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Dog Days (of Winter) are Over: Audits for Worker Misclassification On Increase

by Daniel A. Schwartz | Pullman & Comley, LLC on 3/12/2013

Consistent readers of the blog will no doubt know of my weaving in pop culture into blog posts. So it was with some good fortune that as I began to write this post, the song “Dog Days are Over” popped up on my iPhone speakers...more

To Pay or Not To Pay: Payment of Wages under Federal Wage and Hour Law

by Michael Pavlick | K&L Gates LLP on 3/7/2013

“These violations reflect one of the problems we’ve found in the oil and gas extraction industry—employees are improperly classified as exempt from the FLSA and are not paid the proper wages in accordance with federal law.” -...more

How to Survive the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Enforcement

by Carl Hellerstedt, Jr. | Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 3/4/2013

As most employers know, the federal wage/hour law under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) includes the requirement to pay “non-exempt” employees time and one half of their “regular rate” for work in excess of 40 hours in...more

DOL Proposes Survey on Independent Contractor Misclassification

by Anne Marie Estevez, Thomas Linthorst, Sean Lynch, Tim Lynch, Christopher Parlo, Michael Puma | Morgan Lewis on 2/21/2013

The survey will involve more than 10,000 workers and carry important implications for employers, including the potential implementation of "right to know" regulations. ...more

Wage and Hour Division Unveils Plans to Survey Workers' Knowledge of Their Classification as Employees or Independent Contractors;...

by Scott Wenner | Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP on 2/1/2013

From the advent of the Obama Administration, the U.S. Department of Labor has clearly expressed its intent to adopt an adversarial approach towards employers at the agency and sub-agency levels. As part of that strategy, the...more

Dept. of Labor Wage & Hour Enforcement to Focus on Shale Employers

by Carl Hellerstedt, Jr. | Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 1/31/2013

The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”) announced in December of 2012 the recovery of $187,165 of wages for 69 employees as part of its multi-year ongoing enforcement initiative focused on vendors...more

DOL’s Renewed Focus on Worker Misclassification

by Kelly Kolb | Fowler White Boggs P.A. on 1/24/2013

The U.S. Department of Labor has published a Request for Comments regarding its Proposal to spend $1,852,029.00 to conduct a first of its kind survey of employers and employees about their experiences and knowledge of worker...more

DOL Proposes Survey on Worker Misclassification

by Frank Chernak, Kelly Kindig | Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/23/2013

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued a notice seeking comment on its proposal to collect information about “employment experiences and workers’ knowledge of basic employment laws and rules” so that it can...more

DOL's Misclassification Initiative Continues

by Staci Ketay Rotman | Franczek Radelet P.C. on 1/21/2013

Iowa is the latest State to sign a Memorandum of Understanding and join forces with the U.S. Department of Labor to combat employee misclassification. Although Labor Secretary Solis has announced her resignation, it appears...more

Iowa Joins DOL's Independent Contractor Enforcement Posse

by Michael Cardman | XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis on 1/18/2013

Iowa is the latest state to partner with the US Department of Labor (DOL) in a nationwide effort to share information and coordinate enforcement efforts aimed at preventing the misclassification of employees as independent...more

Legal Alert: IRS Provides Temporary Waiver Of Certain Eligibility Requirements For The Voluntary Classification Settlement Program

by Jeffrey S. Ashendorf | FordHarrison on 12/21/2012

In Announcements 2012-45 and 2012-46, the IRS has temporarily eased the eligibility requirements for employers to participate in the employment-tax Voluntary Classification Settlement Program ("VCSP") that was begun last...more

Key Issues to Evaluate When Conducting an Internal Wage and Hour Audit

by Kevin P. Hishta, Alfred B. Robinson, Jr. | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/8/2012

In our last blog post in this series on the “Anatomy of a DOL Audit,” we discussed tips for conducting an effective internal wage and hour audit. Now we consider some key issues to evaluate during that process....more

eTrends - Additional States Join the Federal Department of Labor's Initiative to Detect Misclassification of Employees as...

by Susan Milner Parrott | Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell &... on 7/31/2012

California and Louisiana recently became the twelfth and thirteenth states, respectively, to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the federal Department of Labor ("DOL") as part of the DOL's effort to detect and...more

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Dog Days (of Winter) are Over: Audits for Worker Misclassification On Increase

To Pay or Not To Pay: Payment of Wages under Federal Wage and Hour Law

How to Survive the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Enforcement

DOL Proposes Survey on Independent Contractor Misclassification

Wage and Hour Division Unveils Plans to Survey Workers' Knowledge of Their Classification as Employees or Independent Contractors;...

Dept. of Labor Wage & Hour Enforcement to Focus on Shale Employers

DOL’s Renewed Focus on Worker Misclassification

DOL Proposes Survey on Worker Misclassification

DOL's Misclassification Initiative Continues

Iowa Joins DOL's Independent Contractor Enforcement Posse

Legal Alert: IRS Provides Temporary Waiver Of Certain Eligibility Requirements For The Voluntary Classification Settlement Program

Key Issues to Evaluate When Conducting an Internal Wage and Hour Audit

eTrends - Additional States Join the Federal Department of Labor's Initiative to Detect Misclassification of Employees as...

Your Federal Government is Here to Help—Anatomy of a DOL Audit

New Laws Clamp Down On Employee Misclassifications

White House 2013 Budget Targets Employee Misclassification

Labor: DOL initiatives to crackdown on employee misclassifications

DOL Set to Share Employee Misclassification Information with the IRS and States

Legal Alert: Employee Misclassification Relief?

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