by Erick Lange | Oct 31, 2023 | DOL, FLSA, Latest News, Misclassification
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced on October 27 that a company in Massachusetts paid $3.2 million to settle an exempt worker misclassification case that affected over 700 sales representatives. The DOL found that the employer had misclassified the employees...
by PC Editorial Staff | Jun 13, 2023 | DOL, FLSA, Independent contractors, Misclassification, Wage & Hour
This month, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that a California food manufacturer will pay $650,000 as a result of their illegal worker misclassification. Briefly, the employer failed to pay overtime wages to employees it misclassified as independent...
by PC Editorial Staff | Jun 7, 2023 | FLSA, Overtime Rules, Wage & Hour, WHD
In another significant summary judgment under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), a federal court in Pennsylvania ordered a Philadelphia home health care agency to pay more than $7 million for FLSA overtime violations. The litigation and judgment came after the...
by PC Editorial Staff | May 31, 2023 | Child Labor, DOL, FLSA, Overtime Rules, Wage & Hour
This week, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced that a popular fast food chain will pay over $71 thousand in fines for over 170 child labor violations across six locations. The DOL’s investigation included locations across Nevada. Overall, from 2018 to 2022, the...
by PC Editorial Staff | May 23, 2023 | DOL, FLSA, Labor Law Posters, Wage & Hour, WHD
After releasing a new Employee Rights Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) notice earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently made its updated FLSA poster mandatory. At the beginning of May, the DOL gave employers the option of posting the...
by PC Editorial Staff | May 23, 2023 | DOL, FLSA, Wage & Hour, WHD
The Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) recently published guidance regarding the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP Act), dictating how WHD officials may go about enforcing the PUMP Act. Specifically, agency...
