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Glad to see my friend Mark Landa blogging over on the Iowa Law Blog. Mark has an important reminder that the time for filing a civil rights complaint under Iowa law will be extended from 180 days to 300 days in order to conform to the federal timeline.
Iowa employment lawyer Victoria Herring points out on…
This past January I posted on an Iowa immigration bill that targeted employers. The bill sparked significant debate but was not passed.
Now in the wake of the raid at the AgriProcessors slaughterhouse and packing plant in Postville, Iowa, Iowa’s legislative leaders are renewing promises to target employers.
This time legislative leaders will…
My most recent post on Love Contracts received some link love from the Wall St. Journal and Law.com’s Legal Blog Watch. It’s nice to get a little recognition now and then from the heavyweights.
Be sure to check out employment lawyer Mark Toth’s blog that was the source of my post. He has one…
Mark Toth of the Manpower Employment Law Blog has an interesting post on "hooking up at work" and whether love contracts are a good idea. This is where co-workers sign a contract in order to protect the company and the employees involved against sexual harassment or other discrimination charges. Mark says he doesn’t think the agreements are necessarily a…
Former general counsel and small business owner, Anita Campbell, offers sage advice in her post on the Build a Solo Practice Blog about how to write a better contract . What is the better contract in Anita’s view?
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In a recent blog post, Daniel Schwartz of the Connecticut Employment Law Blog reminds employers just how important it is to notify insurers under their employment practices liability insurance.
This advice is not just critical in the employment context. It is vital for every type of insurance your business may have. If a claim…
VIctor Aspengren on the IowaBiz site has a great article about focusing on the behavior rather than the person in employee terminations.
Super advice. Be sure to read it.
Come join Brick Gentry attorneys Matt Brick and Douglas Fulton for the 2008 Iowa Employment Law Conference sponsored by HR OneSource at Prairie Meadows on April 23rd. There will also be speakers from the Department of Labor, Director of Veteran’s Employment and Training Service, and a Committee Chair to the International Association of Chiefs of…
In last week’s Tip of Week (yes, I am a little behind), John Phillips of the Word on Employment Law raises the interesting perspective that it is possible to overdocument in employment cases.
Some of John’s warnings on overdocumentation include:
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Today I will present at the Central Iowa SHRM monthly meeting located at Copper Creek Golf Course on electronic workplace issues. The electronic workplace is all around us. Computers, voice mail, internet, intranet, e-mail, fax machines, laptops, PDAs, videoconferencing, social media, blogs and more are common features in the American workplace. The development of the…