Punctuality is not everyone's strong suit. Things come up on a daily basis that interrupt schedules and throw off timetables. Employees run late from time to time and managers sometimes fall behind on paperwork. This is not usually a problem, but it can cause a huge hiccup if it causes businesses to pay their employees late.

Take a recent Department of Labor investigation for example, the Wage and Hour Division investigated a Florida-based construction company, called Emerald Coast Quality, and found that it failed to issue paychecks for employees' time and attendance during two pay periods.

This might have been a simple mistake - the employer may have fallen behind on administrative tasks while the company was doing work on a project in Lubbock, Texas. Or, it might have been a deliberate delay - the company was waiting on payment from the project so it could pay workers.

Regardless of the reason, the DOL came down hard on the company to demonstrate a key principal in employee-employer relationships - workers must be paid. And, they must be compensated on time.

To make up for this payroll issue and others (including a failure to pay minimum wage and overtime), the DOL asked Emerald Coast Quality to pay six employees a total of $4,000 in back wages.

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