Blog posts in category Joan Fletcher

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®

Nineteen Dickinson Attorneys Chosen for 2020 Best Lawyers in America

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

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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

Eighteen Dickinson Attorneys Selected for 2019 Best Lawyers in America

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

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It's official! New amendments to Iowa's OSHA statute dramatically increase civil penalties for violations

Posted on 04/14/2017 at 09:28 AM by Joan Fletcher

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Joan Fletcher

Tagged As: civil penalties, Des Moines employment attorney, discrimination lawyers, EEOC, eeoc lawyer, employment agreement, employment attorney, employment contract, employment lawyer, employment legal advice, Iowa Employer Law Blog, Iowa employers, Iowa employment attorneys, Iowa employment law, Iowa employment lawyers, Iowa OSHA, labor law, labor law violations, labor lawyers, lawyers specializing in wrongful termination, legal advice, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, violations, work lawyer

It's official! New amendments to Iowa's OSHA statute dramatically increase civil penalties for violations

Under the 2016 changes to Federal OSHA, any citations issued by Federal OSHA after August 1, 2016 were subject to penalt...

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Federal OSHA penalty increases take effect in August 2016

Posted on 07/08/2016 at 10:20 AM by Joan Fletcher

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Joan Fletcher

Tagged As: Occupational Safety and Health Act, OSHA, OSHA workplace injuries and illness

Federal OSHA penalty increases take effect in August 2016

In response to a November 2015 mandate from Congress that federal agencies adjust their civil penalties to account for i...

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OSHA's revised recordkeeping requirements: Your injury and illness reports are going public

Posted on 05/27/2016 at 01:13 PM by Joan Fletcher

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Joan Fletcher

Tagged As: Iowa employers, OSHA, OSHA workplace injuries and illness, workplace injuries

OSHA's revised recordkeeping requirements: Your injury and illness reports are going public

Under OSHA’s current Recordkeeping Regulation (29 CFR 1904) employers with more than 10 employees and whose busine...

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OSHA updates eye and face protection standards in final rule

Posted on 04/25/2016 at 11:35 AM by Joan Fletcher

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Joan Fletcher

Tagged As: Iowa Employer Law Blog, Iowa OSHA Safety and Health poster, OSHA, OSHA workplace injuries and illness

OSHA updates eye and face protection standards in final rule

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently published a final rule updating the references in OSHA’...

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Reminder: February 1, 2016 OSHA Form 300A Posting Deadline

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:24 AM by Joan Fletcher

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Joan Fletcher

Tagged As: OSHA, OSHA Form 300A, OSHA posting deadline, OSHA posting requirements, summary of illness

Reminder: February 1, 2016 OSHA Form 300A Posting Deadline

If you have not already done so, it's time to prepare the Form 300A, the annual summary of injuries and illnesses re...

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Make hearsay objections in unemployment hearings

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:23 AM by Joan Fletcher

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Joan Fletcher

Tagged As: administrative hearings, hearsay, Iowa Court of Appeals, unemployment appeals, unemployment hearings, Jordan v Employment Appeal Board

Hearsay evidence is admissible in administrative hearings, and Administrative Law Judges are often unreceptive to hearsa...

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Supreme Court holds severance payments are taxable wages under FICA

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:24 AM by Joan Fletcher

Categories: Bankruptcy Law, Employment & Labor Law, Joan Fletcher, Taxation Law

Tagged As: FICA withholding, Internal Revenue Code, Iowa Employer Law Blog, Iowa Tax, severance pay, taxable wages

Supreme Court holds severance payments are taxable wages under FICA

In United States v. Quality Stores Inc., 134 S. Ct. 1395 (2014), the U.S. Supreme Court recently considered whether seve...

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Reminder: Iowa OSHA Form 300A posting requirements

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:24 AM by Joan Fletcher

Categories: Posts, Employment & Labor Law, Joan Fletcher, OSHA

Tagged As: OSHA, workplace injuries and illnesses, OSHA Form 300A, OSHA posting requirements, OSHA posting deadlines

Reminder: Iowa OSHA Form 300A posting requirements

It’s that time of year again, and I’m BAAACK! The February 1, 2014 date for posting the Iowa OSHA Form 300A is almost he...

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