Employer Liability Issues, Audits, Labor Law Violations

DOL Resurrects PAID Program to Supervise Employers’ Self-Audits and Settlements of Potential FLSA and FMLA Violations

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/14/2025

On July 24, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) announced it would once again oversee the Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program, allowing employers to self-report...more

Department of Labor Audit, Now What?

Jaburg Wilk on 10/3/2019

The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) has jurisdiction to audit employers to ensure compliance with overtime and federal minimum wage laws. An audit can be stressful and expensive. Generally, an auditor will come to the...more

DOL Wage and Hour Audit: Lessons from the Backstretch

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 6/10/2019

The recent U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour (WHD) investigation outcome of leading thoroughbred trainer Chad Brown has rocked the racing industry with the assessment of over $1.6 million in back wages and Civil Money...more

PAID Update: WHD Releases Supplemental Information on the Self-Audit Program

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/6/2018

On April 3, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) released additional information concerning its Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program. The information can be accessed on a...more

Department of Labor Wants Employees to Get PAID

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 3/20/2018

Earlier this month, the Federal Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced a new pilot program for employers to audit and self-report their payroll practices to the DOL. The program is dubbed the “Payroll Audit Independent...more

Resolution of wage violations not necessarily assured under PAID pilot program

McAfee & Taft on 3/16/2018

A new pilot program announced by the U.S. Department of Labor just last week provides employers with renewed hope that the agency is changing its approach from one of strict regulatory enforcement to one that seeks to...more