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Is your small business at risk from employee lawsuits stemming from mishandling wages and hours? Such lawsuits are on the rise, reports Business Insurance, possibly as a result of the growing number of Americans who are laid off. According to the Department of Labor, there were 40,000 wage and hour complaints in fiscal 2010, a 15 percent increase from fiscal 2009.