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FLSA Compliance Guide 2026: Wage and Hour Rules for HR

The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division recovered more than $259 million in back wages for nearly 177,000 employees in fiscal year 2025, the most since 2019. The lion’s sh...

Florida Firefighters File FLSA Suit Over Failure to Include Incentive Pay in OT and Retaliation

Fourteen current and former firefighters with the Pace Fire Rescue District in Florida have filed suit alleging the district violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to inc...

DOL: Restaurant Owes 31 Workers More Than $732K in Overtime, Minimum Wages

Paying employees a “monthly salary” doesn’t automatically shield employers from wage and hour compliance obligations required under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), as...

9 Best Practices for Complying With FLSA Tip Regulations

Learn about the FLSA’s tip regulations and get best practices to help develop and maintain compliant employment practices.

Roofer sues after allegedly being told ‘no one pays overtime in construction work’

While it is common for certain salaried workers to be exempt from the FLSA’s overtime requirement, blue-collar workers are nonexempt.

$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...

Roofer sues after allegedly being told ‘no one pays overtime in construction work’

While it is common for certain salaried workers to be exempt from the FLSA’s overtime requirement, blue-collar workers are nonexempt.

FLSA Meal Breaks: DOL Opinion Letter on Walking Time to Break Areas

The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a new opinion letter addressing when walking time during a meal period affects compensability under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Th...

Recent FLSA Opinion Letters Shed Light on Tip Pools and Lunch Breaks

The United States Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (DOL) recently issued two Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) opinion letters that are worth a look for employers address...

Unpaid Overtime, Illegal Tip Pools, Child Labor Violations: Employer Pays $718K

A restaurant chain has paid $618,666 in back wages to 779 employees and an additional $100,000 in penalties after the Department of Labor (DOL) found wage and child labor violation...

October 7, 2026

DOL scraps plan to remove decades-old wage-and-hour guidance from federal regulations; New York enacts personnel records access law; Starbucks loses bid to dismiss Workers United t...

14-minute walk to break area didn’t necessarily create FLSA violations, DOL says

The department weighed in on several wage-and-hour questions in a trio of opinion letters made public Tuesday.

Ex-staffer blows whistle on embarrassing holiday pay compliance failure at financial markets authority

A former FMA lawyer says hundreds of current and former employees may have had their holiday pay calculated incorrectly

US Department of Labor announces field assistance bulletin withdrawing 3 opinion letters on tipped employees

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division today announced the issuance of a new field assistance bulletin addressing the treatment of related duties perfor...

DOL Pulls the Plug on Plan to Move FLSA Interpretations Out of the CFR

EEOC sues variety store chain for alleged PWFA violations

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued Family Dollar Stores of North Carolina, alleging that the company violated the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act when a store...

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...

DOL says walk to lunch area may be unpaid

The U.S. Department of Labor says walking to a designated lunch area during an unpaid meal period may not require compensation under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The post DOL says...

DOL Opinion Letters Clarify Rules on Meal Breaks, Tip Pooling, and Employee Volunteering

The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division recently issued three opinion letters addressing meal periods, tip pooling, and volunteer arrangements under the Fair La...

Increased Minimum Wage for Florida Employees

Effective September 30, 2026, Florida’s minimum wage increased from $14.00 per hour to $15.00 per hour for employees working in Florida. For tipped employees who qualify for the “t...

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...

Second Circuit: Employees Told to Show Up Early Are “Engaged to Wait”

On October 13, 2026, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit revived a putative collective and class action alleging that discount supermarket chain Lid...

October 16, 2026

Department of Labor reduces wage-and-hour enforcement at unionized workplaces; Fain's victory poses question of federal monitor's extension.

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