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Employer Lessons on Non-DOT Drug Testing Gleaned From EEOC Lawsuit

Posted on 07/20/2018 at 10:34 AM by Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

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Employer Lessons on Non-DOT Drug Testing Gleaned From EEOC Lawsuit

On June 28, 2018, the EEOC filed a lawsuit against Steel Painters, LLC in the Eastern District of Texas.The lawsuit alle...

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Mortgage Loan Officers Owe a Fiduciary Duty to Employer

Posted on 07/12/2018 at 10:12 AM by Jesse Johnston

Categories: Banking Law, Cybersecurity Law, Employment & Labor Law, Jesse Johnston

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Mortgage Loan Officers Owe a Fiduciary Duty to Employer

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) recently entered into a consent order with a mortgage...

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Nine Years Later: The US DOL Reinstates Guidance on the Status of Coaches Under the Fair Labor Standards Act

Posted on 07/02/2018 at 03:23 PM by Mike Staebell

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

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Nine Years Later: The US DOL Reinstates Guidance on the Status of Coaches Under the Fair Labor Standards Act

This summer, as teachers enjoy their vacations and administrators consider coaching staffing needs for the 2018-2019 sch...

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DOL proposes changes to rules on tipped employee pay

Posted on 12/05/2017 at 03:04 PM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: Department of Labor, Des Moines employment attorney, DOL, DOL Wage and Hour Division, EEOC, eeoc lawyer, employment agreement, employment attorney, employment contract, employment law, employment legal advice, FLSA, Iowa Employer Law Blog, labor lawyers, lawyers specializing in wrongful termination, National Restaurant Association et al v. Perez

DOL proposes changes to rules on tipped employee pay

Today (December 5), the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the tipped em...

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FMLA issues that plague employers and how to cope with them, Pt. IV: Exceeding the frequency or duration of intermittent FMLA leave

Posted on 11/13/2017 at 10:13 AM by Mike Staebell

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

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FMLA issues that plague employers and how to cope with them, Pt. IV: Exceeding the frequency or duration of intermittent FMLA leave

Three recent Wage and Hour Watch blogs discussed several common FMLA issues faced by employers. Those blogs expand...

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Employment law considerations for entrepreneurs

Posted on 11/01/2017 at 12:16 PM by Melissa Schilling

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

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Employment law considerations for entrepreneurs

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

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FMLA issues that plague employers and how to cope with them, Pt. III: Failure to follow call-in procedures

Posted on 11/01/2017 at 03:15 PM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: call in policy, discrimination lawyers, DOL, EEOC, eeoc lawyer, employment agreement, employment contract, employment law, employment law attorney, employment lawyer, employment legal advice, find a lawyer, FMLA, Iowa Employer Law Blog, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch, labor lawyers, lawyers specializing in wrongful termination, legal advice, local attorneys, work lawyer

FMLA issues that plague employers and how to cope with them, Pt. III: Failure to follow call-in procedures

Two recent Wage and Hour Watch blogs discussed several common FMLA issues faced by employers.  Those blogs expand o...

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DOL's Wage and Hour Division agenda is moving forward

Posted on 09/28/2017 at 03:36 PM by Mike Staebell

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

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DOL's Wage and Hour Division agenda is moving forward

Every year, Federal Agencies publish their plans to amend or release new regulations in the Unified Agenda of Regulatory...

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Another New Form I-9?

Posted on 07/19/2017 at 03:49 PM by Mike Staebell

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

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Another New Form I-9?

If it seems like a new Form I-9 is being issued every few months, you are not dreaming. Last fall, this blog discussed t...

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2017 amendments to Iowa's private sector drug-testing statute allow for testing hair samples of prospective employees only

Posted on 06/07/2017 at 10:33 AM by Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: Des Moines employment attorney, drug policy, drug testing, drug use in employment, EEOC, eeoc lawyer, employers' drug testing policies, employment agreement, employment attorney, employment contract, employment law, employment legal advice, Iowa Employer Law Blog, labor lawyers, lawyers specializing in wrongful termination, legal advice, work lawyer

2017 amendments to Iowa's private sector drug-testing statute allow for testing hair samples of prospective employees only

On May 9, 2017, then-Governor Terry Branstad signed Senate File 32, “An Act relating to private sector employee dr...

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