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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

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

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

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

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

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

DOL Issues Guidance on Teleworking Employees’ Hours of Work under the FLSA

Posted on 08/25/2020 at 01:53 PM by Mike Staebell

On August 24, 2020 the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division issued Field Advisory Bulletin (FAB) 2020-5 “to clarify an employer’...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Mike Staebell

Tagged As: Coronavirus, COVID-19, DOL Wage and Hour Division, Field Advisory Bulletin, Field Advisory Bulletin (FAB) 2020-5, FLSA, remote work arrangements, telecommuting, teleworking

“You’re Fired.” Cut the Euphemisms: At Least Trump Got This Right on “The Apprentice”

Posted on 08/25/2020 at 11:59 AM by Russell Samson

The headline of the article reads, “BuzzFeed Lays Off Nearly 70% of Furloughed Staff.” I scratched my nearly bald head....

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: "You're Fired!", Buzzfeed, Donald Trump, employee termination, furloughs, layoffs, NLRB, Russomano v. Novo Nordisk Inc., The Apprentice

Hurricane Winds in the Midwest Spur Questions of Premises Liability and Damage Control

Posted on 08/20/2020 at 01:32 PM by Grace Bogart

The morning after the derecho storm devastated the Midwest, thousands of Iowa residents woke up to a sea of downed tree...

Categories: Banking Law, Grace Bogart, Real Estate & Land Use

Tagged As: derecho, Grace Bogart, home lending, homeowner's insurance, homeowners , Iowa derecho, mortgage lenders, premises liability, property owners

Dickinson Attorneys Named to All Three Best Lawyers® Recognition Lists for 2021

Posted on 08/20/2020 at 09:13 AM by The Newsroom

Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C. is pleased to announce that 24 attorneys of the firm have been named by Best La...

Categories: Amy Plummer, Andrea Rastelli, Ben Bruner, Bill Serangeli, Bill Stiles, Bryan O'Neill, Cody Edwards, David Repp, Dick Lyford, Howard Hagen, Jeff Baxter, Jeff Krausman, Jill Jensen-Welch, Joan Fletcher, John Lande, Mary Zambreno, Melissa Schilling, Mollie Pawlosky, Paul Tyler, Regan Conder, Rick Malm, Ron Mountsier, Russ Samson, Tom Hanson

Tagged As: 2021 Best Lawyer of the Year, 2021 Best Lawyers in America, 2021 Edition of "Best Lawyers in America", Amy Plummer, Ben Bruner, Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, Bill Serangeli, Bill Stiles , Bryan O'Neill, David Repp, David Repp 2021 Lawyer of the Year , Dick Lyford, Howard Hagen, Jeff Baxter, Jeff Krausman Lawyer of the Year , Jeffrey Krausman, Jill Jensen-Welch, Joan Fletcher, John E. Lande, Lawyers of the Year , Mary Zambreno, Melissa Schilling, Mollie Pawlosky, Paul Tyler, Paul Tyler Lawyer of the Year , Rick Malm, Ronald Mountsier , Russ Samson, Tom Hanson

Using Sunshine Laws in Contracting & Bidding Opportunities for the Week of Aug. 17

Posted on 08/19/2020 at 05:09 PM by Robert Porter

Doing business with a city, county, or state agency can be challenging. Open meetings and public records laws designed t...

Categories: Bidding & Public Contracts , Rob Porter

Tagged As: bidding opportunities, open meeting laws, open record laws, public contract bidding opportunities, public contracts, public procurement process, public procurement process in Iowa

Sales Tax Issues when Rebuilding After the Iowa Derecho

Posted on 08/14/2020 at 10:15 AM by Cody Edwards

On Monday, August 10, 2020, much of Iowa experienced a derecho, which produced, in some places, 100+ miles per hour wind...

Categories: Cody Edwards, Table SALT, Taxation Law

Tagged As: Iowa law, sales tax, derecho, storm damage, Iowa derecho, storm repair in Iowa

Dickinson Law’s COVID-19 Banking Survey Results

Posted on 08/13/2020 at 01:16 PM by The Newsroom

Keep Calm and Bank On ® Because of our concern for community bankers as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, Dickinson Law r...

Categories: Banking Law, Top Story

Tagged As: Banking & Finance Law, community bankers, Coronavirus, COVID-19, survey

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

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

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

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