Iowa law requires employers to give an employee paid time off from work to vote in an election under certain, limited circumstances.

Iowa employers should review all written drug testing policies given recent Appeals Court decision.

In a recently decided case, AKM LLC, d.b.a Volks Constructors v. Secretary of Labor, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit sided with the employer on the issue of whether OSHA’s record keeping requirement and five year regulatory retention period allows OSHA to disregard the Act’s six month statute of limitations period.

Iowa employers who have made New Year’s resolutions to clean up personnel files and ensure compliance with I-9 requirements can gain some free assistance from USCIS in January 2012.

As noted in a previous Iowa Employer Law Blog post, USCIS planned to launch its E-Verify Self-Check system on March 18. According to the USCIS blog, the system is now accessible online and is touted as a tool to “protect workers and streamline the E-Verify process for businesses.”