The Wage & Hour Defense Institute (WHDI) of the Litigation Counsel of America is comprised of highly talented and experienced wage and hour defense attorneys from across the United States.

The WHDI serves as a nationwide network and meeting ground for top-tier practitioners to engage in professional development in what has become a highly nuanced area of the law, and also to become an established resource for employers on wage and hour matters. WHDI members actively counsel employers on classification determinations and payroll practices so as to proactively avoid litigation, using tools such as “audits” to examine an employees’ classification as exempt or non-exempt or whether certain activities are compensable or non-compensable and whether overtime has been properly calculated.

The Institute holds periodic conferences, meetings and colloquia for purposes of advancing defense techniques, methods and approaches, and broadening its members’ role and influence in wage and hour law and policy.