According to a Commerce Clearinghouse report, the most prevalent wage and hours violations are:

1. Not maintaining accurate records of all hours worked by employees.
2. Failure to pay employees for all time that is recorded and worked.
3. Failure to calculate non-discretionary bonuses into the regular rate of pay for overtime calculations.
4. Not compensating employees for unauthorized overtime.
5. Failure to pay employees properly for compensable travel time.
6. Improperly administering compensable time off programs that substitute time off for overtime.
7. Not paying employees properly for training or meeting time.
8. Improperly compensating employees with respect to “on-call” time.
9. Failure to compensate meal and break periods appropriately.
10. Improper classification of salaried employees as exempt from overtime and minimum wage rules.