Some businesses will participate or sponsor charitable activities in which employees are encouraged to participate.

Home Depot employees recently filed a class action lawsuit against the home and garden giant, accusing the company of wage theft, according to the San Diego Reader.

Amerigroup recently agreed to pay 940 marketing representatives $4.5 million for unpaid overtime wages, according to Bloomberg.

In today's uncertain economic environment, businesses are using any means necessary to get ahead, and one of the best ways to do so is through a comprehensive employee recruiting process.

A recent study by University of California Riverside sociologist Ellen Reese found working conditions at Inland Empire, a shipping and logistics hub in Southern California, may need additional attention from labor rights departments.

It appears 2012 is becoming the year of the wage and hour lawsuit as numbers of these cases continue to rise, reaching the highest rates in more than 10 years, according to a recent report by employee attorneys Seyfarth and Shaw.

Most employees who receive hourly pay are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which means they are owed additional pay for overtime hours worked and minimum wage for all of their time attendance.

Aleshia Fatherree, a nurse in Tyler, Texas, who works for Lifecare Home Nursing recently filed a lawsuit against the employer, alleging she and others weren't properly paid for their overtime, according to the Southeast Texas Record.

Something Fishy, a company that sells and services aquariums, was investigated by the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division earlier this year for Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violations.