We are excited to introduce our video series – Wage & Hour Issues in the Workplace. In these videos, members of LCW’s Wage & Hour practice group will provide various tips that can be implemented in your workplace. We hope that you will find these clips informative and helpful!
Beaming from the LCW Conference: Identifying Wage and Hour Provisions in Your Contract
We are excited to introduce our video series – Wage & Hour Issues in the Workplace. In these videos, members of LCW’s Wage & Hour practice group will provide various tips that can be implemented in your workplace. We hope that you will find these clips informative and helpful!
New OBBBA Overtime Rules: IRS Grants Penalty Relief for Employers in 2025 and Provides Transition-Year Guide to Individual Workers Seeking to Claim Overtime Deductions
Since our original post detailing the tracking and reporting requirements imposed by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) for federal tax deduction of qualified overtime compensation (i.e., Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime), the IRS has announced significant guidance for 2025 reporting.
For Tax Year 2025, Employers Are Not Required to Separately Report Qualified
Wage & Hour: Earning, Using and Cashing Out Compensatory Time Off
We are excited to introduce our video series – Wage & Hour Issues in the Workplace. In these videos, members of LCW’s Wage & Hour practice group will provide various tips that can be implemented in your workplace. We hope that you will find these clips informative and helpful!
It’s Not FMLA Unless I Say So!
This blog post appeared in April 2014. It has been reviewed and is up to date.
The Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) is a developing and nuanced area of employment law that remains an issue for employees and employers. The FMLA provides job protection to an eligible employee who takes leave (up to 12 workweeks
Wage & Hour: Standby and Call Back Pay and its Implications Under the FLSA
We are excited to introduce our video series – Wage & Hour Issues in the Workplace. In these videos, members of LCW’s Wage & Hour practice group will provide various tips that can be implemented in your workplace. We hope that you will find these clips informative and helpful!
The Risks of Rewards: Are Your Year-End Bonuses Discriminatory?
Bonuses are a common form of employee compensation that can incentivize and reward performance to retain high quality employees. On the flip side, employers must navigate legal risks and challenges to ensure compliance with federal and state laws.
As with any matter that concerns payment of wages, bonuses implicate a plethora of legal subjects.
Wage & Hour: Evaluating Exempt Status
We are excited to introduce our video series – Wage & Hour Issues in the Workplace. In these videos, members of LCW’s Wage & Hour practice group will provide various tips that can be implemented in your workplace. We hope that you will find these clips informative and helpful!
Wage & Hour: Giving Cash Back for Health Insurance
We are excited to introduce our video series – Wage & Hour Issues in the Workplace. In these videos, members of LCW’s Wage & Hour practice group will provide various tips that can be implemented in your workplace. We hope that you will find these clips informative and helpful!
Common Pitfalls in Using 9/80 Schedules and How to Avoid Them
This blog article was authored by Partner Liz Arce in 2013 and continues to be one of our most popular articles. This post was reviewed in May 2024 and is up-to-date.
Many public employers utilize 9/80 work schedules for non-exempt employees. A 9/80 work schedule is essentially a two-workweek schedule of eight 9-hour days,