Unless an employee fits into one of the exemptions for salaried workers, they have to be paid overtime - even if the workers say they don't want to be receive the higher rate or sign forms to that effect.

A dispute over whether or not some employees of Wisconsin's penal system should be paid for small amounts of time at the beginning of a shift may go to court.

Whether your business has to track employee attendance for just a few workers or hundreds of members of a dozen different departments, overtime standards almost always apply.

Making sure hourly employees are properly paid has become more difficult as technology has made working from home and during a commute much more feasible.

Although the Fair Labor Standards Act mandates a seven-day workweek for the purposes of computing employee overtime, one major exception exists for hospitals and other facilities providing residential care for mentally challenged, sick and elderly populations.

Meal breaks are a unique part of the Fair Labor Standards Act. They aren't required under the law, but are regulated if provided by employers.

Knowing when to pay for employee attendance at training events, seminars and speaking engagements can keep businesses from spending too much on payroll as well as running afoul of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Employee attendance isn't tracked as closely for salaried administrative employees as it is for hourly workers. As long as administrators show up and successfully perform their duties, employers don't have to track hours worked to manage things like overtime.

A Louisiana parish is trying to determine how to deal with compensatory time accumulated by its employees.