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Employment Law Q&A: What Local Government Employers Need to Know

April 8, 2026  by  Flannary Collins
Category:  Administration and Management ,  Compensation ,  Leave Policies ,  Recruitment and Hiring ,  Termination and Retirement

What must Washington local governments know at each stage of employment? What are the rules for job postings, comp time, benefits, leave, discipline, Loudermill rights, etc. when hiring, managing, and separating employees?

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Options to Reduce Personnel Expenses During Uncertain Budget Times

October 15, 2025  by  Linda Gallagher
Category:  Budgets and Budgeting ,  Termination and Retirement

What can a public employer do to cut costs when faced with an uncertain budget? While employee salaries and benefits make up a good portion of the budget, employers can implement a number of options, some of which preserve existing staff while also resulting in cost savings.

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An employee and two supervisors during an employee disciplinary meeting

Understanding Loudermill Rights: Balancing Due Process in Employee Discipline and Best Practices

August 5, 2024  by  Evan Chinn ,  Chloe Lee
Category:  Guest Author ,  Termination and Retirement

Loudermill rights protect the rights of public sector employees facing disciplinary actions. Employers must hold a pre-disciplinary hearing, which safeguards the right of the employee in question and ensures transparency, accountability, and fairness in employment decisions.

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Emerging Issues Roundup: Post-Pandemic Prognostications

April 1, 2021  by  Byron Katsuyama
Category:  Cybersecurity ,  Information Technology ,  Termination and Retirement

This blog focuses on three issues that may become more prominent for local governments as we approach the end of the COVID-19 pandemic: cybersecurity concerns, maintaining digital services, and retiring boomers. 

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Nothing but a Number: Age-Based Employment Discrimination After Mount Lemmon

January 3, 2019  by  Sarah Doar
Category:  Recruitment and Hiring ,  Termination and Retirement

The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Mount Lemmon held that all local governments, including those with less than 20 employees, are subject to the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). How does that impact local governments in Washington?

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Year-End Personnel Topics Pop Quiz

January 9, 2018  by  Paul Sullivan
Category:  Compensation ,  Leave Policies ,  Minimum Wage ,  Termination and Retirement

Take a short quiz to test your memory of some common, personnel-related legal issues as well as new employment laws that came in to or remained in effect in 2017.

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Changes to Washington Law Require Timely and Complete Responses to Unemployment Claims

April 17, 2015  by  Sarah I. Hale
Category:  Guest Author ,  Termination and Retirement

Washington state law creates a penalty for employers who contribute to unemployment compensation via an experience-based payroll tax and who fail to respond adequately to ESD unemployment benefit inquiries.

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