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Employment Law Violations When Working from Home

Posted on April 29, 2021

Employment Law Violations When Working from Home

Wage & Hour Disputes With more employees working from home, some workers report that they are busier than ever before participating in zoom calls by day and following up on emails well into the evening hours. When work and home boundaries blur and the amount of hours put in at work start to add up,… Read More »

Filed Under: Employment Law Tagged With: Des Moines employment discrimination lawyer, Iowa wage and hour law, Iowa workers compensation attorney, wrongful termination

Anatomy of a Sex Discrimination Case

Posted on January 16, 2020

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When an employee raises concerns regarding sex discrimination in the workplace, it is the employer’s job to thoroughly investigate the complaint in an effort to resolve the issue. When employers ignore signs of sex discrimination, sometimes they find themselves subject to an employment discrimination lawsuit. A recent article in the Des Moines Register details of… Read More »

Filed Under: Gender Discrimination Tagged With: Des Moines employment discrimination lawyer, Iowa wrongful termination

Equal Pay for Equal Work

Posted on June 10, 2019

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The Equal Pay Act requires that men and women receive equal pay for substantially equal work. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 provides that employers may not pay unequal wages to men and women if the they bring similar skills to bear on their similar duties; they put in roughly equal amounts of effort to… Read More »

Filed Under: Sex Discrimination, Workplace Discrimination Tagged With: Des Moines employment discrimination lawyer

Tech Giant Ends Arbitration Requirement in Employment Disputes

Posted on March 7, 2019

Tech Giant Ends Arbitration Requirement in Employment Disputes

Setting the bar for employers across the nation, tech giant Google will end mandatory arbitration of employment disputes beginning in March of this year – an expansion of a previous decision to do away with forced arbitration in cases of alleged sexual harassment and assault. Following the #me-too movement, big tech companies such as Google,… Read More »

Filed Under: Sex Discrimination, Workplace Discrimination, Wrongful Termination Tagged With: Des Moines employment discrimination lawyer, wrongful termination

Workplace Age Discrimination

Posted on April 29, 2018

Recently, an appeals court ruled that job applicants are protected against workplace discrimination based on age – not just current employees. The decision signals a victory to older job seekers who have are often overlooked as candidates simply because of their age. The ruling stems from a case, Kieber V. CareFusion, involving an attorney, Kieber,… Read More »

Filed Under: Age Discrimination, Employment Law Tagged With: age discrimination, Des Moines employment discrimination lawyer

Employer Retaliation & Wrongful Termination

Posted on January 23, 2018

The Waukee Community School District and its chief operating officer have come under fire for wrongful termination and violating the state’s whistle blower statute. In a lawsuit filed earlier this week, a former administrative assistant alleges that she was forced from her job after reporting her supervisor’s misconduct. More specifically, she alleges that her boss… Read More »

Filed Under: Wrongful Termination Tagged With: Des Moines employment discrimination lawyer, Des Moines Employment Law Attorney, Des Moines wrongful termination lawyer

Workplace Discrimination

Posted on May 23, 2017

Workplace discrimination usually occurs when an employee or job applicant is treated unreasonably or illegally because of their race, gender, nationality, religion, age, disability, or familial status (pregnancy). Discrimination based on sex is a violation of Title VII. The law forbids employment discrimination when it comes to any aspect of employment including pay and benefits.… Read More »

Filed Under: Workplace Discrimination Tagged With: Des Moines employment discrimination lawyer, Des Moines gender discrimination lawyer

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