Blog posts in tag Fair Labor Standards Act

Failure to Reappoint Equals Wrongful Discharge?

Posted on 03/08/2021 at 04:43 PM by Robert Porter

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Rob Porter

Tagged As: city boards, city clerk, city council, City of Carter Lake, Iowa, county boards, employment contracts, Fair Labor Standards Act, Iowa's open meetings law, Mowery v. The City of Carter Lake, public employees, public sector employee contracts, school districts

Failure to Reappoint Equals Wrongful Discharge?

Mowery’s Teachable Moments for Iowa Counties, Cities, School Districts, Councils, and Boards. The recent Iowa Court of A...

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Do New Overtime Rules Change the Landscape for Mortgage Loan Officers and Loan Officers?

Posted on 08/28/2020 at 04:59 PM by Mike Staebell

Categories: Banking Law, Employment & Labor Law, Mike Staebell

Tagged As: DOL Wage and Hour Division, Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, loan officers, Mike Staebell, mortgage loan officer, overtime, rules addressing overtime pay

Do New Overtime Rules Change the Landscape for Mortgage Loan Officers and Loan Officers?

In May and June, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) published two Fair Labor Standards Act fin...

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A Guide for Employers on Proper Temperature Screening

Posted on 07/10/2020 at 12:03 PM by The Newsroom

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Wage & Hour Watch

Tagged As: ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, Centers for Disease Control, Coronavirus, COVID-19, EEOC, Employee Health Screening, Employee Temperature Screening, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA

A Guide for Employers on Proper Temperature Screening

As Iowa continues to restart its economy, many businesses are considering how to safely reopen their workplaces. One que...

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After 55 years, DOL-WHD Reinterprets Compensability of Sleep Time for Truck Drivers

Posted on 08/07/2019 at 02:27 PM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: Department of Labor, DOL, Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch

After 55 years, DOL-WHD Reinterprets Compensability of Sleep Time for Truck Drivers

On July 22, 2019, DOL’s Wage and Hour Division issued an opinion letter (FLSA2019-10) on whether an employee’s time spen...

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Tipped Employees and the FLSA: DOL Offers Welcome Guidance

Posted on 05/29/2019 at 09:14 AM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: Department of Labor, DOL, Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, Iowa employers, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch, Tip Regulations, WHD

Tipped Employees and the FLSA: DOL Offers Welcome Guidance

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act’s tip credit rules, employers can pay a base hourly wage as low as $2.13/hour to empl...

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DOL Announces Proposed Rule to amend the FLSA’s Regular Rate Provisions

Posted on 03/29/2019 at 09:26 AM by Mike Staebell

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Wage & Hour Watch

Tagged As: DOL, Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, Mike Staebell, Regular Rate

DOL Announces Proposed Rule to amend the FLSA’s Regular Rate Provisions

On March 28, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to clarify and amend the agen...

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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

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

Tagged As: discrimination lawyers, DOL, eeoc lawyer, employee benefits, employment attorney, employment contract, employment law, employment law attorney, employment legal advice, Fair Labor Standards Act, hiring, Iowa Employer Law Blog, Iowa employment law, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch, labor lawyers, lawyers specializing in wrongful termination, legal advice, local attorneys, National Labor Relations Act, Save Local Business Act, Wage and Hour, work lawyer

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

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

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The return of wage and hour opinion letters

Posted on 07/03/2017 at 10:16 AM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: Department of Labor, DOL Wage and Hour Division, employment agreement, employment contract, employment law, employment law attorney, employment legal advice, Fair Labor Standards Act, Family Medical Leave Act, FMLA, Iowa employers, Iowa Wage Payment Collection Law, labor lawyers, lawyers specializing in wrongful termination, legal advice, local attorneys, Wage and Hour Division, work lawyer

The return of wage and hour opinion letters

On June 27, the US Department of Labor (DOL) announced it will resume its policy of issuing official Fair Labor Standard...

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Will comp time come to the private sector?

Posted on 05/15/2017 at 01:11 PM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: comp time, discrimination lawyers, DOL Wage and Hour Division, Donald Trump, EEOC, eeoc lawyer, employment agreement, employment contract, employment law, employment law attorney, employment legal advice, Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, Iowa Employer Law Blog, Iowa employers, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch, labor lawyers, lawyers specializing in wrongful termination, legal advice, Wage and Hour, work lawyer

Will comp time come to the private sector?

There’s been a lot of buzz lately about the expansion of comp time. What’s the buzz about? Under Fair Labor Standards Ac...

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Hold the Phone: Most of the New FLSA Rule Enjoined!

Posted on 11/23/2016 at 07:11 AM by Jill Jensen-Welch

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Jill Jensen-Welch

Tagged As: DOL, Fair Labor Standards Act, injunction, Iowa Employer Law Blog, overtime pay, overtime provisions for exempt employees, white collar exemption regulation

Hold the Phone: Most of the New FLSA Rule Enjoined!

Happy Thanksgiving Employers! A preliminary injunction issued late on November 22, 2016 stops most of the new Fair Labor...

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