Following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division, the Sierra-Cascade Nursery was charged with Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violations and ordered to pay $457,000 in back wages to 430 employees.

California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Sue recently reached a $235,835 settlement with Big Lantern Restaurant in San Francisco over Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violations.

Two interns have filed a lawsuit against Fox Searchlight for unpaid work they performed on the Oscar award-winning film, Black Swan.

The number of San Diego public city employees who are earning more than $100,000 is up 9 percent from last year, following a five-year trend that signals a problematic payroll budget.

Three Los Angeles carwash business were recently taken to court by the California Labor Commissioner for payroll procedures that were in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA).

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently announced that they will be collaborating efforts to reduce employee misclassifications.

A chain of five Japanese restaurants in Suffolk and Nassau counties, New York, were ordered to pay $764,796 following a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor.

A bill that would factor an employee's overtime pay into retirement payments could lead to a crackdown in payroll monitoring and policy enforcement.

Nannies and other domestic care givers in California could become eligible for overtime pay and other payroll benefits under a new state law.