Blog posts in tag U.S. Department of Labor

DOL Input on the Availability of FFCRA Leave as Employees Grapple with Various Return to Learn Scenarios

Posted on 09/01/2020 at 10:26 AM by Rachel Soderstrum

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Rachel Soderstrum

Tagged As: back to school, Coronavirus, COVID-19, DOL, DOL guidance, Families First Coronavirus Response Act, FFCRA, FMLA, paid family leave, Rachel Soderstrum, Return to Learn, U.S. Department of Labor

DOL Input on the Availability of FFCRA Leave as Employees Grapple with Various Return to Learn Scenarios

Labor Day weekend, sometimes referred to as the “unofficial end to summer,” is just around the corner, and with it comes...

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DOL Publishes a Request for Information on Current FMLA Regulations

Posted on 07/31/2020 at 03:11 PM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: Department of Labor, employees, employers, Family and Medical Leave Act, Family Medical Leave Act, Federal Register, FMLA, Request for Information , U.S. Department of Labor

DOL Publishes a Request for Information on Current FMLA Regulations

On July 17, 2020, the USDOL’s Wage and Hour Division published a “Request for Information” (RFI) in the Federal Register...

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New State Requirement: Iowa Employers Must Tell Departing Employees About Unemployment Insurance

Posted on 07/27/2020 at 09:35 AM by Robert Porter

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Rob Porter

Tagged As: departing workers, employees, employers, Iowa unemployment insurance disclosure form, Iowa Workforce Development, reduced hours, U.S. Department of Labor, unemployment insurance

New State Requirement: Iowa Employers Must Tell Departing Employees About Unemployment Insurance

An emergency rule adopted by the Iowa Workforce Development agency [“IWD”] now requires Iowa employers to “ensure worker...

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DOL Wage and Hour Division Eases Liquidated Damages Assessment Policy

Posted on 07/06/2020 at 09:56 AM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: Coronavirus, COVID-19, DOL, DOL Wage and Hour Division, FLSA, U.S. Department of Labor

DOL Wage and Hour Division Eases Liquidated Damages Assessment Policy

Effective on July 1, 2020, WHD will no longer pursue pre-litigation liquidated damages as its default policy in its admi...

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COVID-19: DOL Clarifies EFMLA / FMLA Interplay

Posted on 03/31/2020 at 11:46 AM by Bryan O'Neill

Categories: Bryan O'Neill, Employment & Labor Law

Tagged As: Coronavirus, COVID-19, Families First Coronavirus Response Act, Family Medical Leave Act, paid family leave, paid sick leave, U.S. Department of Labor

COVID-19: DOL Clarifies EFMLA / FMLA Interplay

On March 28, 2020, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) released its expanded Questions and Answers guidance on implementatio...

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DOL Issues Posters & Other Materials Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Posted on 03/25/2020 at 02:58 PM by Russell Samson

Categories: Business Law, Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson, Wage & Hour Watch

Tagged As: Coronavirus, COVID-19, DOL Wage and Hour Division, Families First Coronavirus Response Act, Family Medical and Leave Act, paid family leave, paid sick leave, Russ Samson, U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division

DOL Issues Posters & Other Materials Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act

On March 25, 2020, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor issued the poster/notice required to be po...

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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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Department of Labor civil money penalties to increase in August

Posted on 07/12/2016 at 11:06 AM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: civil penalties, DOL Wage and Hour Division, FMLA, inflation adjustment act, U.S. Department of Labor

Department of Labor civil money penalties to increase in August

Last November Congress passed the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (2015 Inflat...

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My personal nightmare: The shoemaker's children go barefoot

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:23 AM by Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: Department of Labor, DOL, Iowa employers, Iowa employment law, The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, U.S. Department of Labor, WARN Act

My personal nightmare: The shoemaker's children go barefoot

Law firms are not exempt from state employment laws -- Including "WARN" requirements Lawyers in the Employment and Labor...

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