Posts by Jill Jensen-Welch

Jill Jensen-Welch retired from the firm in December 2025.

For Employment and Labor Law matters or training inquiries, please contact Melissa Schilling.

FTC Rule Banning Non-Competes Struck Down in Ruling That Applies Nationwide

Posted on 08/21/2024 at 02:55 PM by Jill Jensen-Welch

Categories: Dickinson Bradshaw News, Employment & Labor Law, Jill Jensen-Welch

Tagged As: FTC, Non-compete agreements, non-compete clauses, U.S. Federal Trade Commission

FTC Rule Banning Non-Competes Struck Down in Ruling That Applies Nationwide

The following blog is an update to an original post by Attorney Nicole Proesch, "FTC Adopts Non-Compete Ban and Opens th...

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Warning: Employment Tests Can Be Hazardous to the Bottom Line and Cause Headaches

Posted on 09/18/2023 at 02:32 PM by Jill Jensen-Welch

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Jill Jensen-Welch

Tagged As: class action lawsuit, EEOC, EEOC v. Walmart, employment tests , Pathways Graduation Assessment , Pathways Training Program, Walmart

Warning: Employment Tests Can Be Hazardous to the Bottom Line and Cause Headaches

The EEOC announced recently a nationwide class action lawsuit it filed against Walmart on September 11, 2023, in the Wes...

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Large Iowa Employers: Should You Comply With the OSHA Vaccine or Testing & Masking ETS?

Posted on 01/12/2022 at 01:43 PM by Jill Jensen-Welch

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Jill Jensen-Welch

Tagged As: COVID-19, COVID-19 mandatory vaccination laws, COVID-19 Vaccine Waiver Law, IOSHA, Iowa’s COVID-19 vaccine waiver law, OSHA, OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard

Large Iowa Employers: Should You Comply With the OSHA Vaccine or Testing & Masking ETS?

After the last few business days, Iowa employers with 100 or more employees are likely wondering whether or not they sho...

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What Does the New Iowa Vaccine Waiver Law Do?

Posted on 10/29/2021 at 04:56 PM by Jill Jensen-Welch

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Jill Jensen-Welch

Tagged As: COVID-19, Governor Kim Reynolds, Iowa legislature, COVID-19 Vaccine, COVID-19 Vaccine Waiver Law, Iowa Vaccine Waiver Law, HF-902, Iowa Code Chapter 94

What Does the New Iowa Vaccine Waiver Law Do?

Last night the Iowa Legislature passed a bill providing COVID-19 vaccination waivers for employees and unemployment bene...

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Mandated Vaccination under Executive Order 14042: Are Depository Institutions Covered?

Posted on 09/27/2021 at 01:11 PM by Sierra McConnell, Jill Jensen-Welch

Categories: Banking Law, Employment & Labor Law, Jill Jensen-Welch, OSHA, Sierra McConnell

Tagged As: COVID-19, Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, Executive Order 14042, OSHA, Path Out of the Pandemic Action Plan, President Biden, Safer Federal Workforce Task Force

Mandated Vaccination under Executive Order 14042: Are Depository Institutions Covered?

On September 9, 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal...

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Extension of Emergency FFCRA Leaves Into 2021

Posted on 12/29/2020 at 01:11 PM by Jill Jensen-Welch, Rachel Soderstrum

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Jill Jensen-Welch, Rachel Soderstrum

Tagged As: Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Legislation, DOL, EFMLA, EPSL, FFCRA, Internal Revenue Service, Jill Jensen-Welch, Rachel Soderstrum

Extension of Emergency FFCRA Leaves Into 2021

Bipartisan, veto-proof legislation was sent to President Trump on December 21, 2020 for a second round of pandemic stimu...

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CDC and Iowa Guidelines After COVID-19 Exposure Now Conflict: Which Should Iowa Employers Follow?

Posted on 10/01/2020 at 02:14 PM by Jill Jensen-Welch, Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Jill Jensen-Welch, Russ Samson

Tagged As: Centers for Disease Control, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Governor Kim Reynolds, Iowa Department of Public Health, Jill Jensen-Welch, Russ Samson

CDC and Iowa Guidelines After COVID-19 Exposure Now Conflict: Which Should Iowa Employers Follow?

At a press conference on September 29, 2020, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds announced the Iowa Department of Public Health (...

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EEOC to Begin Closing Cases and Issuing Right-to-Sue Notices Again

Posted on 08/04/2020 at 12:34 PM by Jill Jensen-Welch

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Jill Jensen-Welch

Tagged As: charge closure documents , Department of Justice, discrimination, EEOC, employers, FIFO, harassment, Iowa Civil Rights Commission, retaliation, right-to-sue notices, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

EEOC to Begin Closing Cases and Issuing Right-to-Sue Notices Again

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced that it will resume issuing charge closure documents again, e...

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Trump Signs Families First Coronavirus Response Act: How It Will Impact Employers*

Posted on 03/19/2020 at 11:15 AM by Jill Jensen-Welch

Categories: Employment & Labor Law

Tagged As: Coronavirus, COVID-19, employment law, Families First Coronavirus Response Act, Family Medical and Leave Act

Trump Signs Families First Coronavirus Response Act: How It Will Impact Employers*

* With Contributions by Attorney Melissa Schilling   After the U.S. House of Representatives made a number of changes t...

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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

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

“Hello.  HR?  This is Sally’s husband and I’m calling to let you know that I think she’s having an affair with her co-wo...

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