Department of Labor

In most offices, someone from HR hangs the relevant Labor Department posters in the company breakroom and that's that. But in this new remote world, what are the requirements? Send the posters to each employee and tell them they have to hang them in their...

In a new opinion letter, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division examined the compensability of training time [FLSA 2020-15, 11/3/2020]. Basic rules. Two keys to the compensability of training time are whether the training is related to the employee’s job and whether it takes...

The DOL issued an opinion letter earlier this year in response to the following issue: Should nonexempt employees who require 15-minute breaks every hour because of an illness that qualifies as a serious health condition under the Family Medical Leave Act be paid for the...

Federal investigators with the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) routinely look for companies and organizations with illegal pay practices. The WHD enforces the federal minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, child labor and other requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act. When investigators uncover violations,...

Many business owners who have been penalized for labor law violations never realized they were noncompliant. But we all know that ignorance is no excuse. Here are common FLSA violations to avoid: 1. Misclassifying Employees   Any employer who fails to follow DOL rules regarding classification is risking...

The cost of misclassifying employees will depend on several factors, such as how many employees are misclassified, how much extra money they would have been paid if properly classified, how the misclassification is discovered, and how your employees react to it. Generally, if an employee goes...

Let’s imagine a situation. Wendy, who’s been on the job for only four months, informs her employer that she’s pregnant. She requests light duty and asks if temporary leave is an option. Instead of accommodating Wendy, the employer terminates her employment, explaining to her that her...