The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is recovering an increasing amount of damages in overtime claims as it goes after employers that are misclassifying workers or miscalculating overtime.
“I think the Biden administration has signaled a shift in focus away from compliance and toward enforcement,” said Joseph Harris, an attorney with A.Y. Strauss in New York City. “One of the earliest indications of that shift was the termination of the Department of Labor’s PAID [Payroll Audit Independent Determination] program, shortly after President Biden took office.” The PAID program allowed businesses to self-report federal minimum wage and overtime violations in an effort to avoid litigation under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
