Timekeeping

Didn’t pay earned sick time – until investigation revealed problems

State and Federal Regulators teamed up against company   Your state or city may or may not require your company to provide paid sick leave, but if employees earn the time off, if has to be paid.   The fact tripped up one company in Massachusetts recently. After the state investigated Unwrapped, violations involving unpaid [...]

June 29th, 2017|Recordkeeping, Timekeeping|

The latest on DOL’s stalled overtime rule revisions

  The hits keep coming for the Dept. of Labor’s (DOL) overtime rule changes – and that means it’ll stay business as usual in Payroll, at least for few more months.   The Dept. Of Justice has requested to have until May 1, 2017, to both review an appeal of the rule change and give [...]

April 13th, 2017|Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Overtime, Timekeeping|

Compliance measure: Employees must receive copies of timecards

DEPT. OF LABOR WANTS TO ENSURE VIOLATIONS AREN'T REPEATED Companies that actively try to evade Fair Labor Standards Act provisions are playing with fire – especially because the Dept. of Labor (DOL) has recordkeeping requirements in place to try to prevent just that kind of thing. Take Colmonero's Pallets Inc., a pallet manufacturer in Phoenix. [...]

October 7th, 2016|Timekeeping|