Class-action wage-hour lawsuits are increasing on an annual basis. Many of these lawsuits, however, could have been avoided with an investment of minimal time and resources to review practices and implement various policies and procedures. The fluidity of court decisions and statutes on issues of pre-dispute arbitration policies, class certification, meal and rest period obligations and compensation plans require consideration of implementation of a pre-dispute arbitration agreement and amendments to compensation plans and practices. This presentation centers around three key actions that PIHRA members should consider in order to avoid wage-hour class actions: 1) the implementation of a compliant pre-dispute arbitration policy; 2) a review and revision to compensation plans of employees that is solely based on a piece-rate or commission-based system; and 3) an audit of five timekeeping, payroll and compensation practices, that are the most susceptible to a wage-hour class action challenge.