State-mandated paid leave programs now cover millions of American workers

Nearly one-third of the nation’s private sector workers are covered by paid leave programs as more states require employers ...
The National Law Review

DOL Resurrects PAID Program: Employers Can Self-Report, Resolve Violations

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JD Supra

DOL Resurrects PAID Program to Supervise Employers’ Self-Audits and Settlements of Potential FLSA and FMLA Violations

On July 24, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) announced it would once again oversee the Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program, allowing employers ...
JD Supra

U.S. Department of Labor Self-Audit PAID Program Returns, Allowing Employers to Identify and Resolve FLSA and FMLA Violations

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced several self-audit programs to assist employers, unions, and benefit plan officials with voluntarily assessing and correcting their compliance with federal ...
WPRI 12

Target launches new paid membership program in a bid to drive sales

NEW YORK (AP) — Target, looking for ways to reverse a sales malaise, is getting into Amazon territory: the paid membership game. The Minneapolis discounter said Tuesday the new paid program, called ...
HR Dive

Feds tout reopened wage-and-hour violation self-reporting program

U.S. Department of Labor officials encouraged employers to self-report potential wage-and-hour violations via the agency’s Payroll Audit Independent Determination program, calling it a “real big win” ...
Retail TouchPoints

Target Mulls Paid Loyalty Program

Target could soon be following in the footsteps of competitors Amazon, Walmart and Kroger by introducing a paid membership program, according to reporting by Bloomberg and other media outlets quoting ...
Governing

Oregon’s Paid Leave Program Offers Frustration Instead of Payment

Some Oregonians who applied for benefits through the state’s new paid family- and medical-leave program are reporting frustrating delays receiving their checks, technical issues during the application ...