We are excited to continue our video series – Tips from the Table. In these videos, members of LCW’s Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining practice group will provide various tips that can be implemented at your bargaining tables. We hope
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OBBBA Overtime Reporting: The New Payroll Reality for Public Employers
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…
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…
Public Safety Video Briefing: The meaning of sustained under the PRA – January 2026
Our short Public Safety Video Briefings will tackle cutting-edge issues and core principles relevant to public safety employers. We hope you find these videos useful and thought-provoking.
AB 692 and Its Possible Impact on California Public Employers
Overview
Assembly Bill 692, effective January 1, 2026, significantly changes how employers in California may use repayment or “stay-or-pay” clauses in employment-related agreements. As described in the last sections of this post, however, it is likely AB 692 does…
The Risk of Using Artificial Intelligence in Workplace Investigations
Artificial intelligence (“AI”) tools are increasingly being marketed as a way to streamline workplace investigations: summarizing evidence, generating interview outlines, comparing witness statements, or even “detecting inconsistencies” in testimony. While these tools may appear to help investigators move faster, public…
Holidays and the Workplace: Don’t Have Yourself a Merry Little Lawsuit
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…
Public Safety Video Briefing: Tolling the Statute of Limitations Due to Unavailability – November 2025
Our short Public Safety Video Briefings will tackle cutting-edge issues and core principles relevant to public safety employers. We hope you find these videos useful and thought-provoking.

