by PC Editorial Staff | Jan 10, 2023 | DOL, Overtime Rules, Wage & Hour, wage theft, WHD
This month, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) recovered more than $1.6 million in unpaid overtime pay from a Los Angeles, California restaurant owner. The owner operates seven restaurants within Los Angeles. Overall, the charges of...
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...
by PC Editorial Staff | Dec 13, 2022 | Independent contractors, Misclassification, Wage & Hour
On December 6th, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that a Florida-based hotel staffing agency paid more than $500 thousand in back wages to settle an independent contractor misclassification case. Briefly, misclassifying employees as independent...
by PC Editorial Staff | Nov 22, 2022 | DOL, Overtime Rules, Wage & Hour, wage theft, WHD
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) announced that a popular breakfast chain will pay more than $1.1 million for a failure to pay overtime to its workers. The WHD initially opened its investigation at one location in...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 2, 2022 | FLSA, State News, Wage & Hour
On October 24, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Ninth Circuit) issued a decision on FLSA compensable time. In brief, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards. Markedly, the...
by PC Editorial Staff | Oct 19, 2022 | DOL, Gig Economy, Independent contractors, Misclassification, Wage & Hour
On October 13th, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its proposed independent contractor rule for determining employee versus independent contractor classification. The proposed rule rescinds the previous 2021 rule on the topic. According to the DOL,...
