How To Perform Wage-and-Hour Audits

How To Perform Wage-and-Hour Audits

With a wage-and-hour audit, you can ensure your company is in legal compliance. During a full wage-and-hour audit, you’ll look at your company’s employee classifications, overtime pay, minimum wage, and compliance history. While the U.S. Department of Labor handles...
HR Compliance Update | March 12, 2025

HR Compliance Update | March 12, 2025

FEDERAL UPDATES OFCCP Workforce Reduction – Reports of a memorandum from OFCCP’s acting director suggest that the agency will lay off 90% of its workforce and reduce its offices from 55 to 4. It intends to retain a limited number of staff to review contractors for...
Guide to Employer Requirements for Tipped Workers

Guide to Employer Requirements for Tipped Workers

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), there are specific requirements for minimum wages and overtime. As an employer, you must pay tipped workers a minimum wage. Because of the nature of tips, you also have special obligations when it comes to recordkeeping. If...
Classifications: Employees Versus Independent Contractors

Classifications: Employees Versus Independent Contractors

How you classify your workers will make a major difference in the employment taxes you pay and your company’s obligations to the worker. While employees must be paid overtime and given employment-related benefits, independent contractors do not. Because there are...
HR Compliance Update | February 25, 2025

HR Compliance Update | February 25, 2025

FEDERAL UPDATES NLRB – Rescission of General Counsel Guidance.  As expected, the new Acting General Counsel for the NLRB rescinded dozens of the former Counsel’s memos interpreting the NLRA.  Rescissions include Memorandum 23-08 suggesting that certain Non-Compete...