Wage and Hour, Unpaid Overtime, Audits

Overtime Compliance for New York Restaurant Owners: Avoiding Costly Legal Mistakes

Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP on 6/13/2025

Running a restaurant in New York involves managing a fast-paced, labor-intensive business—and keeping up with employment laws can be overwhelming. One of the most common legal pitfalls restaurant owners face is overtime...more

Energy Industry and Wage and Hour Compliance Issues

Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/7/2023

On February 22, 2023, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling, in Helix Energy Sols. Grp., Inc. v. Hewitt, No. 21-984, that despite earning in excess of $200,000 annually, an oilfield rig worker was improperly paid...more

Six Overtime Risks for Arizona Contractors

Jaburg Wilk on 6/22/2021

It is estimated that as many as 75% of Arizona contractors are not paying their employees overtime properly. If the U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") conducts an audit, the results can be devastating to an employer. The...more

Department of Labor Announces New Payroll Audit Pilot Program

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/8/2018

On Tuesday, March 6, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced its launch of the Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) Program (“PAID” or the “Program”) – aimed at increasing employers’ FLSA compliance and...more

Employer Beware: Be Prepared for New Labor Regulations Coming in 2016

PilieroMazza PLLC on 1/19/2016

The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) is quite possibly the labor law that employers grapple with more than any other. The regulations can be murky at best when actually applied and the price tag for running afoul of the...more

Six Options For Complying With New DOL FLSA Salary Rules

Burr & Forman on 9/18/2015

It is rare for an employee’s salary to double with one raise, yet, under the Department of Labor’s (DOL's) proposed rule, employers will need to double some employees’ salaries to continue to pay them salaries without...more