Wage and hour compliance is an area that can trip up even the most diligent employers under the best of circumstances—let alone during a global pandemic when you’re trying to keep employees healthy, safe, and employed.
While the health and safety concerns are unquestionably important, it’s prudent to make wage and hour compliance a priority, too. Frankly, it would be foolish to think employees and their legal counsel are going to take it easy on employers simply because of COVID-19 and the ensuing and still ongoing business complications.
