Much ink has been spilled over the last week analyzing the background and record of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, the nominee to replace Justice David Souter on the United States Supreme Court. Given that the Supreme Court’s docket has included a large number of employment related cases in recent years, a record which is likely to continue given the
Layoffs and Age Bias
Conventional wisdom in the world of layoffs and reductions in force has held that older workers are more at risk for layoff because they generally earn higher salaries than their younger colleagues. However, in this downturn, employers’ concern about the high cost of age bias claims may have put the jobs of younger workers more at
Human Resources Challeges for 2009
A recent post at Human Resources Executive Online, entitled "Warnings from the Top". provides an excellent overview of some of the new challenges employers have been presented since the beginning of 2009. "Like it or not" say the authors, changes are coming, and employers better be prepared.
According to several attorneys the authors
H1N1 and Paid Leave
An update on H1N1–the confirmed number of cases in Iowa is now 60, and perhaps growing. That is up 17 cases since our last post on this subject two days ago. In addition to the existing public health and employer challenges this disease presents, will a potential pandemic provide the impetus for Congress to
Employers Should Be Aware of H1N1 and its Impact on the Workplace
As of a couple of day ago, there were 43 reported cases of swine flu–what is now being called "H1N1"–in Iowa.
Given the continued spread of this virus, employers would be wise to develop plans to deal with H1N1 issues that could affect their employees and their workplace. The Des Moines Register published an article
Wage Discrimination Amendments Signed Into Law
On April 28, 2009, Governor Culver signed into law Senate File 137, entitled an Act "Providing that Wage Discrimination is an Unfair Employment Practice under the Iowa Civil Rights Act and Providing an Enhanced Remedy.” This law (available here) amends the Iowa Civil Rights Act to expressly provide that pay differentials among employees are unlawful