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What are wage and hour lawsuits and why does everyone seem to dread them so much? The term “wage and hour” refers to the laws and rules related to the wages and working hours of employees. These laws often change and are updated, setting the stage for the many different ghoulish and ghastly wage and hour lawsuits. Here are the ten most common forms of wage and hour lawsuits in order of the least scary to the most frightening.

There are several reasons that companies can find themselves in a wage and hour lawsuit despite great efforts to avoid such a suit. The problem often is that businesses develop a false sense of security from engaging in traditional HR methods that have worked in the past to avoid legal risk, but that aren’t very effective for avoiding wage and hour risks. Wage and hour risks are unique and must be treated as such. Here we explain five of the traditional protection methods and explain why these methods don’t work in the wage and hour context.