meal credits; clarifying inclusion of bona fide bonus payments in the fluctuating workweek method of computing overtime payments; using a company vehicle for home-to-work commuting; clarifying the non-employee status of volunteers at nonprofit foodbanks; and overtime exemptions for agricultural workers on irrigation projects, and service advisors working for car dealerships or boat sales. Comments on the proposed rules are due on or before September 11, 2008.