Blog posts in tag Iowa employers

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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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

Tagged As: EEOC, eeoc lawyer, employment agreement, employment attorney, employment contract, employment contracts, employment law, employment law attorney, employment lawyer, employment legal advice, I-9 requirements, Iowa employers, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, labor law, labor lawyers, lawyers specializing in wrongful termination, work lawyer

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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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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2017 alcohol testing amendments to Iowa's private sector drug-testing statute

Posted on 06/21/2017 at 01:30 PM by Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: alcohol testing, Des Moines employment attorney, discrimination lawyers, drug testing, employers' drug testing policies, employment agreement, employment attorney, employment contract, employment law, employment law attorney, employment legal advice, Iowa DOT, Iowa employers, lawyers specializing in wrongful termination, work lawyer

2017 alcohol testing amendments to Iowa's private sector drug-testing statute

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

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Hiring teenagers this summer? Get up to speed on federal labor laws

Posted on 06/20/2017 at 11:00 AM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: child labor laws, discrimination lawyers, DOL, eeoc lawyer, employment attorney, employment contract, employment law, employment law attorney, employment lawyer, employment legal advice, FLSA, Iowa employers, Iowa Occupational Safety and Health Act, Labor Law-Management - Des Moines Iowa, lawyers specializing in wrongful termination, legal advice, local attorneys, Wage and Hour Division, work lawyer

Hiring teenagers this summer? Get up to speed on federal labor laws

If you employ or plan to employ workers under the age of 18 this summer, be sure you understand the federal child labor...

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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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It's official! New amendments to Iowa's OSHA statute dramatically increase civil penalties for violations

Posted on 04/14/2017 at 09:28 AM by Joan Fletcher

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Joan Fletcher

Tagged As: civil penalties, Des Moines employment attorney, discrimination lawyers, EEOC, eeoc lawyer, employment agreement, employment attorney, employment contract, employment lawyer, employment legal advice, Iowa Employer Law Blog, Iowa employers, Iowa employment attorneys, Iowa employment law, Iowa employment lawyers, Iowa OSHA, labor law, labor law violations, labor lawyers, lawyers specializing in wrongful termination, legal advice, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, violations, work lawyer

It's official! New amendments to Iowa's OSHA statute dramatically increase civil penalties for violations

Under the 2016 changes to Federal OSHA, any citations issued by Federal OSHA after August 1, 2016 were subject to penalt...

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Employer reminder: Mandatory "military leave" includes short notice leave for "funeral honors duty"

Posted on 06/08/2016 at 01:10 PM by Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: Department of Defense, funeral leave, Iowa employers, Iowa employment law, United States Army, United States Marine Corps, veteran

Employer reminder: Mandatory "military leave" includes short notice leave for "funeral honors duty"

“The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that, upon request, a funeral honors detail is provided for the funeral of any ve...

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OSHA's revised recordkeeping requirements: Your injury and illness reports are going public

Posted on 05/27/2016 at 01:13 PM by Joan Fletcher

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Joan Fletcher

Tagged As: Iowa employers, OSHA, OSHA workplace injuries and illness, workplace injuries

OSHA's revised recordkeeping requirements: Your injury and illness reports are going public

Under OSHA’s current Recordkeeping Regulation (29 CFR 1904) employers with more than 10 employees and whose businesses a...

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The wait is over: Final Rule changing the salary test for four categories of white collar workers released

Posted on 05/18/2016 at 11:28 AM by Jill Jensen-Welch

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Jill Jensen-Welch, Wage & Hour Watch

Tagged As: DOL, DOL Wage and Hour Division, employment litigation, Iowa employers, labor law, Mike Staebell

The wait is over: Final Rule changing the salary test for four categories of white collar workers released

Late yesterday, May 17, the Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, released materials related to the new Final Rul...

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