Thanks to the proliferation of mobile technology, companies are allowing more of their employees to complete tasks from home or on the road.

When small businesses are starting out, their payrolls might consist of wages for just the company leader.

Environmental consulting firm Groundwater and Environmental Services, Inc. (GES) is going to pay 69 employees more than $187,000 in back wages for alleged time and attendance violations as the result of misclassifications.

It may be easier for employers to automatically deduct 30 minutes worth of wages for required meal breaks from employees' time and attendance earnings, but it can lead to more trouble than the convenience is worth.

The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division recently investigated three San Jose Mexican restaurants under separate ownership and found systematic time and attendance violations at all three.

If St. Nick's surge in hours worked in the months surrounding the winter season is considered compensable as non-exempt overtime work, or if his annual salary would cover it.

Following an investigation by the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division, Ardmore, Oklahoma-based manufacturer Deerebuilt has paid 112 employees a total of $85,105 in back wages for unpaid overtime.

Eighteen lighthouse electric employees will soon be seeing the wages for overtime they worked in the past, according to the Department of Labor (DOL).

Genter's Detailing in Frisco, Texas was recently investigated by the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) and found in violation of record keeping and minimum wage standards.