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On Demand: 2020 Employment Webinar Series - Facing the Future Together

Posted on 10/29/2020 at 05:20 PM by The Newsroom

On Demand: 2020 Employment Webinar Series - Facing the Future Together

Now Available on Demand - Dickinson Law's 2020 Employment Law Webinar Series Focused on Employment Law issues, our E...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law

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COVID-19: SBA Releases Final Payroll Protection Program Rules

Posted on 04/03/2020 at 03:30 PM by Jeffrey Baxter

COVID-19: SBA Releases Final Payroll Protection Program Rules

On April 2, 2020, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), released its final rules (Rules) applicable to the Payro...

Categories: Banking Law, Business Law, Employment & Labor Law, Jeff Baxter

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

Posted on 07/17/2018 at 12:15 PM by Jill Jensen-Welch

Jill Jensen-Welch, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, Dickinson Law Firm, Des Moines Iowa

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

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Jill Jensen-Welch

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Employers: Be cautious of the new tax law’s incentive For independent contractors

Posted on 01/09/2018 at 10:00 AM by The Newsroom

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The new Federal tax legislation, effective January 1, 2018, brought many changes. The IRS has not yet issued regulations...

Categories: Cody Edwards, Melissa Schilling, Taxation Law

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Save Local Business Act Passes the House: Bill Brings Clarity to Confusing Joint Employment Law

Posted on 12/19/2017 at 02:55 PM by Mike Staebell

Mike Staebell, Dickinson Law Firm, Des Moines Iowa, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch

On November 8, the U.S. House of Representatives passed HR 3441, the Save Local Business Act.   If passed by t...

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

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Employment law considerations for entrepreneurs

Posted on 11/03/2017 at 12:00 AM by Melissa Schilling

Melissa Schilling, Dickinson Law Firm, Iowa Start-Up Group, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, Des Moines Iowa

Is your start-up company ready to hire its first employee? The decision to form a start-up company is complicated enough...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Melissa Schilling, Start-Up Group

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DOL Withdraws Wage and Hour Guidance on Joint Employment and Independent Contractors

Posted on 06/07/2017 at 12:00 AM by Mike Staebell

Mike Staebell, Dickinson Law Firm, Des Moines Iowa, iowa employment & labor law, iowa wage & hour watch

Today the US Department of Labor issued a very short press release announcing the  withdrawal of two Wage and Hour...

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

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Qualified transportation fringe benefits

Posted on 04/17/2017 at 10:30 AM by David Repp

David Repp, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, Iowa Taxation Law, Dickinson Law Firm, Des Moines Iowa

Commuting to and from the workplace is ordinarily not a deductible expense for an employee. Chong v. Commissioner,...

Categories: David Repp, Employment & Labor Law, Taxation Law

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Independent contractor or employee? DOL revamps its misclassification webpage

Posted on 12/22/2016 at 12:00 AM by Mike Staebell

Iowa Employment & Labor Law Iowa Wage & Hour Watch Dickinson Mike Staebell Law Des Moines, Iowa

Over the past seven years, DOL’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has been engaged in a crusade against the misclassif...

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

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DOL's Expanded Joint Employer Standard: You may have more employees than you think

Posted on 09/15/2016 at 11:35 AM by Mike Staebell

Mike Staebell, Dickinson Law Firm, Iowa Construction Law, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch,

In today’s workplaces, it is not uncommon to find businesses sharing employees or utilizing employees from third-p...

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

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