There are millions of Americans who work as maintenance employees and security guards, according to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. There were approximately 1.3 million maintenance and repair workers in 2010, who earned a median pay of $34,730 per year for their employee attendance and over 1 million security guards whose annual salaries hovered around $27,040.

Individuals in low-wage industries tend to be subject to Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violations more often than employees in better-paying positions even though they usually rely on every dollar they earn to support themselves and their families.

Employers in these industries can avoid compliance issues by avoiding common issues, such as requiring workers to buy supplies or uniforms that cut into their hourly rates. If new hiresare obligatedpurchase items, employers must make sure those expenditures won't cause a dip in their earnings that brings hourly pay below the federal or local minimum wage. Dry cleaning costs have to be taken into consideration also, according to FLSA. Regular earnings cannot fall short of base pay requirements if workers must pay to maintain uniforms or tools.

Businesses can keep track of employee pay and expenses assumed by staff members with a payroll processing system that tracks all of these costs and generate accurate records for analysis.

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