On November 30, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued an opinion on the remand of Gross v. FBL Financial Group, Inc. We have discussed the Gross case in several previous posts (here, here, and here). The case has particular local interest because it was tried in
Same Sex Marriage Ruling Impacts Iowa Employers
By Patrick Smith on
Posted in FMLA
Just days after the Iowa Supreme Court’s ruling legalizing same sex marriage, at least one media outlet is reporting that Iowa employers are scrambling to determine whether they need to adjust their employment policies to comply with the ruling. Of immediate concern are employee benefit programs that provide coverage for spouses, and policies governing family and medical…