Employer Liability Issues, Voluntary Self-Audit, Audits

PAID Back: DOL Revives Voluntary Self-Audit Program

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/29/2025

The U.S. Department of Labor has officially revived its Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program. Designed to help employers proactively resolve FLSA issues—and now, for the first time, certain FMLA...more

OSH Law Primer, Part X: Voluntary Safety and Health Self-Audits

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/8/2024

This is the tenth installment in a series of articles intended to provide the reader with a very high-level overview of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act of 1970 and the Occupational Safety and Health...more

DOL Breaks Record in Wage and Hour Enforcement – Time to Consider Self-Audits

Foley & Lardner LLP on 11/5/2019

Those who believed the Trump administration would scale back the Obama-era Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) aggressive enforcement of wage and hour laws may be surprised to learn that the DOL recently announced that it recovered...more

Summer 2018: ICE I-9 Audit Surge

Burr & Forman on 6/25/2018

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning a nationwide increase of Form I-9 audits this summer, and employers should prepare for the increased possibility of a government audit. ICE is the federal agency...more

Is the Health Care Industry Ready for I-9 Audits? What You Need to Know About Compliance

Baker Donelson on 4/27/2018

The health care industry accounts for the largest segment of the U.S. labor market and, as such, is positioned for heightened scrutiny from federal agencies tasked with regulating and enforcing rules on employment. That...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

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

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