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Seventh Circuit’s ‘Extra Pay’ Decision Confirms FLSA Standards Apply to Wisconsin Employer Overtime Calculations

$113K FLSA Settlement: DOL Probe Finds Retaliation, Overtime Mistakes

An urgent care facility in Georgia has agreed to pay $113,199 to resolve alleged violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). According to an investigation by the Dep...

North Carolina Firefighter Challenges Volunteer Fire Department’s Use of FLSA 7(k) Overtime Exemption

A paid North Carolina firefighter has filed suit against his fire department claiming that because the department is a private nonprofit corporation, it is not eligible to use the...

Phoenix Captain’s FLSA Retaliation Claim Survives as Court Rejects Overtime Claim

A federal court in Arizona has ruled that a Phoenix Fire Department captain may proceed with his Fair Labor Standards Act retaliation claim arising out of his removal from a specia...

Appeals Court Upholds Employer’s OT Calculations: What Payroll Got Right

The Seventh Circuit held that a Wisconsin employer properly included certain pay differentials and incentive premiums in employees’ regular rate of pay before calculating the overt...

DOL Opinion Letter FLSA2026-10 Addresses Phone Calls During Commutes

Field-based roles raise unique FLSA compliance questions, including whether an employer must pay for work tasks performed before or during the commute to the first job site. A rece...

Fifth Circuit Allows Employer’s Hybrid Pay Plan for Exempt Oilfield Workers

FAA Proposes Rule to Preempt State Meal and Rest Break Laws for In-Flight Crews

On July 6, 2026, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposed a rule that would clarify that state and local meal and rest break laws do not apply to pilots and flight attend...

NJDOL Issues FAQs Making Clear That TDI/FLI Recipients Have Job Protection Under the NJFLA

FLSA Rounding Rule Resurfaces

A potential class action filed in federal court in Iowa alleges that a multistate hospital system violated the Fair Labor Standards Act through its time-rounding practices. The FLS...

The Evolution of Qualified Overtime Compensation Deductions: Analyzing IRS Fact Sheet FS-2026-13 and Its Practical Impli...

Internal Revenue Service, Fact Sheet FS-2026-13, “Updates to Questions and Answers About the New Deduction for Qualified Overtime Compensation” (August 2026) The enactment o...

A Matter of Time: Johnson v. Amazon.com Services, LLC

Earlier this year, the Illinois Supreme Court issued an important decision for Illinois employers. In Johnson v. Amazon.com Services, LLC, 2026 IL 132016, the Court held that the p...

New IRS overtime rules are now in effect: What restaurants should know

New "No Tax on Overtime" rules require employers to include eligible overtime on workers’ W-2 forms.

DOL Clarifies When Travel Time Is Compensable Under the FLSA for Hybrid and Field-Based Employees

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued much-needed guidance on compensable travel time, one of the more complex areas of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).  Laid out...

How Does a Clawback Clause Affect Overtime Calculations? What Payroll Should Know

Not every sign-on bonus belongs in the overtime calculation – and a recent federal case out of Virginia shows why. A fired employee filed a lawsuit against his former employer, cla...

US Department of Labor recovers $732K for 31 workers owed overtime, minimum wages by Florida seafood restaurant

MIAMI – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $732,976 for 31 Florida restaurant workers from a Pompano Beach seafood restaurant owner who failed to pay the workers their full...

Maryland FAMLI’s Labor Pains: What Unionized Employers Need to Know