Employer falsified timecards, then disposed of them Investigators found glaring paycheck errors at a food-processing plant in Westbury, NY, the state attorney general announced. From 2013 to 2017, Diversified Processors Inc. and Processors Inc. mishandled minimum wage and overtime payments due to 10 plant workers. Now, the employer must pay $120,555 in [...]
Eleven Attorneys General address their concerns The Dept. of Labor (DOL) just announced the launch of its PAID (Payroll Audit Independent Determination) program, which was designed to give companies a reprieve from fines and other penalties when they self-report wage issues. Although the PAID program’s in its infancy, it’s already facing some significant [...]
We’d had our old time clocks for as long as anyone could remember, and they’d become outdated. They couldn’t store any data, and power outages resulted in us losing hourly punches. Not only that, but when an employee wanted to request time off, that person had to fill out a sheet and wait [...]
Dian Ponto, payroll manager, Resort Asset Management LLC, Ludlow, VT writes: We dealt with an influx of seasonal workers every year, which made payroll extremely hectic. Between entering their info into our system and making sure they were paid on time, it was tough to juggle it all. Plus, with [...]
How companies know if they’re eligible, what to track & more More companies are offering workers paid medical and family leave. Thanks to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, this could earn them a tax credit in the next two years. The amount of the credit ranges from 12.5% if employees [...]
What’s included in Opinion Letter 2018-14 The Department of Labor (DOL) hasn’t always been clear about when you’re able to make deductions from exempt employees’ pay if they’re absent from work. But now that the DOL has issued Opinion Letter FLSA 2018-14 on that topic, you have the guidance you need [...]
Business will also pay 118K in wages, damages to 21 workers As long as employees’ pay and time records are complete and accurate, employers can pick and use their own timekeeping methods. But some employers are learning that if they fail to keep accurate records, the Dept. of Labor (DOL) may [...]
Lack of Clarity Led Company into expensive legal waters Even when you’re trying to be generous to employees, it still pays to double-check all of your pay policies say exactly what you want them to. This is especially true when it comes to paid leave policies and their interplay with the Family and [...]
DOL’s $47,476 salary threshold too high The 2016 overtime rule has been stopped in its tracks by a federal judge. That means Payroll no longer has to worry about a sudden, sharp increase in the number of employees needing to be paid time-and-a-half. If you already had this number memorized -- $47,476 – [...]
Be prepared to show the overall impact isn’t a negative one There’s a common, and understandable, line of thinking that rounding nonexempt employees’ hours to a set time works because their hours will even out over time. But this practice has come under scrutiny, warned Tammy McCutchen, attorney and former administrator of [...]
