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Employers Must Protect Employees’ Social Security Numbers
In a recent newsletter update from the Krupin O’Brien employment law firm, attorney Natalie Cantor Gros wrote an informative article regarding the importance of employers protecting the Social Security numbers of employees.
The article points out that a Michigan employer paid $275,000 settlement to group of 911 operators…
The Use of Comp Time in Place of Overtime
Some employers decide to provide employees comp time instead of paying overtime. Under the law, employers are usually not allowed to provide only one hour of comp time for each hour of overtime. Instead, an employer may be able to give compensatory time if the overtime…
Employers Face Overtime Lawsuits
According to Business Law Today and the Washington Post lawyers for big businesses around the country are working overtime to protect corporate giants facing lawsuits for failing to pay overtime to rank-and-file employees.
As discussed in an article by Stephen Franklin of the Chicago Tribune, cases against State Farm Mutual…
Employees are often issued laptops, cell phones and other technologies. Unfortunately employees will often fail to return equipment when they leave the company. When that happens many employers want to deduct the value of the equipment from the employee’s last check. Iowa employers must familarize themselves with Iowa Code Chapter 91A.5 concerning deductions from wages.
Did you know that several cities including Des Moines,Iowa now have laws or ordinances prohibiting workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation? Even though no federal prohibition exists, there is a trend toward enacting legislation in this area.
Under these laws, it is generally unlawful to use sexual orientation to:
Refuse to hire a job applicant.
Three people are facing federal charges for trying to steal Coke’s trade secret information and offering to sell it to rival Pepsi. Apparently, Pepsi immediately notified Coke about this offer, who in turn notified the FBI. One of the defendants is reportedly an administrative assistance to a Coke executive.
This proves the point of a…
Employers are expected to face more retaliation claims due to a recent United States Supreme Court decision which adopted a broader definition of anti-retaliation provisions Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The act forbids an employer from firing, demoting or harassing employees that complain about discrimination on the job.
Under the ruling…
A recent audit by Palisade Systems of Ames, Iowa found that the biggest threat to a data breach or theft comes from employees or consultants that do not property secure the data they are entrusted with. Companies may spend millions to keep out hackers but only 2% of companies have monitoring and content filtering technology…
For over fifty years, the Sullivan & Ward law firm has represented rural electric cooperatives and generating electric cooperatives in the state of Iowa, as well as several electric cooperatives from across the country. Our attorneys, including John Ward and Michael Joynt, have gained national recognition for their expertise in the area of rural…
Seattle, Washington lawyer D. Jill Pugh recently wrote an interesting blog post regarding the fact employers are increasingly using Google to find out information about employees and applicants. Employers are able to find out all kinds of information on the Internet including the sorts of information that are illegal to ask in an interview. (Such…