On June 10, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) submitted a notice of proposed changes to its wage information collection form, WD-10, that it uses to determine prevailing wages. The WHD is also proposing a new optional form, WD-10A, which it will use before sending out the
DOL Issues Opinion Letter Regarding Conflicts Between State and Federal Law Overtime Laws & 2 v 3 Year Statute of Limitations
On March 14, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued Opinion Letter FLSA2019-1. In this situation, an employer asked whether the FLSA applies when its employees (live-in superintendents and residential janitors) are exempt from state law overtime. The DOL confirmed what I’ve posted about several times:
When a federal, state, or local minimum
DOL Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) Program Launched
The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) launched their new program, the Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program on Tuesday, April 3, 2018. As I wrote about previously, PAID is the WHD’s 6-month pilot program that allows employers to self-audit their payroll practices. If an employer discovers an overtime or minimum wage violation under the Fair
DOL Significantly Increases Civil Penalties – Effective August 1, 2016 For Violations Occurring After November 2, 2015
On June 30, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor issued two interim final rules to adjust penalties for inflation (one relating to H-2B workers and the other regarding all others). The DOL will accept comments on these rules for 45 days before it finalizes the rules.
Important to my wage and hour followers, the Wage
DOL Publishes New FMLA Notice Poster and Employer’s FMLA Guide
It’s always fun to get an email from the Department of Labor (DOL) that has information helpful to employers. It happens. Really. The DOL’s Wage and Hour Division just released its new The Employer’s Guide to The Family and Medical Leave Act. This Guide, arrived hot off the press in my email inbox this
Registration is Open for DOL Minneapolis Prevailing Wage Seminar
The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division is coming to town! Oh my! On May 3 – 5, 2016, the DOL WHD will be presenting its traveling three-day Prevailing Wage Seminar compliance training program just around the corner from our office at the Doubletree, Bloomington – Minneapolis South, 7800 Metro Blvd., Bloomington, MN 55439.