Wage and Hour Litigation by Way of Iowa

Up early this morning trying to catch up on some reading and a little writing here. So what has Iowa got to do with Indiana? Both states share the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Rush on Business has three good articles on the FLSA. Start with the latest - Tips on How to Avoid Wage & Hour Lawsuits.

Since I left my in-house position, I have not kept as close an eye on the FLSA and these articles contain some very good reminders. For businesses I cannot think of any better advice than this:

Update: SMBTime blog had a great point in a follow up to this blog post regarding the fact that businesses should consider hiring an attorney to conduct the wage and hour audit so as the maintain the attorney-client privilege.