Tax Talk with Josh Wykle – The Big Beautiful Bill & Overtime Deductions: What's the Tea in L&E?
The Federal Tax Deductions for Tips and Overtime Pay: Opportunities for Restaurants Employers
California Employment News: California Wage Compliance – Avoiding Legal Pitfalls
Understanding the New Overtime Tax Policies in the Big Beautiful Bill
Is the Four-Day Workweek Really a Benefit? What’s the Tea in L&E?
Keeping Up with Exemption Threshold Regulations
Are Overtime Wages and Tips Exempt From Income Tax? What Employers Need to Know to Prepare
Constangy Clips Ep. 6 - Federal Court Blocks DOL Rule: What Employers Need to Know
Holiday Headaches: Avoiding Legal Risks with PTO, Overtime, and Workplace Festivities
Employment Law Now VIII-154 - Court Invalidates DOL's 2024 Overtime Salary Threshold Increases
#WorkforceWednesday®: DOL Authority Challenged - Key Rulings on Overtime and Tip Credit - Employment Law This Week®
Employment Law Now VIII-145 – Status Update: Injunctions for FTC Non-Compete Ban and DOL Overtime Exemption Regs
Hospice Labor and Employment Trends - Get Up to Speed Fast: What You Need to Know About the New Rules Involving Non-Competes and Exempt Employees
The Burr Broadcast: FLSA Overtime Exemption
DOL’s Expanded Overtime Salary Limits, EEOC’s Sexual Harassment Guidance, NY’s Mandatory Paid Prenatal Leave - Employment Law This Week®
What's the Tea in L&E? Alert: Salary Threshold for Exempt Employees Increases to $58,656
VIDEO: Major Changes Coming for Employers
Employment Law Now VIII-143 - Federal Agency Update (Part 2 of 2)
#WorkforceWednesday: The Department of Labor's New Rules and Rising Challenges - Employment Law This Week®
The Burr Broadcast: Proposed Expanded Overtime Rule
Record 43-Day Shutdown Ends; Federal Government Reopens - As a quick recap, the House passed the original Continuing Resolution (CR) in September to fund the federal government through November 21; the CR then went to the...more
Welcome to this week’s edition of Tax Bytes. Our team of tax lawyers is actively monitoring for federal and international tax developments and issues of note....more
For retail employers, the holiday shopping season means more shoppers, more shifts, and more workplace law challenges to keep up with. Consider this your guide to 2025’s key compliance must-haves – from classics that return...more
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has been unusually active in recent months, issuing significant opinions on religious accommodations and clarifying its enforcement stance on transgender discrimination. At...more
As we approach the start of a new year, New York employers should prepare for several wage-related changes that take effect on Jan. 1, 2026. Along with an increase to the state’s hourly minimum wage rates, there are scheduled...more
Businesses operating in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia recently received much-needed clarity from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on how to determine whether their workers are independent contractors or employees – a...more
On October 30, 2025, the Nevada Supreme Court issued an important decision in Amazon.com Services, LLC v. Malloy when it concluded that Nevada’s wage and hour laws do not incorporate the federal Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947...more
The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced that Washington’s minimum wage, which is tied to inflation, will increase from $16.66 to $17.13 starting in 2026. ...more
In a welcome development for employers that were struggling to determine how to comply with the reporting requirements of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” relating to “no tax on tips” and “no tax on overtime,” the IRS...more
In Notice 2025-62, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced on November 5, 2025 that it will provide penalty relief for taxable year 2025 for implementation of new information reporting requirements related to the...more
On November 5, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued guidance confirming employers will not be penalized for failing to report cash tips and overtime compensation in the...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released guidance on November 5, 2025, granting employers relief from tax penalties for failing to provide employees information related to their (1) “qualified tips” and (2) “qualified...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a guidance this past Wednesday (Notice 2025-62) that provides penalty relief for employers and certain of the reporting requirements that made their way into the Trump...more
The clock is ticking on 2025 payroll reporting, but the IRS just threw employers a lifeline. If your organization has been struggling to understand how to implement the new tips and overtime reporting requirements from the...more
Greece has recently enacted a new law that brings significant changes to the organisation of work. Key measures include the option for a four-day workweek, extended overtime, and a push towards digital modernisation. We...more
Each year, California’s minimum wage rises, but along with hourly workers’ wages increasing, so too does the salary threshold for employees to be exempt from overtime. For an employee to be exempt from overtime under...more
Starting January 1, 2026, California’s minimum wage for non-exempt employees will increase from $16.50 to $16.90 per hour — a 2.49% increase over 2025 rates. (Certain industries – fast food and health care – are already...more
In this episode of What’s the Tea in L&E, host Leah Stiegler welcomes Josh Wykle from Woods Rogers’ Tax team to unpack the tax twists and turns of the Big Beautiful Bill. They dive into how employers and employees can benefit...more
Today's businesses face increased exposure to costly wage and hour litigation. Managing employee rate requirements, overtime pay, time-clock entries, as well as navigating potential government investigations into your...more
On September 22, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the IRS issued proposed regulations for the “No Tax on Tips” deduction passed under the OBBB Act, and on October 23, 2025, Treasury Assistant Secretary for Tax...more
In the spirit of Halloween, please consider the below as we approach year end and April 15, 2026. On July 4, 2025 as part of Public Law 119-21 ꟷ aka the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”) ꟷ Congress enacted...more
On September 30, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division released four new opinion letters interpreting the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). ...more
A settlement approved last week shows that even a large corporation can make a mistake in how it pays employees, costing it money in the long run. The plaintiffs in that case claimed that Mitsubishi Electric Automotive...more
Effective January 1, 2026, the state of New York will implement increases to both the minimum wage and the overtime exemption salary thresholds....more
California employers must ensure that compensation rates for computer professionals meet new compensation thresholds as of January 1, 2026. Each year, the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) sets the...more