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Failure to Reappoint Equals Wrongful Discharge?

Posted on 03/08/2021 at 04:43 PM by Robert Porter

Categories: Dickinson Law News, Employment & Labor Law, Rob Porter

Tagged As: city boards, city clerk, city council, City of Carter Lake, Iowa, county boards, employment contracts, Fair Labor Standards Act, Iowa's open meetings law, Mowery v. The City of Carter Lake, public employees, public sector employee contracts, school districts

Mowery’s Teachable Moments for Iowa Counties, Cities, School Districts, Councils, and Boards. The recent Iowa Cour...

Don’t Cheat on an Iowa Employer’s Drug or Alcohol Test—You Could Now Go to Jail

Posted on 02/22/2021 at 11:41 AM by Robert Porter

Categories: Dickinson Law News, Employment & Labor Law, Rob Porter

Tagged As: drug and alcohol testing, job applicant drug and alcohol testing

Update: HF 283 has been signed into law on March 8, 2021 and is effective July 1, 2021. At the Dickinson law...

Extension of Emergency FFCRA Leaves Into 2021

Posted on 12/29/2020 at 01:11 PM by Jill Jensen-Welch, Rachel Soderstrum

Categories: Dickinson Law News, Employment & Labor Law, Jill Jensen-Welch, Rachel Soderstrum

Tagged As: Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Legislation, DOL, EFMLA, EPSL, FFCRA, Internal Revenue Service, Jill Jensen-Welch, Rachel Soderstrum

Bipartisan, veto-proof legislation was sent to President Trump on December 21, 2020 for a second round of pandemic stimu...

On Demand: 2020 Employment Webinar Series - Facing the Future Together

Posted on 10/29/2020 at 05:20 PM by The Newsroom

Categories: Dickinson Law News, Employment & Labor Law

Tagged As: employment law, Webinar Series

Now Available on Demand - Dickinson Law's 2020 Employment Law Webinar Series Focused on Employment Law issues, our E...

CDC and Iowa Guidelines After COVID-19 Exposure Now Conflict: Which Should Iowa Employers Follow?

Posted on 10/01/2020 at 02:14 PM by Jill Jensen-Welch, Russell Samson

Categories: Dickinson Law News, Employment & Labor Law, Jill Jensen-Welch, Russ Samson

Tagged As: Centers for Disease Control, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Governor Kim Reynolds, Iowa Department of Public Health, Jill Jensen-Welch, Russ Samson

At a press conference on September 29, 2020, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds announced the Iowa Department of Public Health (...

Bogart & Soderstrum Join Dickinson Law

Posted on 09/15/2020 at 10:42 AM by The Newsroom

Categories: Banking Law, Business Law, Cybersecurity Law, Dickinson Law News, Employment & Labor Law, Family Law, Grace Bogart, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation & Trial Law, Rachel Soderstrum, Real Estate & Land Use, Start-Up Group, Trusts & Estates Law

Tagged As: Grace Bogart, Rachel Soderstrum

Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C. is delighted to announce that Grace Bogart and Rachel Soderstrum have joine...

DOL Input on the Availability of FFCRA Leave as Employees Grapple with Various Return to Learn Scenarios

Posted on 09/01/2020 at 10:26 AM by Rachel Soderstrum

Categories: Dickinson Law News, Employment & Labor Law, Rachel Soderstrum

Tagged As: back to school, Coronavirus, COVID-19, DOL, DOL guidance, Families First Coronavirus Response Act, FFCRA, FMLA, paid family leave, Return to Learn, U.S. Department of Labor, Rachel Soderstrum

Labor Day weekend, sometimes referred to as the “unofficial end to summer,” is just around the corner, and w...

Do New Overtime Rules Change the Landscape for Mortgage Loan Officers and Loan Officers?

Posted on 08/28/2020 at 04:59 PM by Mike Staebell

Categories: Banking Law, Dickinson Law News, Employment & Labor Law, Mike Staebell

Tagged As: DOL Wage and Hour Division, Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, Mike Staebell, mortgage loan officer, overtime, rules addressing overtime pay, loan officers

In May and June, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) published two Fair Labor Standards A...

DOL Issues Guidance on Teleworking Employees’ Hours of Work under the FLSA

Posted on 08/25/2020 at 01:53 PM by Mike Staebell

Categories: Dickinson Law News, Employment & Labor Law, Mike Staebell

Tagged As: Coronavirus, COVID-19, DOL Wage and Hour Division, Field Advisory Bulletin, Field Advisory Bulletin (FAB) 2020-5, FLSA, remote work arrangements, telecommuting, teleworking

On August 24, 2020 the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division issued Field Advisory Bulletin (FAB) 2020-5 “to clarify...

“You’re Fired.” Cut the Euphemisms: At Least Trump Got This Right on “The Apprentice”

Posted on 08/25/2020 at 11:59 AM by Russell Samson

Categories: Dickinson Law News, Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: "You're Fired!", Buzzfeed, Donald Trump, employee termination, furloughs, layoffs, NLRB, Russomano v. Novo Nordisk Inc., The Apprentice

The headline of the article reads, “BuzzFeed Lays Off Nearly 70% of Furloughed Staff.” I scratched my nearly...

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