Office of Personnel Management officials say that OPM is reviewing rules issued by the Labor
Department that took effect in August changing certain overtime policies in the private sector.
Overtime policy in the federal government is set according to separate rules published by OPM; the
Labor rules do not have a direct effect on federal employees apart from some quasi-corporate
agencies. However, OPM officials say they are looking at the Labor rules to determine whether
adjustments in the OPM rules are needed. Any changes would be subject to the notice and comment
procedures for revising regulations. Efforts are being made in Congress to repeal the Labor rules,
although the Bush administration is working to keep them on the books.