A 16-year-old tragically died after an aerial boom bucket he was in brushed a high-voltage line while working on a roof in Great Bend, Kan. The incident raises serious questions about child labor law enforcement and safety.

The Labor Department issued a new rule to clarify worker classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act; the rule restores the multifactor analysis used by courts for decades and takes effect on March 11.

Labor law can be confusing and may lead a company into unintentional non-compliance. Work “prep” time, like training,  is technically considered "work" by the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor.

The U.S. Department of Labor issued new guidelines for categorizing independent contractors and employees per the Fair Labor Standards Act. 

A Vermont-based insulation and roofing contractor paid more than $160,000 in civil money penalties and back wages following an investigation by the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour division.

The Wage and Hour Division found that the roofing contractor didn't pay employees until after arriving at their first jobsite despite completing pre-shift work beforehand.

A Florida roofing contractor is paying $31,673 in back wages for 30 workers after violating the Fair Labor Standards Act.

An investigation found the roofing contractor failed to regularly pay workers required overtime, including counting travel time between job sites.

The PAID program enabled employers to avoid accountability and deprived workers of their rights from taking action on FLSA violations, according to the Department of Labor.

The short answer to whether vaccines can be a condition of employment is "yes," but employers have a lot to consider before making it a policy.