The United States Department of Labor establishes laws that are intended to protect employees' rights on the job, from creating safe working environments to fair pay for their time and attendance.

The United States Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division recently investigated Alcon Laboratories in Houston, Texas, as reported by The Pasadena Citizen.

The California Labor Commissioner recently cited a Chino warehouse and distribution company called Quetico, LLC, for not properly paying its employees for their time & attendance.

Payroll is often one of the most expensive costs for companies. As such, employers walk a fine line between paying employees more for their hard work and keeping time & attendance records down to the minute, so they aren't paying more than they have to.

Outsourcing human resources has been around since the 1980's when small and medium sized businesses found they could free themselves the burdens of maintaining employees' time and attendance records, identifying information and benefits packages by hiring third-party professional services.

The New York Post recently release excerpts from a testimony in which singer Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, denied that she owed her former personal assistant overtime wages for 7,000 hours of time and attendance.

As companies anticipate hiring, they might want to take a step back and make sure they are using the most effective strategies as they move forward.

In the throes of busy daily schedules, employers may not have time to read through their employee handbooks and make adjustments to reflect changes in their workplaces.

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) does not include requirements that obligate employers to pay employees when they take time off because of illness.