The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division has been cracking down on companies that are violating the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

Melodee Megia, a former Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas employee recently filed a lawsuit against the hotel claiming she, and potentially 3,000 other hotel workers, were not properly paid for their overtime employee attendance, reports Vegas Inc.

To explore the effectiveness of the measure, the Federal Reserve Bank followed up with taxcut recipients to find out how they ended up using the funds.

Pharmaceutical companies might soon begin keeping more detailed records of their payroll following a rise in employee lawsuits that have raised questions about overtime pay exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

The Department of Labor's Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) guarantees employees receive minimum wage and overtime pay (time-and-a-half) if they work more than 40 hours in a single workweek.

There has recently been a rise in the number of lawsuits employees are bringing against their employers for unpaid overtime.

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago recently tried two cases in which pharmaceutical companies were classifying sales representatives as exempt employees and ruled in favor of the employer.

Summer is approaching and along with it comes numerous employee vacation requests.

Alaska Communications was recently slapped with a class action lawsuit by a former worker who claims she was wrongfully denied overtime pay for her time attendance.