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The Virginia Tech tradegy continues to raise awareness of the growing necessity to prevent workplace violence. Shanti Atkins of the Harassment Training Blog outlines a Seven-Step Workplace Prevention Plan for employers. Those steps include:
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Stephen R. Hampton, Executive Officer of Wage Payment and Minimum Wage for the Iowa Division of Labor offered up the following to explain the changes to Iowa’s new minimum wage law in the April 2007 edition of the Iowa Lawyer. The law took effect April 1, 2007.
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I read an excellent article by Adam Siegelhiem of Stark & Stark concerning Restrictive Covenant Agreements for Franchises. Although his post is intended for franchises it is advisable for any business to consider restrictive covenant agreements for their employees.
Somewhat surprisingly, many of the small business owners I talk with are reluctant to enter…
The federal government has launched a new initiative aimed at cracking down on discriminatory hiring practices. According to this law.com article that is exactly what happened to Walgreen Co. when the EEOC decided to file a class action against the company for alleged discrimination against African-American workers.
The initiative is called E-RACE (Eradicating Racism and…
Problem: You need to train your existing employees on new manufacturing techniques but you don’t have the necessary funds to complete it.
Solution: Consider a grant under the Iowa Jobs Training Program (260F) through the Des Moines Area Community College Business Resources. A client recently obtained this grant to train his employees. He…
An excellent post from Shanti Atkins of the Harassment Training Blog reminds us that employment law is always changing and evolving. What was hot 10 years ago is not necessarily hot today. Is your training centered on trends from the past?
Shanti points out that pregnancy discrimination and national origin / race cases are on…
Some time ago I wrote about Seven Considerations Before Starting Your Business Blog. In the post I included some sample blogging policies from several tech savvy firms. But Jay Shepherd of Gruntled Employees blog recommends a two-word business blogging policy:
"Be professional".
Why use 59 words when two will do? Well said, Jay.
Employment Law Colorado blog has an interesting blog post on a former employee suing IBM for his Internet addiction. The lawsuit is based upon a claim that IBM violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. Although many bloggers’ spouses may disagree, Internet addiction is not currently recognized as a true addiction.
This Findlaw article examines…
Iowa patent and information technology lawyer Brett Trout recently completed his series of posts on the new federal rules concerning electronic discovery. Brett and I also recently completed a podcast interview discussing the new electronic discovery rules. I encourage you to check it out. Brett has a lot of great information to share on…
The Iowa legislature is now considering amendments to Iowa’s right-to-work law. This is a hot button political issue – the merits of which I am not discussing in this blog post. What I am addressing is the confusion many people express over the Iowa right-to-work law. Many individuals confuse the law with the belief that…