Enter the latest wave in the sea of crackdowns, regulations and additional paperwork surrounding the classification (or misclassification) of employees. More…

The Department of Labor (DOL), Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and nine states have teamed up to find wage and hour violators and fine them heavily. More…

Heads up: The feds and a group of states are taking a tag-team approach to making sure employees are properly classified under the Fair Labor Standards Act. More…

Here’s yet another example of how expensive retaliation lawsuits can be for today’s employers. More…

The Department of Labor (DOL) and the courts are cracking down on compensation missteps, and you might be surprised what they’re considering “compensable time” these days. More…

Signed agreements from workers stating that they are independent contractors mean little if the Department of Labor (DOL) feels a worker has been improperly classified. More…

It looks like the Department of Labor (DOL) will give employers some relief when it comes to complying with its new retirement plan fee disclosure rules. More…

If this new piece of legislation were to pass, employers wouldn’t have to take orders from the Department of Labor (DOL) any more. More…

Still need convincing that the feds are gearing up wage-and-hour enforcement efforts? Wait ’til you hear this. More…

About this time last year, the Department of Labor was making noise about cracking down on companies who used unpaid interns. Now a federal judge has ruled the DOL regs are “overly rigid and inconsistent.” More…