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"Reasonable Accommodation" for Marijuana Use - Part two: State Law Approaches to Workplace Safety Versus Individual Rights to Use

Posted on 03/22/2019 at 10:28 AM by Russell Samson

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

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

Part 1 of this blog post, discussed a decision of a Canadian provincial supreme court affirming an arbitrator’s de...

We Know What You Are Doing – And You’d Better Knock It Off DOL’s New “Warning Letter”

Posted on 03/20/2019 at 02:35 PM by Mike Staebell

Categories: Business Law, Commercial Litigation, Employment & Labor Law, Mike Staebell, Wage & Hour Watch

Tagged As: DOL, FLSA, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch

Recently, an employer came to the firm with a letter from the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD). The...

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

Posted on 03/13/2019 at 03:39 PM by Russell Samson

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

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

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

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

Posted on 03/08/2019 at 03:41 PM by Russell Samson

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

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

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

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

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

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

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

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

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

Webinar: The ABCs of I-9s

Posted on 02/21/2019 at 08:03 AM by David Gonzales

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

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

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

Posted on 02/18/2019 at 10:18 AM by David Gonzales

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

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

FLSA “Regular Rate” Regulations are a Current Hot Topic for the DOL

Posted on 02/05/2019 at 11:16 AM by Mike Staebell

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Mike Staebell, Wage & Hour Watch

Tagged As: DOL Wage and Hour Division, FLSA, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch, Opinion Letter FLSA2018-28, overtime pay, Regular Rate

Under the FLSA, the “regular rate” is a mathematical computation used to determine the straight-time rate of...

DOL’s Latest Proposed Regulations Addressing the FLSA White Collar Exemption Salary Test Are Drawing Closer but May Be Delayed by the Shutdown

Posted on 01/17/2019 at 01:58 PM by Mike Staebell

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Mike Staebell, Wage & Hour Watch

Tagged As: DOL, DOL Wage and Hour Division, FLSA, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch, overtime pay, white collar exemption regulation

According to several sources, including Bloomberg Law, the DOL has sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for...

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