DOL Intervention cont (#3)
Today’s executive advantage moment will discuss what takes place at the investigation and common employer errors. As a quick refresher here is the kind of information the investigators will look for. Names, addresses and telephone numbers of all business owners and company officers, such as the president, treasurer, secretary, board of directors and other corporate officers, along with a company organizational chart. The legal name of the company and all other names used by the company (for example, “doing business as” names). Records...
read moreU.S. DOL Wage and Hour: Don’t Become an Example
DON’T BECOME AN EXAMPLE! The Society of Human Resources Management indicates the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Department is becoming much more hostile towards employers with regard to wage and hour complaints. Staffing has grown 50 percent since 2008 and in their 2013 budget request the have asked for additional personnel. Also of interest is the practice of setting penalties for first time violations rather than for second or third violations. Targeted industries: Construction, especially residential...
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