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"Reasonable Accommodation" for Marijuana Use - Part one: O Canada - Appears to have Gotten it Right

Posted on 03/14/2019 at 08:00 AM by Russell Samson

A hat tip to Bennet Jones, LLP for its March 6, 2019, blog post entitled, “Inability to measure and mitigate...

Categories: Business Law, Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: ADA, Canada, medical cannabis, medical marijuana, reasonable accommodation, Russ Samson Employment & Labor Law

Proposed Changes to Minimum Salary for FLSA White Collar Exemptions Released by DOL

Posted on 03/08/2019 at 04:07 PM by Russell Samson

On Thursday, March 7, 2019, the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor issued a Notice of Propo...

Categories: Business Law, Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson, Wage & Hour Watch

Tagged As: DOL, FLSA, overtime pay, Russ Samson Employment & Labor Law, Wage and Hour

Howard Hagen Honored as Amazing Outside Director by BankBeat Magazine

Posted on 03/04/2019 at 11:06 AM by The Newsroom

Howard Hagen, Shareholder Attorney with Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen P.C., Des Moines, Iowa, has been named a...

Categories: Banking Law, Howard Hagen

Tagged As: Howard Hagen banking & finance law

Workplace Gossip and Rumors May Give Rise to, and Gossip in Workplace Can Create, Employer Liability For Harassment

Posted on 03/01/2019 at 10:54 AM by Russell Samson

Parker v. Reema Consulting Servs., http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/Opinions/181206.P.pdf (4th Cir. Feb. 8, 2019) is be...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: harassment, Iowa employment law, Title VII, United States Supreme Court

IOWA S.F. 243 WOULD MANDATE ALL IOWA EMPLOYERS UTILIZE E-VERIFY – A BURDEN WITH NO REAL BENEFIT AND JUST AS BAD AN IDEA AS THE ENACTED-BY-THE LEGISLATURE REQUIREMENT THAT SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS OF ALL PARTIES APPEAR ON IOWA COURT FILINGS

Posted on 02/27/2019 at 03:59 PM by Russell Samson

Twenty-six Republican Senators are listed as co-sponsors of a bill introduced in the Iowa legislature, identified as S.F...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Immigration Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: employer mandate, Immigration Law - Des Moines Iowa, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, Iowa legislature, Iowa S.F. 243, Form I-9

Webinar: The ABCs of I-9s

Posted on 02/21/2019 at 08:11 AM by David Gonzales

E-Verify is on the lips of employers and legislators across the country. However, E-Verify is not the magical solution m...

Categories: David Gonzales, Employment & Labor Law, Immigration Law

Tagged As: I-9 Employment Eligibility/Verification Form, Immigration Law - Des Moines Iowa, United States Citizenship & Immigration Services I-9 Central

Iowa’s Marketplace Facilitators: Auctioneers and Consignment Shops and Radio Stations, Oh My!

Posted on 02/20/2019 at 11:15 AM by Cody Edwards

State tax practitioners and multistate businesses, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore. Rather,...

Categories: Business Law, Table SALT, Taxation Law

Tagged As: Iowa Department of Revenue, Iowa sales tax, Marketplace Facilitators, sales & use tax

No, The Government Won’t Verify Employment Eligibility For You

Posted on 02/18/2019 at 02:00 PM by David Gonzales

E-Verify is on the lips of employers and legislators across the country. However, E-Verify is not the magical solution m...

Categories: David Gonzales, Employment & Labor Law, Immigration Law

Tagged As: E-Verify program, I-9 Employment Eligibility/Verification Form, Immigration Law - Des Moines Iowa, Instructions for Completing Form I-9, United States Citizenship & Immigration Services I-9 Central, USCIS E-Verify

Troubled Ag Loans and Chapter 12

Posted on 02/12/2019 at 10:27 AM by Bradley Kruse

The recent article Wall Street Journal titled Farm Belt Bankruptcies are Soaring, notes that “a wave of bankruptci...

Categories: Agribusiness Law, Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law

Tagged As: agribusiness, Chapter 12 bankruptcy, Iowa banking law, loan documentation, loan modification, Market Facilitation Program, Tariffs, Trump

Third Party Ag Liens--You're Not as Secure as You Think

Posted on 02/08/2019 at 12:27 PM by The Newsroom

As the Wall Street Journal reported this week, U.S. farm related Chapter 12 bankruptcy filings are at a ten-year high. D...

Categories: Agribusiness Law, Agricultural Law, Banking Law, Brad Kruse, Emily Staudacher

Tagged As: ag lending, banking in Iowa, Harvester Lien, Iowa farmland, Landlord's Liens, liens, Supply Dealer Lien