Wage and Hour Specialist

Full Job Description

This position is located within the Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Office of Policy (OP), Division of Regulations, Legislation, and Interpretation (DRLI).

WHD enforces federal minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Based on agency needs, additional positions may be filled using this vacancy. You must meet all requirements listed below to qualify for Wage and Hour Specialist.

This position has an Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR). In addition to meeting the Specialized Experience below, the applicant must also meet the IOR in order to be found qualified.

Must Possess at least TWO of the following THREE specialized criteria requirements: General knowledge of Federal wage and hour labor laws, industrial occupations, wage scales, employment practices, or salary and wage administration practices.

Skill in analyzing written/verbal information and numerical data and making decisions on issues based on interviews, records review, reconstruction of missing or fraudulent records and applying legal or regulatory provisions, precedents, and principles to specific investigative matters.

Skill in personal contacts requiring the ability to explain requirements or rights and obtain information and cooperation from people with diverse backgrounds and levels of understanding, reconcile conflicting interests, and persuade others to comply voluntarily with requirements.

In addition to the criteria specified above applicants must have knowledge of and ability to apply the provisions of Federal wage and hour labor laws pertaining to wages, hours of work, or related conditions of employment.

Examples of qualifying specialized experience include: Developing, interpreting, or applying policies, procedures, and operating standards in determining compliance for an organization or government-based program.

Conducting interviews and providing information about laws and/or regulations. Industrial personnel or salary and wage administration or responsible work in a certified public accounting firm.

Analyzing or applying labor legislation. Reviewing and evaluating operations and procedures through analysis, audits, or surveillance inspections.

Federal, State, or self-regulatory agency work involving obtaining compliance with appropriate program requirements.

In addition to the criteria specified above applicants must have have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level GS-13 in the Federal Service.

For GS-14 : Specialized Experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform the duties of the position successfully, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled.

To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level.

Qualifying specialized experience for GS-14 includes: 1) Experience working with Wage and Hour compliance practices, procedures and techniques to prepare, revise, or interpret opinion letters, regulations, and other policy documents.

2) Experience using research, fact-finding, and analytical and problem-solving skills to interpret, prepare, and revise Wage and Hour regulatory and sub-regulatory documents.

3) Experience working with and understanding top management thinking and philosophy on Wage and Hour programs to prepare, revise, or interpret opinion letters and other Wage and Hour policy documents.

4) Experience presenting briefings to senior management officials and for providing technical guidance and assistance to staff at all levels.

5) Experience with project management techniques to successfully plan and implement regulatory and sub-regulatory projects.

6) Experience formulating policy and conducting long-range planning in connection with prospective changes in functions and programs.

7) Experience introducing and providing training on regulatory impact analysis, automated processes and methods improvements. Major Duties:

DRLI develops national policies, regulations, interpretations, and provides direction for administering Departmental programs that promote and achieve compliance with labor standards to protect and enhance the nation's workforce under the Acts administered and enforced by WHD.

As a Wage and Hour Specialist, you will perform the following duties which are not all-inclusive: Formulate, develop, coordinate, clear, issue, and disseminate official agency interpretations through regulatory rulemakings as well as sub-regulatory vehicles, such as opinion letters.

Assist in the development of testimony and background material for hearings on WHD regulatory and sub-regulatory matters. Assist in the drafting and review of WHD's regulatory agenda.

Conduct or lead developmental and exploratory special studies on selected interpretative issues and program information, analyze public comments in rulemaking dockets on proposed WHD regulations.

Analyze proposed Federal legislation and legislative needs associated with WHD's comprehensive employment standards programs. Monitor and report on relevant Congressional activities and legislation.

Assist in the review of new or revised legislative proposals. Assist in the development and review of information collection requests subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act.

Serve as a recognized authority and senior advisor to the DRLI Director as well as WHD senior management officials.

Explain highly complex, potentially controversial, and important nationwide policies followed by WHD under its statutory and regulatory requirements.

Coordinate with the Office of the Solicitor staff to obtain advice on legal matters.