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Over the course of just a week in late August, the DOL secured more than $2.25 million in back pay, damages and penalties from restaurateurs who cheated employees out of tips, failed to pay for overtime hours and illegally employed minors.

We are having a dilemma here at our office on our exempt employees not wanting to fill out a time sheet ... they are adamant that the law doesn’t require them to have to do that in Texas. "They googled it." Can we make them?

The latest state to pass a pay-transparency law is Massachusetts, and several other states have enacted pay-disclosure laws:

A federal appeals court on Aug. 23 struck down a Department of Labor rule governing how tipped workers must be paid for performing work for which they cannot receive tips.

Want to stop bosses from allowing off-the-clock work or looking the other way when employees work unpaid overtime? Remind them that the FLSA lets employees sue supervisors (and HR professionals) personally—not just the organization.

While HR professionals are likely aware of the rising trend and growth of pay transparency laws, pay equity laws are rising as well.

Do you have to pay non-exempt employees hourly?

Anniken Davenport breaks down the top three challenges facing HR professionals right now.

A recent case involving 15 nursing homes resulted in one of the nation’s largest-ever wage-recovery judgments--$35.8 million in overtime back wages.

A federal appeals court recently reminded a lower court that the FLSA requires paying hourly workers for all time spent working on their employer’s behalf.