You know, there’s more to wage-and-hour compliance than just slapping up a poster or two on the breakroom bulletin board. And noncompliance can be costly! So, what’s the latest wage and hour news? How can we streamline time and attendance tracking? What resources are available to help? Come on in — find answers and share your thoughts!

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• Helpful Resources: Calculating Overtime: Feb. 10 Webinar - 13-Jan-2010
  On Wednesday, February 10, 2010, at 2:00pm (Eastern), IOMA will sponsor a webinar, Calculating Overtime Correctly Under the FLSA. Calculating overtime is not necessarily as simple as taking an employee's hourly rate and multiplying by 1.5. How to de...
• Wage and hour lawsuits: Donning and Doffing, Revisited - 11-Jan-2010
  We've covered “donning and doffing” before — and it remains a complex and confusing issue. Unfortunately, it's probably going to take a Supreme Court ruling to clear up the apparent inconsistencies in the lower court rulings. In th...
• News & Opinions: California Prison Guard Furloughs Ruled Invalid - 22-Dec-2009
  Judge Frank Roesch of Alameda County Superior Court recently ruled that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s furlough order for state correctional officers violated state law. The problem seems to be that — because you can't simply shut down the pri...
• Workforce management: I Did Not Know That! - 14-Dec-2009
  So, contrary to popular opinion, I don't know everything. :) I came across this interesting statistic recently... apparently, almost 85% of workers in the USA are eligible for overtime pay. You know, I did not know that! But it's true, according to...
• Announcements: Minimum Wage Changes in Colorado - 14-Oct-2009
  Interesting news out of Colorado... Seems that, come January 1, 2010, the state's minimum wage will actually drop, from its current $7.28 an hour to $7.24 an hour. I'm told this is the first time minimum wage has decreased — in any state —...
• Accounting issues: Too Small for Time and Attendance? - 05-Oct-2009
  It has come to my attention that some small business owners still don't see the value of installing a time and attendance tracking system — despite all the evidence I've accumulated here demonstrating to the contrary. If you still need convinc...
• Rules & regulations: Are You an Employer in New York? - 16-Sep-2009
  If you're an employer in New York state, there are some new wage and hour regulations you need to be aware of. Here are a few highlights: If an employer is found guilty of failing to pay wages to an employee, the Department of Labor can now asses...
• Payroll processing: States vs Feds: Who “Wins”? - 14-Sep-2009
  OK, so maybe the headline is a little over the top, but seriously. When there's a conflict between state and federal wage and hour rules, which one “rules”? Turns out, there are probably more instances than you might think when the feder...
• Time tracking software: Don't Become A Statistic - 09-Sep-2009
  According to the HR.BLR.com website, a new survey shows that most low-wage workers say they've been paid less than minimum wage, forced to work off the clock and/or been subjected to other wage and hour law violations by their employers. Specificall...
• Time clocks: The Venerable (and Still Viable) Punch Clock - 10-Aug-2009
  Part Two Let's continue our discussion of alternatives for tracking employee time and attendance. In Part One, we talked about the pros and cons of timesheets or time slips. In a nutshell, while they're better than simply guessing, they do present s...