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Department of Labor and state wage agencies

34 notice types from this area, each with its deadline, response options, and sources.

• COBRA Notice Violation EBSA Formal Complaint

  ERISA § 606 and 29 CFR § 2590.606-4 require group health plan administrators to provide a COBRA election notice to qualified beneficiaries within 14 days after the plan administrator...

• California DLSE Berman Hearing Employer Response

  California's Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) receives approximately 200,000 wage claims per year, making it the most active state labor enforcement agency in the US. The...

• Colorado CDLE Wage Claim Employer Response

  Colorado's Division of Labor Standards and Statistics (DLSS), part of CDLE, enforces the Colorado Wage Claim Act (CWCA) and the Colorado COMPS Order (7 CCR 1103-1). COMPS Order #40...

• Connecticut DOL UI Employer Audit IC Misclassification Protest

  Connecticut applies a strict version of the ABC test for unemployment insurance worker classification under C.G.S. § 31-222(a)(1)(B)(ii). ALL THREE PRONGS must be satisfied for the worker...

• DOL EBSA 401(k) Plan Sponsor Audit Document Response

  DOL's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) audits approximately 3,000–4,000 employee benefit plans per year, with investigations triggered by anomalies in Form 5500 filings,...

• DOL EBSA ERISA Plan Audit Investigation Response

  DOL EBSA investigates approximately 4,600 ERISA-covered plans per year and recovered $1.4 billion for participants and beneficiaries in FY2023. Investigations are opened based on Form 5500...

• DOL H-2A Agricultural Employer Adverse Determination Response

  The H-2A Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) is the minimum wage that H-2A employers must pay all workers (H-2A and domestic workers in corresponding employment) to avoid 'adversely affecting'...

• DOL PERM Labor Certification Audit Response

  Roughly 25-35% of PERM labor-certification applications are selected for a DOL audit, and audited employers must submit a complete recruitment file within 30 days of the audit letter's...

• DOL WHD FMLA Investigation Employer Response

  DOL Wage and Hour Division enforces the Family and Medical Leave Act (29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.) primarily through complaint-driven investigations. When an employee files a complaint with...

• DOL Wage and Hour Investigation Response

  The US Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) conducts approximately 22,000+ employer investigations per year, collecting over $200 million in back wages for ~200,000 workers...

• Davis-Bacon / Service Contract Act Prevailing Wage Back-Wage Response

  The Wage and Hour Division conducts approximately 600–800 Davis-Bacon Act and Service Contract Act investigations per year. The most common WHD audit findings: (1) misclassification of...

• Davis-Bacon Act WHD Back-Wage Assessment & ARB Appeal

  The Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. §§ 3141–3148) requires contractors and subcontractors on federally funded construction projects to pay workers the locally prevailing wages and fringe...

• ERISA Defined-Benefit Pension Benefit Calculation Dispute

  The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration publishes a consumer guidance document titled 'Ten Common Causes of Errors in Pension Calculation,' confirming that...

• ERISA Long-Term Disability Appeal

  Under ERISA, most private LTD claimants have exactly 180 days from the date of their denial letter to file an appeal, missing this deadline by one day permanently waives the right to...

• Georgia Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Employer Appeal

  The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) administers Georgia's Unemployment Insurance (UI) program. When an employee files for unemployment benefits, GDOL issues a determination. Employers...

• H-2B Employer DOL WHD Wage Violation & Debarment Response

  DHS and DOL's January 31, 2026 temporary final rule authorized 65,000 supplemental H-2B visas for FY2026 on top of the 66,000 statutory cap, roughly doubling the program, and paired it with...

• Illinois IWPCA Wage Claim Employer Response and Defense

  The Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act (IWPCA, 820 ILCS 115) covers ALL wages that an employer has agreed to pay, including: wages, salaries, earned commissions, earned bonuses,...

• Manitoba Employment Standards Employer Investigation Response

  Manitoba's Employment Standards Code sets minimum employment standards for most employees in Manitoba. When a complaint is filed, Employment Standards describes itself as 'a neutral third...

• Massachusetts DUA Employer Audit IC Misclassification Protest

  Massachusetts applies the strictest ABC test in the United States under M.G.L. c. 149, § 148B. The three prongs: (A) the worker is free from the employer's direction and control; (B) the...

• Massachusetts Wage Act AGO Employer Informal Conference Response

  The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office Fair Labor Division enforces M.G.L. c. 149, § 148 (Massachusetts Wage Act), M.G.L. c. 151 (Minimum Fair Wages Act), and related statutes. Key...

• Michigan UIA Employer Audit IC Misclassification Protest

  Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) audit enforcement is expanding. In 2025, the UIA conducted 2,579 employer audits, identifying 12,139 misclassified workers and $3+ billion in...

• New Brunswick Employment Standards Employer Complaint Response

  New Brunswick's Employment Standards Act (SNB 1982, c E-7.2) sets minimum employment standards for non-unionised workers including minimum wage, notice of termination, vacation pay,...

• New Jersey Department of Labor UI Employer Audit IC Misclassification Protest

  New Jersey applies the ABC test for UI classification under N.J.S.A. 43:21-19(i)(6)(A)-(C): (A) the individual is free from direction and control; (B) the service is performed outside the...

• New Jersey Wage Payment Law Employer Claim Response

  The New Jersey Wage Theft Act (2019) amended the NJ Wage Payment Law to add 200% liquidated damages in addition to unpaid wages, meaning employees recover 3× unpaid wages total. The...

• New York DOLI Labor Standards Wage Claim Employer Response

  The New York Department of Labor (DOLI), Division of Labor Standards, processes approximately 8,000–12,000 wage claims per year, the highest-volume state wage enforcement program in the US....

• New York Prevailing Wage Underpayment Appeal Navigator (Industrial Board of Appeals)

  The New York Department of Labor (NY DOL) Bureau of Public Work enforces Articles 8 and 9 of the New York Labor Law, which require contractors and subcontractors on public work projects...

• New York State DOL Unemployment Insurance Employer Audit Protest

  New York's Unemployment Insurance Law uses an ABC test to classify workers for unemployment insurance purposes. Under NY Labor Law § 511, a worker is presumed to be an employee covered by...

• Ohio Bureau of Wage and Hour Administration Employer Wage Claim Response

  Ohio's minimum wage is set by Article II, Section 34a of the Ohio Constitution and is indexed to inflation using the Consumer Price Index, it increased to $10.45 per hour for most employees...

• Prevailing Wage Civil Wage and Penalty Assessment (CWPA) Defense

  The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR), through the Labor Commissioner's Office, is the nation's most aggressive prevailing wage enforcement agency. California requires...

• Saskatchewan Employment Standards Employer Response

  The Government of Saskatchewan introduced significant amendments to The Saskatchewan Employment Act through Bill No. 5, The Saskatchewan Employment Amendment Act, 2024, which took effect on...

• Short-Term Disability ERISA Appeal

  An estimated 152 million Americans are covered by employer-sponsored group insurance plans subject to ERISA, including short-term disability (STD) and long-term disability (LTD) plans....

• USCIS H-2A/H-2B Notice of Intent to Deny Response

  USCIS issues Notices of Intent to Deny (NOIDs) for H-2A and H-2B petitions when the adjudicator has identified specific statutory or regulatory deficiencies in the petition. The petitioner...

• Washington L&I Employment Standards Wage Complaint Employer Response

  Washington L&I's Employment Standards Program enforces wage payment under RCW 49.52, Washington Minimum Wage Act (RCW 49.46), and Paid Sick Leave Act (RCW 49.46.210). When a wage complaint...

• Wisconsin DWD Wage Claim Employer Response

  The Wisconsin Wage Payment and Collection Law (WWPCL, Wis. Stat. Chapter 109) requires employers to pay all wages owed, including wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, and vacation pay, on...

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