Back in October, we covered then upcoming oral arguments at the Iowa Supreme Court in Ferguson v. Exide Technologies. Last week, the Court issued its opinion in that case.
The principal question in Ferguson was whether an employee may sue her employer for wrongful discharge in violation of the public policy established in Iowa’s
Most of us think about workplace accommodations as modifications that will allow an employee with a disability to perform his job. Without the accommodation, doing the job may be difficult or impossible. Whether that means modifying the job duties, changing the schedule, or providing an assistive device, the ultimate objective is to help the employee
On January 27, the Iowa House passed HF 681, known as the "Iowa Worker Adjustment 
Retraining and Notification Act".
There is already a Federal WARN Act, which requires most employers with 100 or more employees to provide at least 60 days notice to their employees of a mass layoff or plant shutdown. Failure to file
On October 30, the Iowa Civil Rights Commission (ICRC) issued its annual report for 2009. Once again this year, complaints of employment discrimination constituted the vast majority (85%) of the charges. The non-employment charges (in the areas of credit, education, housing, and public accommodations) make up the remaining 15% of the charges.
The
John Irving, former general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, published a thoughtful opinion piece last week entitled "Don’t Employer’s Deserve Free Speech?" . The article addresses an important, but less well publicized, aspect of the proposed Employee Free Choice Act. That is, stiff penalties and liquidated damages for employers found guilty of