Iowa Employer Law Blog

Don’t Be a Grinch About Holiday Celebrations

Posted on 12/06/2023 at 09:24 AM by Nicole Proesch

Don’t Be a Grinch About Holiday Celebrations

Deck the halls with boughs of holly….well maybe not at work. While some employers embrace the holiday season...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Nicole Proesch

Tagged As: employers, holiday celebrations at work, holiday workplace culture, Iowa public employers, Iowa public employers holiday parties, Nicole Proesch, private employers holiday parties

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Supreme Court’s Harvard Decisions Rewrite History for Fair Hiring Practices

Posted on 10/25/2023 at 07:30 AM by Nicole Proesch

Supreme Court’s Harvard Decisions Rewrite History for Fair Hiring Practices

On June 29, 2023, the United States Supreme Court released the long-awaited decisions in the consolidated cases of Stude...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Nicole Proesch

Tagged As: Civil Rights Act, fair hiring practices, Harvard, Iowa Supreme Court, Students for Fair Admissions v. President & Fellows of Harvard College, Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, U.S. Supreme Court, UNC, University of North Carolina

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New Website Announced for Iowa Workforce Development & New Link for Notice of Unemployment Insurance for Employers

Posted on 10/05/2023 at 11:14 AM by Nicole Proesch

New Website Announced for Iowa Workforce Development & New Link for Notice of Unemployment Insurance for Employers

On October 4, 2023, the Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) revealed a new website at a new URL. The website boasts a...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Nicole Proesch

Tagged As: Iowa Workforce Development, Nicole Proesch, unemployment insurance , Unemployment Insurance for Employers

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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

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 th...

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

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Employer PSA: Form I-9 Changes Coming Soon

Posted on 07/27/2023 at 04:05 PM by Elissa Holman, Melissa Schilling

Employer PSA: Form I-9 Changes Coming Soon

Stop. Read. Update your calendar. Changes have been made by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to For...

Categories: Elissa Holman, Employment & Labor Law, Melissa Schilling

Tagged As: COVID-19, employment law attorney, Form I-9, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

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A Lesson in Both Cybersecurity and Responding to Requests for Employee Records

Posted on 06/22/2023 at 01:31 PM by Russell Samson

A Lesson in Both Cybersecurity and Responding to Requests for Employee Records

At the outset I acknowledge this blog post focuses on an odd piece of snail mail received by one of our firm’s cli...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: cybersecurity, employee documents, employee records, employers, phishing, phishing scams

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Employee Repayment of Compensation - Update

Posted on 05/26/2023 at 10:56 AM by David Repp

Employee Repayment of Compensation - Update

I first wrote about employee repayment of compensation here in August of 2016. The following is an update to that o...

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

Tagged As: employee termination, employer repayment, employers, FICA withholding, Internal Revenue Service, North American Oil Consolidated v Burnet, payroll deductions, Social Security

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The Perfect Storm: Employment Law Seminar Agenda Announced

Posted on 04/12/2023 at 04:24 PM by The Newsroom

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The attorneys of Dickinson Law’s Employment & Labor Group are creating some great presentations on how to...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law

Tagged As: 2023 Employment Law Seminar, employment law attorney, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, Iowa employment attorneys, Iowa employment law seminar, West48 Conference Center

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Two New Attorneys Join Dickinson Law

Posted on 01/31/2023 at 03:12 PM by The Newsroom

Attorney Nicole Proesch and Attorney Elissa Holman

Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen P.C. is happy to announce that attorneys Nicole Proesch and Elissa Holman have jo...

Categories: Education Law, Employment & Labor Law, Litigation & Trial Law

Tagged As: Elissa Holman, Nicole Proesch

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New Workplace Protections For Pregnant And Nursing Moms

Posted on 01/27/2023 at 09:24 AM by Rachel Soderstrum

New Workplace Protections For Pregnant And Nursing Moms

The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (“CAA”) (the $1.7 trillion government funding bill) includes pro...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Rachel Soderstrum

Tagged As: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act, PUMP Act

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