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...
by PC Editorial Staff | May 16, 2023 | DOL, FLSA, Overtime Rules, Wage & Hour, WHD
In the largest ever recorded verdict under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), a federal court ordered a Pennsylvania manufacturing company to pay $22 million in back wages after significant FLSA violations. An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)...
by PC Editorial Staff | Apr 5, 2023 | Minimum Wage Law, Overtime Rules, Wage & Hour, wage theft, WHD
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced last week that a restaurant owner and operator with locations in New Hampshire and Massachusetts will pay $911,568 for wage theft. Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigators determined that the employer’s illegal pay...
by PC Editorial Staff | Mar 14, 2023 | DOL, FLSA, Minimum Wage Law, Wage & Hour, WHD
This month, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released guidance on paying tipped employees and those with dual jobs under the 80/20 rule. The guidance provides information on applying provisions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to tipped employees and those...
by PC Editorial Staff | Feb 21, 2023 | DOL, FLSA, FMLA, Minimum Wage Law, Wage & Hour, WHD
In February, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued guidance on applying the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to teleworkers. The guidance includes information on tracking hours and providing nursing breaks. In addition, it covers...
