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Learn MoreThe U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division recovered $17,311 in back wages and assessed civil penalties against a Rowland Heights, California restaurant after finding multiple violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, according to a Dec. 19 press…
A California roofing and painting contractor will pay more than $320,000 after federal investigators found overtime violations tied to unrecorded work hours, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced. An investigation by the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division found Howard…
Think it’s acceptable to agree with other employers not to recruit their employees if they don’t go after yours? If you’ve ever nodded along while two executives agreed, as a professional courtesy, to stop pulling talent from each other’s teams…
Misclassification risk becomes a financial problem as soon as regulators decide contractor oversight looks like employee management. Case in point: Minnesota’s attorney general just turned tightly controlled delivery work into an $800K settlement for one company. Every time business units…
California’s latest misclassification penalty provides a costly reminder: Once contractor oversight starts resembling employee management, financial risk lands squarely on the books. When regulators conclude a company has operational control over contractors, liabilities escalate rapidly – moving penalties and back…
Target will pay $4.6 million to settle a wage claim that accused the company of failing to pay warehouse employees for time spent walking to and from their workstations before and after shifts to complete required security screenings. The class-action…
Regulators are intensifying audits of worker misclassification, elevating it from an administrative detail to a recurring financial risk. Case in point: A recent $10 million California judgment shows how classification errors translate directly into penalties and unplanned costs. State Enforcement…
A $900,000 settlement in Washington highlights the financial impact of pay transparency penalties when employers fail to include required pay information in job postings. In this case, several Domino’s Pizza franchisees were accused of violating Washington’s pay transparency law by…
An employee who says his employer withheld overtime pay has recovered about $3,700 so far – but he is fighting to get much more. For finance teams, the case shows that depending on state law, the cost for violating applicable…
Pay transparency has been a dominant legislative theme in 2025 -- and three new updates in the final stretch of the year reinforce it as a lasting standard for employers. Delaware recently passed new pay transparency requirements Massachusetts is expanding…
A newly filed FLSA misclassification lawsuit in Massachusetts could have financial implications for FedEx, as it accuses the package delivery company of neglecting its legal duty to pay drivers overtime. The suit essentially asserts that FedEx created the independent service…
Under a new law in Maine, covered employers are now required to provide compensation -- or show-up pay -- to employees who report to work but have their shifts canceled or reduced. Finance teams should anticipate adjustments to payroll processes…
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