Retaliation has been the most common type of EEOC charge for five years, included in more than 50 percent of all charges filed by employees nationally since 2018. Employers are wise to become educated on the definition, scope, and best practices surrounding retaliation, including how to keep it out of your business, both from an actual and perceived perspective.

Had a blast earlier this summer talking with Mike DiCioccio about the value of people- whether you're a solopreneur, or a #boss running or building an in-house team, who you surround yourself makes all the difference in what your experience and outcomes will be each day.

We’ve put together multiple best practice tips to help you assemble a leave administration plan that will keep you out of trouble and make it easiest for you to manage these leaves within your business.

In ongoing efforts to equip employers with knowledge to help protect against increasing audits and claims, as well as maximize the return from best practices, we broke down five most-often unknown but very significant rules regarding tips and tipped wages.

Overtime is likely one of the most ubiquitous, but unsuspecting areas of your payroll that violations could be lurking. On its face, overtime is a very simple topic- but as usual, the DOL has nuanced and ever-evolving definitions of things like “regular rate” and “hours worked”, which is where violations are being investigated and found at an increasing rate.

As you consider adjusting employee compensation, we’ve put together some tips and advice to help you make better decisions, avoid creating more problems for the future, but also to give some ideas and peace of mind as you weigh your own business’ livelihood against this persisting demand.

With this being such a high-risk area of wage and hour compliance, do you know how to properly classify and pay your employees?