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Wage & Hour Division Audit Checklist: Document Production & On-Site Checklist

Wage & Hour Division Audit Checklist: Document Production & On-Site Checklist

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Document Production Dos: 
                                        
            
                    
  • Label all documents produced with the words "Confidential and Proprietary" and identify numbers for tracking and future reference
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  • Question requests for trade secret and confidential business information
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  • If you produce trade secrets and/ or confidential business information:                 
                          
    • label it as such
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    • produce documents under cover sheets for protection
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  • Make and keep duplicates of every record produced to the Department of Labor
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  • Track all documents produced to the Department of Labor
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Document Production Don'ts:
                                        
            
                    
  • Generate documents during an inspection
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  • Leave documents and information in plain sight
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  • Give more documents than requested
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  • Volunteer information
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On-Site Inspection Activities:
                                        
            
                    
  • During the on-site investigation, the investigator may:                 
                          
    • give employees his or her business card and advise employees that they may call at another time
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    • conduct "stop and talk" interviews
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    • take handwritten notes of practices that may violate the FLSA
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    • identify alleged violations and suggest corrective action
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  • During the investigation, the employer should:                 
                          
    • escort the investigator at all times
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    • be polite and professional while protecting your rights by limiting disruption during hours of operation
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    • gather intelligence regarding the investigation's focus by tracking:                     
                                
      • which employees the Department of Labor would like to interview
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      • subject of the questions asked
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      • subject of the investigator's handwritten notes
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    • take detailed notes about everything the investigator says, does, or asks
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