Citations & Appeal Decisions
Division of Labor Standards and Statistics
This page posts selected Decisions on labor law complaints and investigations that the Division believes may be informative to employers, employees, and other stakeholders. It includes key decisions with citations for violations and Hearing Officer decisions.
Please note that:
future decisions will continue to be added, but on a periodic rather than immediate basis;
decisions may not be tagged with every possible keyword that might apply; and
past decisions may not reflect subsequent changes in law, regulation, or policy.
Instructions: You can narrow the list of decisions to those on any topics you select by entering any employer name, date, decision type, or claim number, or any of the following keywords, in the search box above the Citations & Appeals Decisions table.
Keywords
Using the list of keyboards below, you can narrow the list of decisions in the search box above the Citations & Appeals Decisions table.
Keywords: Advances, Agreed Wage/Rate, Alleged Waiver, Apparent Authority, Bankruptcy, Benefits, Bonuses, Bounced Checks, Breaks/Rest Periods, Burden of Proof, Business Closure, Calculations of Wages/Hours, Commissions Draws, Compensable Time, Compliance Order, COMPS EAP Duties Test, COMPS Rest Periods, COMPS Tipped MW 80/20 application, Contract, Deductions, Direct Investigation, Division Authority, Division Notices/Filings, Draws, Employee/Contractor, Employee/Volunteer, Employer Coverage, Employer Individual Liability, Equal Pay - Transparency, Exemptions, Final Wages, Fine, Handbooks/Manuals, Joint Employment, Local Minimum Wage, Meal Break/ Meal Periods, Minimum Wage, Notice of Rights & Posters, Overtime, Paid Time Off (PTO), Pay Periods, Pay Statements, Penalties, Physical Disability Sub-minimum Wage, Records of Time Worked, Reduction in Pay, Reprisal, Retaliation - COMPS, Retaliation - HFWA, Retaliation - Other, Retaliation - PHEW, Retaliation - Wages, Retaliation Only, Settlement, Sick Pay - 2020, Sick Pay - After 2020, Staffing/ Temp Agencies, Statutory Interpretation, Termination, Third-Party Payments, Tip Posting Requirement, Tip Sharing/ Notice Requirement, Tips/ Gratuities, Vacation Pay/ PTO, Willful