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Iowa Supreme Court Levels the Playing Field for At-Will and Contract Employees

Posted on 07/17/2018 at 11:10 AM by Jill Jensen-Welch

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Jill Jensen-Welch

Tagged As: Iowa Court of Appeals, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, Iowa Supreme Court, Iowa Workforce Development, ackerman v state of Iowa, collective bargaining, Public Employer Relations Board

In a case of first impression, the Iowa Supreme Court in Ackerman v. State of Iowa, IWD, et al. (June 15, 2018) held tha...

Hold the Phone: Most of the New FLSA Rule Enjoined!

Posted on 11/23/2016 at 07:11 AM by Jill Jensen-Welch

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Jill Jensen-Welch

Tagged As: DOL, Fair Labor Standards Act, injunction, Iowa Employer Law Blog, overtime pay, overtime provisions for exempt employees, white collar exemption regulation

Happy Thanksgiving Employers! A preliminary injunction issued late on November 22, 2016 stops most of the new Fair Labor...

The wait is over: Final Rule changing the salary test for four categories of white collar workers released

Posted on 05/18/2016 at 11:28 AM by Jill Jensen-Welch

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Jill Jensen-Welch, Wage & Hour Watch

Tagged As: DOL, DOL Wage and Hour Division, employment litigation, Iowa employers, labor law, Mike Staebell

Late yesterday, May 17, the Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, released materials related to the new...

Track hours worked and pay due - there's an app for that

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:24 AM by Jill Jensen-Welch

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Jill Jensen-Welch

Tagged As: app for tracking hours worked and wages due, DOL Fair Pay initiative, DOL smartphone app, Iowa Employer Law Blog

On May 9, 2011, the U.S. Department of Labor launched its first smartphone application. The app tracks hours...

Sweeping changes proposed for affirmative action requirements regarding disabled workers

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:24 AM by Jill Jensen-Welch

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Jill Jensen-Welch

Tagged As: Affirmative Action Plan requirements for disabled workers, affirmative action requirements, Americans with Disabilities Act, changes to affirmative action requirements, definition of disabled, Department of Labor, E.O. 11246, federal contractor workforce 7% people with disabilities, Office of Federal Contracts Compliance Programs, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, unemployment rate for diabled, women and racial minorities affirmative action requirements

Continuing the Obama administration's aggressive regulatory agenda, the Office of Federal Contracts Compliance Progr...

Retaliation's reach under Title VII extended again

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:24 AM by Jill Jensen-Welch

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Jill Jensen-Welch

Tagged As: anti-retaliation provision, Burlington Northern standard, Eric Thompson, Miriam Regaldo, NAS employment discrimination, persons claiming to be aggrieved, retaliation against family members, retaliation extended, retaliation protection, retaliation under Title VII, third party retaliation, Thompson v North American Stainless, workplace discrimination claims, workplace retaliation, zone of interests standard

The U.S. Supreme Court extended Title VII's anti-retaliation provision to third parties, such as fiancés and...

OFCCP tightens pay discrimination investigations & enforcement for federal government contractors and subcontractors

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:24 AM by Jill Jensen-Welch

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Jill Jensen-Welch

Tagged As: contractors, Iowa Employer Law Blog, OFCCP, pay discrimination, subcontractors

Co-authored with Russell Samson Executive branch agencies continue to make good on President Obamas promise to ferret o...

New OFCCP regulations set to begin in March 2014 - Part 1: Background information, which employers are covered, and challenges regarding disability AAPs

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:23 AM by Jill Jensen-Welch

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Jill Jensen-Welch

Tagged As: affirmative action requirements, individuals with disabilities, Iowa Employer Law Blog, OFCCP, Rehabilitation Act, Rehabilitation Act of 1973

In September 2013, final regulations of the OFCCP were published regarding its enforcement of the Rehabilitation Act of...

New EEOC enforcement guidance: A to-do list for revamping the handling of arrests, convictions, and criminal background checks

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:23 AM by Jill Jensen-Welch

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Jill Jensen-Welch

Tagged As: criminal background checks, disparate impact, EEOC, employment discrimination, Iowa Civil Rights Act, Iowa Employer Law Blog, job applications, workplace violence

This spring, 2012, the EEOC issued an updated Enforcement Guidance (EG) titled Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Re...

New EEOC enforcement guidance on arrests and convictions in employment decisions

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:23 AM by Jill Jensen-Welch

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Jill Jensen-Welch

Tagged As: civil rights, EEOC, Iowa Employer Law Blog

This spring, the EEOC issued an updated Enforcement Guidance (EG) titled Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records...

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