Many employers have a potential wage-hour liability without even knowing it, Employers often times are not aware of or misunderstand the rules on identifying and recording employee work time.

Employers are under the misconception that:  1) employees only have to be paid for time they are told to work; or 2) that employees can “volunteer” work; or 3) that work employees do “on their own” or “outside of policy” is not compensable; or 4) that employers don’t have to worry about time sheets or time cards once employees sign them.  None of this is true!

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When terminated employees fail to return uniforms, equipment, etc., it may be tempting to deduct the cost of such items from their final paychecks.  Be careful!  The FLSA generally does not allow employers to make deductions from employees.  Pay, whether upon termination or during the regular course of employment, except in very limited circumstances.

Under the FLSA, an employer must...

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently launched a national initiative to bring a fresh, 21st century approach to combating racism, which remains the most frequent claim filed with the agency.  EEOC Chair Naomi C. Earp unveiled the initiative, E-RACE (Eradicating Racism and Colorism from Employment), during a public meeting at agency headquarters that featured panels of experts and victims.

E-RACE is an outreach, education, and enforcement campaign to advance the statutory right to a workplace free of race and color discrimination.  Under E-RACE, the EEOC will identify specific issues, criteria and barriers that contribute to race and color discrimination; explore strategies to improve the administrative processing and litigation of race and color cases; and enhance public awareness of race and color discrimination in employment.

“By rolling out the E-RACE Initiative, the Commission is taking a new approach to eradicating racism and colorism in the workplace,” Chair Earp said.  “New times demand new strategies to stay ahead of the curve.  These old evils are still around in new forms and we intend to act vigorously to eradicate them.”