Is Mandatory Overtime Legal? Overtime Laws Explained
Overtime laws govern how and when employers must compensate employees for hours worked beyond a standard threshold — and they vary more than most employers expect. While federal law establishes a consistent baseline, several states layer on additional protections around daily overtime, higher salary thresholds for exemptions, and stricter definitions of who qualifies. Failing to comply with the applicable overtime laws can expose […]
What Is HACCP? The 7 Principles of Food Safety Explained
What is HACCP? Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) is a systematic, science-based approach to food safety that identifies potential hazards in the production process and establishes controls to prevent them before they reach the consumer. Rather than relying on end-product testing, HACCP in food safety is fundamentally about is prevention: building safety into every step of the production process. […]
The Effect of Excessive Overtime Hours in Manufacturing
A report released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics last December found that manufacturing employees worked an average of 3.6 overtime hours per week. Another survey of shiftwork practices reported that while most 24×7 labor environments maintain moderate amounts of overtime (averaging less than 200 hours per shift worker annually), employees in a significant […]
Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) Compliance in Practice, Not Theory
The Foreign Supplier Verification Program FSVP has been a legal requirement for U.S. food importers since 2017. And yet, FDA warning letters citing FSVP rule violations continue to be issued regularly, including several in the first months of 2026. The most common finding isn’t some obscure technical gap. It’s that importers either had no FSVP at all or had a document that didn’t hold up […]
The Benefit of Fully Integrating Frontline Temp Workers
For many complex scheduling environments that depend on their employees 24 hours a day, seven days a week, organizations are investing in contingent workers to fill in gaps when needed. Manufacturing accounted for 38% of the US temporary staffing market in 2016, representing the largest chunk of industries utilizing temp workers and contractors. A Contingent […]
Gaming the Scheduling System: Protect Against Time Fraud
An audit found that certain Massachusetts State Police troopers skipped or left early during overtime shifts and fabricated traffic tickets to claim pay for unworked hours. While many of these system-gaming overtime scandals have been making headlines recently, time fraud is typically not as intentional and grandiose. It’s usually more innocent, like buddy punching or […]
How Time Accuracy Reduces Payroll Errors in Time and Attendance Systems
Payroll errors are one of the fastest ways to erode employee trust and increase operational risk. While payroll systems often take the blame, the root cause of many of these errors can be traced back to a much earlier step in the process: inaccurate time capture. In regulated 24/7 operations, even small time inaccuracies can cascade into […]
How to Fix an SQF Food Safety Nonconformity Caused by Unqualified Workers
An SQF food safety nonconformity tied to unqualified workers is one of the more unsettling findings a food safety team can receive — because the failure isn’t in your documentation or your procedures. It’s in your staffing. Someone was on a line, or monitoring a CCP, or handling a food contact surface, and the auditor found no evidence that they were […]