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Dickinson's Employment Law attorneys contribute materials and presentations to professional associations and employers on a range of employment and labor topics. Our compliance specialist, Mike Staebell has extensive knowledge of federal law and can serve clients anywhere in the country or right here in Iowa.  

 

Sign up for the 2020 Central Iowa SHRM Legal & Legislative Conference with a $20 discount

Posted on 01/24/2020 at 11:20 AM by The Newsroom

Sign up for the 2020 Central Iowa SHRM Legal & Legislative Conference with a $20 discount

Don’t miss the Dickinson Law speakers – Compliance Specialist Mike Staebell and Attorney Jill Jens...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Jill Jensen-Welch, Mike Staebell

Tagged As: Central Iowa SHRM Legal & Legislative Conference , Compliance Specialist, employment and labor issues , employment attorney, Human Resources , Iowa employment law, legislative issues

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NLRB: Rules Requiring Employees to Maintain “Confidentiality” During Open Investigations Lawful

Posted on 01/23/2020 at 09:50 AM by Russell Samson

NLRB: Rules Requiring Employees to Maintain “Confidentiality” During Open Investigations Lawful

On December 17*, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board issued its decision in Apogee Retail LLC d/b/a Unique Thrift S...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: Apogee Retail LLC d/b/a Unique Thrift Store, employee investigations & confidentiality, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB

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NLRB Permits, Again, Employers to Restrict Use of Email – Maybe

Posted on 01/22/2020 at 02:25 PM by Russell Samson

NLRB Permits, Again, Employers to Restrict Use of Email – Maybe

Prior to 2014, NLRB case law gave an employer the right to control its property. The NLRB tempered that right when an em...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: Caesars Entertainment Inc. , National Labor Relations Act, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, NLRB and employee email usage, Purple Communications, Inc. , Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino

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NLRB Rolls Back Obama “Quickie” Election Rules

Posted on 12/20/2019 at 03:02 PM by Melissa Schilling

NLRB Rolls Back Obama “Quickie” Election Rules

On December 13, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) announced changes to regulations implement...

Categories: Business Law, Dickinson Law News, Employment & Labor Law, Melissa Schilling

Tagged As: employers, employment and labor issues , Labor Unions, Melissa Schilling, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, NLRB election procedures, NLRB election rules, unions, National Labor Relations Act

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NLRB Declines Jurisdiction Over Democratic Presidential Campaign

Posted on 12/17/2019 at 04:00 PM by Russell Samson

NLRB Declines Jurisdiction Over Democratic Presidential Campaigns

I earlier wrote about how various contenders for the Democratic Party nomination for President were wooing organized lab...

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

Tagged As: Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, NLRB, Presidential campaigns, Presidential campaigns as employers

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The New FLSA White Collar Exemption Salary Threshold – Are You Ready for January 1?

Posted on 12/06/2019 at 02:03 PM by Mike Staebell

The New FLSA White Collar Exemption Salary Threshold – Are You Ready for January 1?

It seems like we’ve discussed this subject for years. It was May of 2016 when the Obama DOL issued final regulatio...

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

Tagged As: DOL, employment law, FLSA, white collar exemption regulation, White Collar FSLA Exemptions

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Non-Disparagement Clauses in Cross-Hairs of NLRB – Lessons for Employers and their Employment Lawyers - Part Two

Posted on 12/05/2019 at 01:08 PM by Russell Samson

Non-Disparagement Clauses in Cross-Hairs of NLRB – Lessons for Employers and their Employment Lawyers - Part Two

Part One of this post discussed an NRLB Office of General Counsel Advice Memorandum which determined that a provision in...

Categories: Dickinson Law News, Employment & Labor Law

Tagged As: employment and labor issues , internet postings , NLRB, employment & social media policies

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Non-Disparagement Clauses in Cross-Hairs of NLRB – Lessons for Employers & their Employment Lawyers - Part One

Posted on 11/25/2019 at 03:42 PM by Russell Samson

Non-Disparagement Clauses in Cross-Hairs of NLRB – Lessons for Employers & their Employment Lawyers

This is an instructive tale of the Stange Law Firm, P.C. and its disputes with employees, with lessons regarding both no...

Categories: Dickinson Law News, Employment & Labor Law

Tagged As: employer social media policies, employment and labor issues , internet postings, NLRB

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Better Late Than Never? Have You Filed Your EEO-1 Component 2 (Pay Data) Forms Yet?

Posted on 11/15/2019 at 02:45 PM by Russell Samson

Better Late Than Never? Have You Filed Your EEO-1 Component 2 (Pay Data) Forms Yet?

Are you a private-sector employer with 100 or more employees who is supposed to be filing EEO-1’s, but who has not...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law

Tagged As: Civil Rights Act, employers, employment and labor issues , employment attorney, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Iowa employment attorneys, Russ Samson, EEO-1 Component 2, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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DOL’s "Fluctuating Workweek" Method of Pay Explained - Part 2

Posted on 11/11/2019 at 01:54 PM by Mike Staebell

DOL’s "Fluctuating Workweek" Method of Pay Explained - Part 2 of 2

Our previous Wage and Hour Watch post summarized DOL’s recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the FLSA fluctuatin...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Wage & Hour Watch

Tagged As: 2011 "clean-up regulations", DOL Wage and Hour Division, non-exempt employees , Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NRPM)

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