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Personal Liability
Are you a corporate officer or hiring/firing manager at a company? Think you don’t have to worry personally if your company gets sued for wage and hour claims? Think even if you do get named personally in the lawsuit, your insurance will take care of things? Might want to think again.
Don’t Become A Statistic
A distressingly high percentage of workers in low-wage industries report their employers violated wage and hour law, cheating them out of overtime pay, forcing them to work off the clock, paying less than minimum wage and more. Yikes!
Egregious Doesn’t Begin to Describe This
There are employers who innocently violate wage and hour laws because the laws are sometimes complex and it’s possible for even well-intentioned people to get tripped up. There are employers who knowingly try an end-run around the laws because they think they can get away with it. And then there’s these folks…
Bad Business Can = No Business
Home health care services — in fact, any business that sends employees out into the field — face special concerns related to wage and hour. Find out just why it’s so important to pay your people properly, and what might befall your business if you don’t.
Wage and Hour Division Beefs Up Staff
The US DOL’s Wage and Hour division is expanding, hiring up to 250 additional inspectors. What does this mean for small businesses? And what do you need to do to prepare and protect yourself?
More Developments at the DOL
M. Patricia Smith, former New York State Labor Commissioner, has been tapped to serve as the chief solicitor at the U.S. Department of Labor. What does this mean for small business and for wage and hour enforcement in general?
Staying Out of Trouble in Hard Times
Times are hard. Folks are getting laid off right and left. Whether you’re contemplating a layoff yourself, or considering some alternatives to try to avoid layoffs, make sure you don’t inadvertently set yourself up for a wage and hour lawsuit.
2009 Outlook: Employers Be Alert
We’ve got a new administration headed for the White House and it seems some things may be changing. But you still need to pay your workers fairly under the law, and be prepared in the event of a DOL investigation. Perhaps even more prepared than before.
Small Companies, Big (Potential) Liabilities
Some small business owners may think they’re safe from FLSA lawsuits because they’re “too small” for lawyers to bother with. They may need to rethink that, because small businesses are now in those lawyers’ sights.
The Feds May Be Slacking Off, But the States Aren’t
Think you might be off the hook because it appears the federal DOL is concentrating on larger businesses? Think again. That knocking you hear at your door just might be the state investigators, and they’re not messing around.
