2 APA's Top Payroll Questions & Answers for 2020 PAID program (DOL) Q. Is the Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program now permanent? Are there plans to expand it to issues beyond minimum wage and overtime? A. The PAID program facilitates resolution of potential overtime and minimum wage violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The program's primary objectives are to resolve such claims expeditiously without any litigation. It improves the employer's compliance with overtime and minimum wage obligations and ensures employees will receive back wages much quicker. Under the PAID program, employers are encouraged to conduct audits and, if they discover any overtime or minimum wage violations, to self-report those violations. Employers can then work in good faith with the WHD to correct their mistakes and quickly provide 100% of back wages due to employees. It is limited to FLSA minimum wage and overtime violations. There are no plans at this time to expand it. 19 Federal and State Wage-Hour Laws by the employer along with the regular pay for the non-holiday hours equals or exceeds the pay required by the FLSA, so the employer does not have to provide additional pay to meet the FLSA's overtime requirements.