Iowa’s new law on permits for carrying concealed weapons – S.F. 2379 of the 2010 legislative session – goes into effect on January 1, 2011. What does this mean for an Iowa employer? Nothing. Or at least, very little. Iowa employers which are “accredited” elementary or secondary schools – or Iowa employers with employees who [...]
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Iowa’s New Concealed Weapon Permit Law
Posted in Employer Policies, Handbooks/Manuals, Iowa Courts, Iowa Law, Manuals/Handbooks, Termination, tagged ban weapons in workplace, guns in locked cars, Iowa at-will employment, Iowa concealed weapon permit law, Iowa constitution, Iowa employers, Iowa employment law, Iowa right to bear arms, Iowa S.F. 2379, Iowa Supreme Court, right to bear arms, Second Amendment, weapons on school grounds in Iowa, weapons policy on December 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Iowa Veterans Day Law, Part III
Posted in Iowa Law, Leave Policies, Military Employees, tagged definition of veteran, Iowa Code Chapter 91A, Iowa Code Section 91A.5, Iowa employers, Iowa employment law, Iowa employment law attorneys, Iowa Wage Payment Collection Law, Runyon v. Kubota Tractor Corp., Veterans Day, Veterans Day Law on October 26, 2010 |
- Posted by Bridget R. Penick With Veterans Day just days away, we have received even more inquiries in response to our first two blogs on Iowa Code Section 91A.5A. We previously provided a link to Iowa Code Section 35.1 as to which employees actually qualify as “veterans” under the new Iowa law granting veterans [...]
Recent Changes to Iowa’s Unemployment Insurance Law Regarding Shared Work Plans
Posted in Iowa Law, Iowa Workforce Dev, Layoffs/RIFs, Military Employees, RIFs/Layoffs, Shared Work Programs, Unemployment, tagged alternative to layoffs, Iowa Senate File 2279, Iowa Workforce Development, Iowa's unemployment insurance law, relocated military spouse, shared work plan, shared work program on September 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
- Posted by Megan J. Erickson The Iowa legislature recently amended its unemployment insurance law, and it no longer limits an employer to a single voluntary shared work plan in a 24-month period. The state’s voluntary shared work program is aimed at giving employers an alternative to layoffs. The program lets employers reduce full-time employees’ weekly hours [...]
Unemployment Insurance Law Extended to Protect Military Spouses
Posted in Iowa Law, Military Employees, Unemployment, tagged Iowa House File 2110, Iowa military families, Iowa unemployment insurance law, Iowa veterans, military spouse benefits, relocated military spouse, Trailing Spouse Bill, unemployment insurance law on September 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
-Posted by Megan J. Erickson The Iowa legislature has recently enacted laws to offer certain employment protections and benefits to Iowa’s veterans and military families. For example, Iowa recently enacted a bill requiring employers to provide veterans a holiday for Veterans Day. The legislature also recently amended Iowa’s unemployment insurance law to provide a military spouse with [...]
Iowa Veterans Day Law, Part II
Posted in Iowa Law, Leave Policies, Military Employees, tagged Iowa Code Chapter 91A, Iowa Code Section 91A.5, Iowa employers, Iowa employment law, Iowa employment law attorneys, Veterans Day, Veterans Day Law on September 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
- Posted by Bridget R. Penick As Veterans Day approaches, we have had several inquiries in response to our first blog post on Iowa Code Section 91A.5A as to which employees actually qualify as “veterans” under the new Iowa law granting veterans the day off. Here is a link to Iowa Code Section 35.1. We [...]
2010 Editions of Iowa HR Library Are Now Available
Posted in Dickinson News, Employer Policies, Handbooks/Manuals, Iowa Law, Manuals/Handbooks, tagged Iowa Association of Business & Industry, Iowa employment law, Iowa HR Library, Model Policies and Forms for Iowa Employers on July 26, 2010 |
Each year the Iowa Association of Business & Industry (ABI) publishes a collection of guides covering various aspects of Iowa employment law. The newly-released 2010 publications are now available for sale on the American Chamber of Commerce Resources website. This year, Dickinson’s employment attorneys authored the new edition of Model Policies and Forms for Iowa Employers. [...]
New Iowa Employment Law: Veterans Get a Day Off
Posted in Iowa Law, Leave Policies, Military Employees, tagged Iowa employers, Iowa employment law, Iowa employment law attorneys, Veterans Day Law on July 20, 2010 |
- Posted by Bridget R. Penick On April 27, 2010, Governor Chester Culver signed into law House File 2197, a bill giving Iowa veterans the right to take off Veterans Day each year. This Veterans Day Law is now codified in Iowa Code Section 91A.5A. It requires employers to provide each employee who is a veteran (as [...]
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