Companies Missing Payroll Is Next Front in Virus Enforcement (1)

Federal wage enforcers are responding to a growing number of complaints from workers who say they’re being stiffed on their paychecks entirely, despite logging regular hours during the pandemic.

The head of the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division said the agency is addressing the emerging pattern of workers alleging their employers don’t have enough cash on hand to pay them.

“We are also remaining faithful to other enforcement we need to do, particularly in the realm of missed payroll and reports that employers have failed to pay their employees because of cash-flow issues,” WHD Administrator Cheryl Stanton told reporters ...