Wage & Hour Compliance Checker
PROAudit employment practices for FLSA violations including employee misclassification, overtime errors, time-tracking gaps, and multi-state wage law compliance with back-pay exposure calculations.
Example Usage
“We’re a California retail company with 85 employees, including 12 salaried managers at $52,000/year who work 50+ hours weekly doing mostly cashier and stocking work. They’re classified as exempt. Are we compliant with wage and hour laws? What’s our exposure?”
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Suggested Customization
| Description | Default | Your Value |
|---|---|---|
| States/jurisdictions to check (e.g., CA, NY, TX, or US_Federal for federal only) | US_Federal | |
| Time period to analyze (last_6_months, last_12_months, last_24_months, last_36_months) | last_12_months | |
| Percentage of employees to include in detailed audit (10%, 25%, 50%, 100%) | 25% | |
| Industry for violation pattern analysis (retail, hospitality, healthcare, construction, tech, general_business) | general_business | |
| Current timekeeping method (manual_timesheets, punch_clock, digital_app, honor_system) | manual_timesheets | |
| Classification approach (conservative, moderate, aggressive) | conservative |
Research Sources
This skill was built using research from these authoritative sources:
- Department of Labor - Wage and Hour Division Federal enforcement agency's official FLSA guidance and investigative procedures
- DOL Digital Reference Guide to FLSA 27-page official reference covering minimum wage, overtime, hours worked, recordkeeping
- WHD FLSA Advisor Tool Interactive DOL decision tree for employee status and FLSA applicability
- Wage and Hour Best Practices Audit Structured audit framework covering classification, timekeeping, overtime, breaks
- Internal Audits & Wage Hour Compliance Five C's audit framework for identifying and addressing violations
- Common FLSA Violations Real case examples of overtime, tips, deductions, misclassification violations
- HR Compliance Checklist 2025 Quarterly/annual audit schedule with current salary threshold updates