by PC Editorial Staff | Jul 18, 2023 | DOL, Latest News, Misclassification, Wage & Hour
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) announced it is seeking claimants for a case settlement of over $5.6 million for illegal employee misclassification. The DOL is seeking out over 1,300 affected current and former...
by PC Editorial Staff | Jun 20, 2023 | DOL, Independent contractors, Misclassification, NLRA
This month, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) stated that its Independent Contractor final rule will now be ready for publication in October 2023. Subsequently, this date is five months later than the DOL’s previously projected date. The DOL made its statement in a...
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 | Apr 11, 2023 | FLSA, Misclassification, Overtime Rules, Wage & Hour
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (First Circuit) recently issued a decision regarding the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA’s) overtime provisions that clarified the FLSA administrative exemption law. The decision affects states and territories under the...
by PC Editorial Staff | Jan 17, 2023 | DOL, FLSA, Independent contractors, Misclassification, WHD
Recently, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it secured $5.6 million in back wages and liquidated damages for 1,398 misclassified employees of an Arizona-based logistics company. Briefly, the company illegally misclassified them as exempt independent...
by PC Editorial Staff | Dec 20, 2022 | DOL, IRS, Misclassification, Wage & Hour, WHD
Recently, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) renewed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) combining agency resources and efforts to prevent employee misclassification. In brief, the bi-agency effort adds a streamlined process for...
