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BLR's FLSA Wage & Hour Self-Audit Guide—
Get the guidance you need to ensure compliance with the Department of Labor's new overtime regulations!
Release of new FLSA regulations will affect the classification and overtime eligibility of millions of employees. These changes come at a time when U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) wage-hour investigations and settlements have reached an all-time high, with record increases in back pay settlements and civil money penalties. To make matters worse, the number of class-action wage-hour lawsuits continues to grow as plaintiffs' attorneys recognize the potential for large payouts. And you have just 120 days to ensure your organization is in compliance before the new regulations go into effect.
Here's how BLR makes compliance easier:
BLR's FLSA Wage & Hour Self-Audit Guide is a tool that can
help you efficiently and accurately review your current classification of jobs and ensure you make any changes-and the most cost-effective changes-required to comply. The Audit Guide will help you:
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Understand the new FLSA regulations and how they affect your organization. |
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Determine whether you are in an industry, or employ the type of worker, that is most typically at risk. |
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Determine whether you need to audit and how to target your audit. |
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Walk you through the audit process and explain how the new rules must be applied. |
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Determine the most cost-effective method of compliance. |
Pre-Publication Bonus:
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The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) recovered more than $212 million in back wages in fiscal year 2003, a 21 percent increase over 2002 and a 60 percent increase since 2001. |
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According to the HR Policy Association, an organization of senior human resources executives, the number of FLSA class action lawsuits filed in federal court continued to grow in 2003. Since 1997, the number of wage-hour class actions has tripled. |
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