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Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen ranked in 2020 "Best Law Firms"

Posted on 11/01/2019 at 09:45 AM by The Newsroom

Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen ranked in 2020 "Best Law Firms"

Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen has been ranked in the 2020 U.S. News - Best Lawyers "Best Law Fir...

Tagged As: 2020 "Best Law Firms", 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, U.S. News & World Report's Best Law Firms Rankings 2020

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DOL Issues Proposed Rule for Tipped Employees

Posted on 10/18/2019 at 11:28 AM by Mike Staebell

DOL Issues Proposed Rule for Tipped Employees

Working to clarify the jumbled mess of FLSA tipped worker regulations, on October 8, 2019, the Department of Labor annou...

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

Tagged As: DOL, DOL Wage and Hour Division, employer, FLSA, minimum wage, tipped employees, tip credit, CAA, O*NET

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DOL Announces Results of the Payroll Audit Determination Program (PAID)

Posted on 10/08/2019 at 12:17 PM by Mike Staebell

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In a press release dated September 26, 2019, the DOL Wage and Hour Division announced that since implementing its PAID P...

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

Tagged As: DOL, DOL Wage and Hour Division, FLSA, labor and employment, PAID, WHD

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At Last: DOL Announces Final Rule on Salary Threshold for White Collar FLSA Exemptions

Posted on 09/26/2019 at 10:12 AM by Mike Staebell

At Last: DOL announces Final Rule on Salary Threshold for White Collar FLSA Exemptions

On Tuesday September 24, 2019, the DOL announced its latest attempt to raise the minimum salary required for application...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Wage & Hour Watch

Tagged As: DOL, FSLA Exemptions, White Collar FSLA Exemptions

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Democratic Presidential Campaigns as "Employers"

Posted on 09/19/2019 at 11:32 AM by Russell Samson

Democratic Presidential Campaigns as "Employers"

Speaking at the Iowa Federation of Labor’s annual convention in mid-August, 2019, AFL-CIO President Richard T...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law

Tagged As: AFL-CIO, employment attorney, employment law, labor & employment, labor negotiations , Labor Unions, National Labor Relations Board, Presidential campaigns, presidential campaigns, Presidential campaigns as employers , Teamsters, The Hill, The Washington Post

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After 55 years, DOL-WHD Reinterprets Compensability of Sleep Time for Truck Drivers

Posted on 08/07/2019 at 02:27 PM by Mike Staebell

View post titled After 55 years, DOL-WHD Reinterprets Compensability of Sleep Time for Truck Drivers

On July 22, 2019, DOL’s Wage and Hour Division issued an opinion letter (FLSA2019-10) on whether an employee&rsquo...

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

Tagged As: Department of Labor, DOL, Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch

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Tipped Employees and the FLSA: DOL Offers Welcome Guidance

Posted on 05/29/2019 at 09:14 AM by Mike Staebell

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Under the Fair Labor Standards Act’s tip credit rules, employers can pay a base hourly wage as low as $2.13/hour t...

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

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DOL Proposes Revisions to Joint Employer Regulations

Posted on 04/02/2019 at 10:25 AM by Mike Staebell

DOL, Joint Employment, Regulations

On April 1, 2019, the Department of Labor announced a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) for Part 791 of Title 29 of...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Wage & Hour Watch

Tagged As: DOL, FLSA, joint employment, Mike Staebell, notice of proposed rulemaking, regulations

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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...

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

View post titled DOL WHD PUBLISHES PROPOSED CHANGES TO EAP EXEMPTIONS TO FLSA

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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