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Nineteen Dickinson Attorneys Chosen for 2020 Best Lawyers in America

Posted on 08/15/2019 at 08:50 AM by The Newsroom

Categories: Amy Plummer, Ben Bruner, Bill Serangeli, Bill Stiles, Bryan O'Neill, David Repp, Dick Lyford, Dickinson Law News, Howard Hagen, Jeff Krausman, Jill Jensen-Welch, Joan Fletcher, John Lande, Mary Zambreno, Mollie Pawlosky, Paul Tyler, Rick Malm, Ron Mountsier, Russ Samson, Tom Hanson

Tagged As: 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®

Dickinson Law is pleased to announce that 19 of the firms’ attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2020...

Eighteen Dickinson Attorneys Selected for 2019 Best Lawyers in America

Posted on 08/15/2018 at 08:55 AM by The Newsroom

Categories: Amy Plummer, Ben Bruner, Bill Serangeli, Bill Stiles, David Repp, Dick Lyford, Dickinson Law News, Fred Schneider, Howard Hagen, Jeff Krausman, Jill Jensen-Welch, Joan Fletcher, Mary Zambreno, Mollie Pawlosky, Paul Tyler, Rick Malm, Ron Mountsier, Russ Samson, Tom Hanson

Tagged As: 2019 Best Lawyers in America

Dickinson Law is pleased to announce that 18 of the firms' attorneys have been included in the 2...

Is It OK for an Employer to Talk to an Employee’s Family?

Posted on 08/10/2018 at 02:50 PM by Jill Jensen-Welch

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Jill Jensen-Welch

Tagged As: FMLA, human resource, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, privacy

“Hello. HR? This is Sally’s husband and I’m calling to let you know that I think she&rsquo...

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...

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