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Wage-Hour Laws Can Create Risks for Companies

wgarnett — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:32:59 +0000

Does your awareness of the Fair Labor Standards Act keep you out of harms way? Federal investigators regularly look for violations of minimum wage, overtime pay, child labor and other provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Employers not found to be in compliance must pay back wages and penalties. Recently, the Department of Labor launched a new smartphone “app” to help employees track the hours they work and determine the wages they are owed. These electronic time-sheets could result in more employers being hit with wage-and-hour-related violations. Here are 14 ways that your company or organization can get tripped up by these complex requirements. Every company should have systems and processes in place to address the FLSA regulations.

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Company’s Need to Increase Their Human Resource Compliance and Audits

wgarnett — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:21:48 +0000

Perhaps no other area of human resource management causes as much stress or concern for executives and HR staff as the continual effort to remain in compliance. Today’s workforce is more mobile than ever. Employees’ lifestyles result in frequent changes in their employment and benefit status. Regulations are continually changing and expanding. All of these contribute to a more dynamic and complex work environment and tax even the largest HR staff’s time, resources and expertise.

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Form I-9 Audits Coming Soon

wgarnett — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:39:41 +0000

When auditing an employer’s I-9 forms, ICE agents regularly find at least ½ of all forms reviewed have some kind of error. Each error can result in civil penalties with fine amounts ranging from $110-$1100 per occurrence.

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Hospitality Industry Is Being Targeted By Department of Labor

wgarnett — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:30:11 +0000

What happens if the DOL asserts that an employer has violated the law? The DOL will require the employer to take action to correct the violations, which can include payments of back wages to employees. These payments may go back two or three years. The DOL has other tools at its disposal as well. It may seek an injunction to prevent the employer from committing future violations. This can be an especially dangerous tactic because, if the employer commits future violations, it could be found in contempt of the court’s order and be subjected to additional penalties and/or sanctions. The DOL can also impose fines of up to $1,000 per employee for willful violations. In rare cases, it can seek criminal prosecution. It may also refer any violation of immigration laws to the Department of Homeland Security.

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I Hope Your Company Is Conducting Human Resource Audits In 2010

wgarnett — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:41:14 +0000

Who’s handling you HR audits in 2010. An HR audit can be conducted by your HR staff, an outside consultant or an employment law attorney. This individual must have significant HR experience and should use a checklist or structured method to assess a company’s risks and needs. In addition to bringing key advice and knowledge of all pertinent laws to the table, an audit conducted by an outside consultant can add an extra layer of credibility to the findings of the audit. Records from a self-audit do not have the same credibility as audits done by independent sources; however it is better to do a self-audit than not audit at all.

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http://resources.pricesstop.com/2010/01/07/conducting-human-resource-audits/

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Business Security still Plagued By Data Breaches

wgarnett — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:29:04 +0000

More than 1 million Massachusetts residents were hit by 807 data breach instances from Nov. 1, 2007, to Oct. 31 of this year, according to a report by the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, which monitors and enforces state data breach regulations. In the six weeks since, 59 additional breaches have been reported to the state.

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http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/12/07/daily48-Businesses-still-plagued-by-data-breaches.html

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Tancredo Ballot Measure Would Require Employers to Verify Imigration Status Of All New Hires

wgarnett — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:57:05 +0000

Tancredo filed a ballot proposal today that would force the 2011 Colorado Legislature to pass a law requiring businesses to use a federal program to check the immigration status of all newly hired workers.

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http://www.denverpost.com/technology/ci_13926561

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1,000 New Workplace Audits Announced by Immigration Enforcement Compliance

wgarnett — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:42:21 +0000

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (”ICE”) announced recently that ICE would be issuing Notices of Inspection (NOI) to 1,000 employers across the United States associated with critical infrastructure. The NOIS will seek to determine the employers’ compliance with employment eligibility verification laws.

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http://www.laborimmigration.com/2009/11/ice-announces-1000-workplace-audits/

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Labor Department Audit Hits Home after a Random Audit – Qdoba Paying Back Wages After Audit

wgarnett — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:41:55 +0000

The Department of Labor says a company that runs Qdoba Mexican Grill restaurants in nine states is paying $13,865 in back wages to 187 employees.

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http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_13422842

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New IRS Audit Policies May Focus on HR Departments

wgarnett — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:49:07 +0000

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced that it will be focusing attention on issues that involve many HR departments. For some HR professionals this will likely be their first experience with an IRS audit. This article explains these developments and suggests actions that will help HR be prepared to handle IRS inquiries. The issues concern the reporting of, and withholding on, payments to foreign persons and the documentation of those persons’ status.

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http://hrnewsnow.com/?p=523

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