Minimum Wage, Department of Labor (DOL), Civil Monetary Penalty

Employers Won’t Face Double Damages from DOL Wage and Hour Division’s Administrative Proceedings

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 7/9/2025

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has issued new internal guidance that significantly changes its approach to administrative settlements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In Field Assistance...more

Is Your Tip Credit A Ticking Time Bomb? An Employer’s 10-Step Wage and Hour Action Plan for 2022

Fisher Phillips on 1/27/2022

With the government’s final rules on the tips provisions of federal wage and hour law becoming effective just weeks ago, employers will be challenged with ensuring they have a plan to address the rules’ impact on their...more

New DOL Tip Credit Rule Clarifies When Managers can Keep Tips and Lays Hefty Fines for FLSA Violations

Quarles & Brady LLP on 10/4/2021

On September 24, 2021, the Department of Labor published its most recent rule regarding tip regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). This final rule will go into effect on November 23, 2021....more

Finally Final: The Tipped Employee Rule

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 10/1/2021

As promised in our April 2021 post regarding the rules for tipped employees, here’s the update on the final rule. Recall that not all of the rule became effective earlier this year but certain portions were implemented to...more

New Tipping Regulations Will Take Effect March 1, 2021

Stokes Wagner on 1/21/2021

The Department of Labor has issued new tipping regulations, to take effect on March 1, that make a few significant changes, some of which may be advantageous to hospitality employers....more

Labor Department Loosens Tip Pool Rules For Hospitality Employers

Fisher Phillips on 12/29/2020

The U.S. Department of Labor issued a long-awaited final rule right before Christmas addressing the issue of tipped employees. The final rule, released on December 22 but not effective until February 20, 2021, provides...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

January 2019: The Top 16 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 2/11/2019

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

A Cost Of Getting "Caught" - FLSA Civil Money Penalties

Fisher Phillips on 1/28/2019

This week the U.S. Department of Labor published increases in the civil money penalties (CMPs) it can impose for certain violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. These new levels apply to any penalties assessed...more

Bad Week For Gig Businesses In Oregon

Fisher Phillips on 12/6/2018

Last week was a bad week for gig economy companies in Oregon. It wasn’t just the post-holiday malaise that so many suffer from after having to return to work following a long, relaxing weekend that probably included eating...more

New Tip Pooling Guidelines For Employers

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/11/2018

The recent passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 (“H.R. 1625”), an 878-page omnibus spending bill, significantly changes the rules for tip pooling under the Fair Labor Standards Act (the “FLSA”). While 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

Web Exclusive: January 2018: The Top 18 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 2/8/2018

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there were an unprecedented number of changes each month in 2017—and if January is any...more

FLSA Penalties Increase

Fisher Phillips on 1/5/2018

This week the U.S. Department of Labor published increases in the civil money penalties it can impose for certain violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. These new levels, approximately 2% higher than those...more

FLSA Civil Penalties to Increase Again

Fisher Phillips on 1/18/2017

For the second time in less than a year, the U.S. Department of Labor will soon publish increases in the civil money penalties it can impose for certain violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and/or related...more

FLSA's Civil Money Penalties To Increase

Fisher Phillips on 7/8/2016

The U.S. Labor Department has issued an Interim Final Rule that will substantially increase the civil money penalties it can impose for certain violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and related regulations. ...more

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