The U.S. Department of Labor recently rolled out a new program designed to help employers resolve inadvertent violations of federal labor and wage laws to help companies resolve their liability and ensure that workers receive all their due wages.
Willful violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) standards by a company can lead to penalties, and sometimes criminal prosecution. Most cases fall into this category where the employer knows that they are in violation, but still chooses to violate the laws. However, what happens if these willful violations are in good faith?
The highly controversial topic of the minimum wage is continuing to be debated after a recent backfire of the wage increase agreed upon in Seattle, Washington in 2014.
San Francisco has been the most recent city to ban a series of interview questions that involve the applicant’s job history.
A big change in New York City’s food industry is happening. New wage and hour laws require employers to schedule their employees at least two weeks in advance or pay them for any changes made to their schedule.
Minimum wage is a much-debated topic around the country.