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Auto-Update Leads to Auto-Hack

Posted on 03/29/2019 at 11:23 AM by John Lande

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News broke recently that hackers exploited a backdoor to as many as 1 million ASUS computers by compromising the ASUS au...

Categories: Cybersecurity Law, John Lande

Tagged As: automatic updates, cyber security, cybersecurity law, data breach, malicious software, patch

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

Posted on 03/29/2019 at 10:20 AM by Mike Staebell

Employment, Overtime, FLSA, DOL, Regular Rate

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

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Wage & Hour Watch

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

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DOL WHD PUBLISHES PROPOSED CHANGES TO EAP EXEMPTIONS TO FLSA

Posted on 03/22/2019 at 11:38 AM by Russell Samson

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As we discussed here, on Thursday, March 7, 2019, the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor pu...

Categories: Russ Samson, Wage & Hour Watch

Tagged As: DOL, Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, U.S. Department of Labor, WHD, white collar exemption regulation

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"Reasonable Accommodation" for Marijuana Use - Part two: State Law Approaches to Workplace Safety Versus Individual Rights to Use

Posted on 03/22/2019 at 10:28 AM by Russell Samson

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Part 1 of this blog post, discussed a decision of a Canadian provincial supreme court affirming an arbitrator’s decision...

Categories: Business Law, Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: Canada, medical cannabis, medical marijuana, reasonable accommodation, Russ Samson Employment & Labor Law

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We Know What You Are Doing – And You’d Better Knock It Off DOL’s New “Warning Letter”

Posted on 03/20/2019 at 02:35 PM by Mike Staebell

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Recently, an employer came to the firm with a letter  from the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD).  The letter was unlik...

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

Tagged As: DOL, FLSA, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch

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"Reasonable Accommodation" for Marijuana Use - Part one: O Canada - Appears to have Gotten it Right

Posted on 03/14/2019 at 08:00 AM by Russell Samson

Employment, Cannabis, Marijuana, Reasonable Accommodation

A hat tip to Bennet Jones, LLP for its March 6, 2019, blog post  entitled, “Inability to measure and mitigate impairment...

Categories: Business Law, Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: ADA, Canada, medical cannabis, medical marijuana, reasonable accommodation, Russ Samson Employment & Labor Law

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Proposed Changes to Minimum Salary for FLSA White Collar Exemptions Released by DOL

Posted on 03/08/2019 at 04:07 PM by Russell Samson

DOL, Employment, FLSA, Timesheet

On Thursday, March 7, 2019, the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor issued a Notice of Propo...

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

Tagged As: DOL, FLSA, overtime pay, Russ Samson Employment & Labor Law, Wage and Hour

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Howard Hagen Honored as Amazing Outside Director by BankBeat Magazine

Posted on 03/04/2019 at 11:06 AM by The Newsroom

Howard Hagen, Office, Des Moines

Howard Hagen, Shareholder Attorney with Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen P.C., Des Moines, Iowa, has been named a 2019...

Categories: Banking Law, Howard Hagen

Tagged As: Howard Hagen banking & finance law

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Workplace Gossip and Rumors May Give Rise to, and Gossip in Workplace Can Create, Employer Liability For Harassment

Posted on 03/01/2019 at 10:54 AM by Russell Samson

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Parker v. Reema Consulting Servs.,  http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/Opinions/181206.P.pdf (4th Cir. Feb. 8, 2019) is being h...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: harassment, Iowa employment law, Title VII, United States Supreme Court

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IOWA S.F. 243 WOULD MANDATE ALL IOWA EMPLOYERS UTILIZE E-VERIFY – A BURDEN WITH NO REAL BENEFIT AND JUST AS BAD AN IDEA AS THE ENACTED-BY-THE LEGISLATURE REQUIREMENT THAT SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS OF ALL PARTIES APPEAR ON IOWA COURT FILINGS

Posted on 02/27/2019 at 03:59 PM by Russell Samson

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Twenty-six Republican Senators are listed as co-sponsors of a bill introduced in the Iowa legislature, identified as S.F...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Immigration Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: employer mandate, Form I-9, Immigration Law - Des Moines Iowa, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, Iowa legislature, Iowa S.F. 243

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