Saturday, December 1, 2007

Wage and Hour Litigation by Way of Iowa

Up early this morning trying to catch up on some reading and a little writing here. So what has Iowa got to do with Indiana? Both states share the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Rush on Business has three good articles on the FLSA. Start with the latest - Tips on How to Avoid Wage & Hour Lawsuits.

Since I left my in-house position, I have not kept as close an eye on the FLSA and these articles contain some very good reminders. For businesses I cannot think of any better advice than this:
Update: SMBTime blog had a great point in a follow up to this blog post regarding the fact that businesses should consider hiring an attorney to conduct the wage and hour audit so as the maintain the attorney-client privilege.

2 comments:

  1. www.rushonbusiness.comDecember 1, 2007 at 10:25 AM

    Sam,

    Thanks for the mention. I agree with you on the follow up by the SMBTime Blog. Makes the most sense to hire a lawyer for wage and hour audits.

    Rush

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  2. Watch how many businesses do not follow any of the advice! Then they complain about how much our fees will be to get them out of the mess that could have been avoided.

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