When people work, any of us, invariably, there is some measure of so-called “manual work” that we all do. What happens on wage payment, and should anything happen, if the
Continue Reading The Concept of “Manual Workers:” A Vagary Of New York LawWhen the DOL audits an employer and finds wages due, the employer, albeit unhappily, then pays the wages and (hopefully) changes its errant ways. There are times when the employer
Continue Reading New Washington State Lien Law Increases Pressure On Employers To Pay Wage Claims: What’s Next?
A thorny issue for employers is training newly hired people, then having those people quit (for whatever reason) and being stuck with the training costs. What can the employer do?
Continue Reading Employer Withholds Last Wages To Compensate It For Training Costs: Is This An Employer Expense?
The last several years have been quite worrisome to me, as a management side practitioner, on the issue of USDOL agency-initiated liquidated damages assessments. It used to be that only
Continue Reading USDOL States It Will No Longer Routinely Seek Liquidated Damages in Administrative Investigations: A Return to Normalcy
The State of New Jersey has passed several laws in the wage-hour area that are definitely pro-employee, to say the least. The latest effort on this front is something quite
Continue Reading New Jersey Wage Theft Act Beefs Up Penalties on Employers—A Lot!
What scares me the most about a USDOL audit or a FLSA lawsuit is the threat of liquidated damages. These damages, which double the wages due, are imposed almost routinely
Continue Reading Court Refuses To Award Liquidated Damages in FLSA Collective Action Even After Finding Employer Did Not Pay Proper Overtime
The car wash industry is one that is subject to many alleged wage-hour issues (some might say abuses). A recent case illustrates this maxim. A car wash has just settled
Continue Reading Another USDOL Car Wash Lawsuit Highlights The Issues In That Industry
The U.S. Department of Labor has announced a new self-audit program that allows employers to avoid litigation by “turning themselves in.” This is drawing some praise but there are a
Continue Reading USDOL Voluntary Compliance/Self-Audit Program Leaves Uncertainty
There have been many investigations of gas stations by the US Department of Labor. Like other retail industries, these businesses sometimes work their employees long hours for a set salary
Continue Reading Another USDOL Audit of Gas Stations Yields Big Dollars for Employees