Iowa Employer Law Blog

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.  

 

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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DOL Proposes New FLSA Rule on the “Fluctuating Workweek” Method of Paying Non-Exempt Salaried Employees - Part 1

Posted on 11/08/2019 at 04:41 PM by Mike Staebell

DOL Proposes New FLSA Rule on the “Fluctuating Workweek” Method of Paying Non-Exempt Salaried Employees

On November 5, USDOL’s Wage and Hour Division issued a press release with the enticing title, “U.S. Departme...

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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Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen ranked in 2020 "Best Law Firms"

Posted on 11/01/2019 at 09:45 AM by The Newsroom

Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen ranked in 2020 "Best Law Firms"

Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen has been ranked in the 2020 U.S. News - Best Lawyers "Best Law Fir...

Categories: Dickinson Law News

Tagged As: 2020 "Best Law Firms", 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, U.S. News & World Report's Best Law Firms Rankings 2020

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DOL Issues Proposed Rule for Tipped Employees

Posted on 10/18/2019 at 11:28 AM by Mike Staebell

DOL Issues Proposed Rule for Tipped Employees

Working to clarify the jumbled mess of FLSA tipped worker regulations, on October 8, 2019, the Department of Labor annou...

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

Tagged As: DOL, DOL Wage and Hour Division, employer, FLSA, minimum wage, tipped employees, tip credit, CAA, O*NET

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