Labor Laws

Labor Law Compliance Resources

In today’s business environment, compliance with government regulations is an increasingly difficult task. The rules can be complex and contradictory, leaving many HR and payroll departments in a difficult position. For example, WorkForce Software has found that more than 75% of US organizations surveyed do not comply with key provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA).

Many employers mistakenly believe they are in compliance simply because they have a workforce management system in place. There are several reasons why a commercial application can fail to ensure compliance. Two of the most common issues are:

  1. Garbage In, Garbage Out – when an employer selects a commodity-grade workforce management system, the software provider typically does not have employment law expertise. As a result, the software provider merely configures (or, worse – customizes) the system to automate the current processes, which has no impact on improving compliance.
  2. Partial Automation – many ‘automated’ systems are too limited or inflexible to accommodate the full set of pay rules across an organization. These systems leave crucial pockets of workforce management activities to be performed in error-prone manual methods, which hinders both the ability to ensure compliance and the ability to generate holistic compliance reports from a single system.

In contrast, EmpCenter manages 100% of any organization’s compliance rules, regardless of the complexity, and WorkForce Software has labor regulation experts on staff to ensure that your solution is implemented in accordance the compliance requirements. The guides below describe some of the various regulations that may apply to your organization and explain how EmpCenter can help you meet these requirements.

Labor Law Summaries

WorkForce Software knows the many intricacies of these regulations, the common compliance oversights, and how deploying EmpCenter can aid in compliance. If your organization is looking for expert guidance on these or other employment law questions, WorkForce Software offers compliance analysis services that can provide specific recommendations to reduce risks and streamline compliance activities across the board.