The growing number of wage and hour lawsuits will continue to be a source of significant financial exposure for employers in 2015 and is “the No. 1 headache in corporate America today in terms of workplace issues,” according to attorney Gerald Maatman Jr., author of a new litigation trends report.

If employers or general counsel are thinking of spending compliance dollars in 2015, Maatman told CorpCounsel.com Tuesday, “at the very top of the list has to be how to pay employees and make sure payroll systems are compliant with federal and state laws.”