On January 19, a federal district court in Arkansas paved the way for a jury to decide whether 2,000 employees were entitled to recover unpaid overtime for all weeks in which they worked more than 40 hours, while having...more
On July 6, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced a $950,000 settlement concerning the Illinois Wage Payments and Collection Act, marking the conclusion of an investigation into GrapeTree Medical Staffing...more
Q: We had a payroll issue and accidentally overpaid an employee quite a bit. Can we simply withhold from their future paychecks?...more
New York Governors seem to have a history of favoring employees with Labor Law giveaways as they check out of the Executive Mansion. (Remember the Wage Theft Prevention Act, signed by David Paterson days before he left office...more
Wage and hour law remains a compliance conundrum for most employers. And now that Colorado has issued a new wage order titled, Colorado Overtime and Minimum Pay Standards Order #36 (“COMPS Order”), Colorado employers are...more
How many readers have confronted the following scenario: Employer provides a paid meal break to its employees (for ease of application, we are going to suggest the paid meal break is 30 minutes in length); Employees...more
A hot topic of discussion in payroll offices around the country is the prospect of new services that provide workers with immediate access to their wages for hours they have worked but which aren’t due to be paid until after...more