An employer is required to maintain numerous pieces of information with respect to each employee to whom the FLSA applies. The most important information pertains to the number of hours worked per day.
Each employer must keep required records in a safe and accessible location at the place or places of employment, or at one or more established central recordkeeping offices where such records are customarily maintained. Upon request, all of the required records and information must be made available to an authorized Department of Labor (DOL) representative.
No particular order or form of records is required by the regulations. The records and information that an employer is required to maintain may even be preserved on microfilm or in word processing memory so long as adequate projection or viewing equipment is available, reproductions are clear and identifiable by date or pay period, and transcriptions are made available upon request. Regardless of how the information is maintained or preserved, it is essential the data and records be accurate.
Failure to maintain any records or to maintain inaccurate records may expose an employer to liability...
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