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Company holiday parties invite litigation; Tips to avoid starting the New Year with a lawsuit

Posted on 12/12/2013 at 03:50 PM by The Newsroom

The holiday party season is in full swing, and employers and employees alike are in the spirit to celebrate and unwind....

Categories: Employment & Labor Law

Tagged As: company holiday parties, company policies, serving alcohol at company holiday parties

New "Know Your Vendor" Guidance from the OCC

Posted on 11/19/2013 at 12:36 PM by The Newsroom

In a recent Bulletin, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency published new guidance concerning third party vendor...

Categories: Banking Law

Tagged As: bank responsibility, CFPB, due diligence, Iowa banking law, OCC, vendor performance

OSHA proposes new rule to require employers to electronically submit data on serious workplace injuries and illnesses

Posted on 11/11/2013 at 02:43 PM by Joan Fletcher

On November 7, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a proposed rule that would require employers to...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Joan Fletcher

Tagged As: Iowa Employer Law Blog, OSHA, OSHA safety inspections, OSHA workplace injuries and illness

No Free Car: Bankruptcy court protects bank's security interest in vehicle

Posted on 09/24/2013 at 01:07 PM by John Lande

In a short opinion on Monday, September 23, 2013, the United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit (B...

Categories: Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, John Lande

Tagged As: bankruptcy, bankruptcy court, Iowa banking law, security interests

Are Mortgage Loan Officers "Exempt" Under the FLSA or Not?

Posted on 07/11/2013 at 11:51 AM by Russell Samson

On July 2, 2013, a three judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in Mortgage Bankers Association v. Harris hel...

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

Tagged As: AI 2010-1, Department of Labor, FLSA 2006-31, Iowa banking law, Iowa Employer Law Blog, mortgage bankers association, NLRB

Delay Announced for Key Affordable Healthcare Act Provisions

Posted on 07/03/2013 at 08:56 AM by The Newsroom

Yesterday afternoon, the Treasury Department announced that employers with more than 50 full time equivalent employees w...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law

Tagged As: Affordable Care Act, employer insurance, Iowa Employer Law Blog, Treasury department

What's In a Name? Your Collateral.

Posted on 07/01/2013 at 11:40 AM by John Lande

Iowa financial institutions should be aware of an important change to the requirements for perfecting liens on personal...

Categories: Banking Law, John Lande

Tagged As: debtors identity, Iowa banking law, liens, LLC creditors, UCC

Change in Law of Unemployment Overpayments: If You Snooze, You Lose

Posted on 07/01/2013 at 10:26 AM by Jill Jensen-Welch

Raise your hand, Iowa employers, if you recently received this letter from Iowa Workforce Development. If not, you shoul...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Jill Jensen-Welch

Tagged As: fraudulent claims, Iowa Workforce Development, unemployment claims, unemployment compensation benefits

Supreme Court Clarifies Employer Liability for Supervisor Harassment Under Title VII

Posted on 06/26/2013 at 12:07 PM by Russell Samson

On June 24, 2013, the United States Supreme Court held, in Vance v. Ball State University, that an employee is a "superv...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: EEOC, Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 Title VII, Iowa Employer Law Blog, sexual harassment, U.S. Supreme Court

The ABCs of DOMA: A Summary of United States v. Windsor

Posted on 06/26/2013 at 11:54 AM by Mary Zambreno

UPDATED ON JUNE 26, 2013: In a landmark decision penned by Justice Kennedy, in which Justices Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomay...

Categories: Family Law, Mary Zambreno

Tagged As: DOMA, Fifth Amendment, Iowa family law, same-sex marriage, U.S. Supreme Court

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