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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

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

Co-authored by Attorney Russ Samson At a press conference on September 29, 2020, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds...

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...

Register Today for the 2020 Employment Law Webinar Series

Posted on 08/13/2020 at 03:31 PM by The Newsroom

Categories: Dickinson Law News, Employment & Labor Law

Tagged As: ADA, ban the box, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Legislation, employee drug testing, employment law, employment policies, EPSL, FFCRA, FMLA, Iowa employment law attorneys, NLRB, OSHA, racial injustice , WC, Webinar Series, WHD, workplace management, workplace of the future

You're Invited! Join our Employment & Labor Law Group on October 27, 28 & 29 for a FREE Webinar Series as we...

EEOC to Begin Closing Cases and Issuing Right-to-Sue Notices Again

Posted on 08/04/2020 at 12:34 PM by Jill Jensen-Welch

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

Tagged As: charge closure documents , Department of Justice, discrimination, EEOC, employers, FIFO, harassment, Iowa Civil Rights Commission, retaliation, right-to-sue notices, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced that it will resume issuing charge closure documents again, e...

DOL Publishes a Request for Information on Current FMLA Regulations

Posted on 07/31/2020 at 03:11 PM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: Department of Labor, employees, employers, Family and Medical Leave Act, Family Medical Leave Act, Federal Register, FMLA, Request for Information , U.S. Department of Labor

On July 17, 2020, the USDOL’s Wage and Hour Division published a “Request for Information” (RFI) in th...

New State Requirement: Iowa Employers Must Tell Departing Employees About Unemployment Insurance

Posted on 07/27/2020 at 09:35 AM by Robert Porter

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

Tagged As: employers, Iowa Workforce Development, U.S. Department of Labor, unemployment insurance , departing workers, employees, Iowa unemployment insurance disclosure form, reduced hours

An emergency rule adopted by the Iowa Workforce Development agency [“IWD”] now requires Iowa emplo...

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