Labor & Employment Law Update

Iowa: A recent Iowa Supreme Court decision, Dorshkind v. Oak Park Place of Dubuque II, L.L.C., addressed the public policy exception to at-will employment. The court upheld a jury verdict for the plaintiff in a wrongful termination claim where the employee’s discharge was the result of an internal complaint she […]

For years, we have been tracking the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ (“OFCCP”) efforts to expand its jurisdiction to health care employers. Generally, the OFCCP enforces regulations that require employers with at least 50 employees, who hold a single contract or subcontract of at least $50,000 […]

A federal court in Tennessee recently rejected a motion to dismiss filed by a defendant supervisor in an ERISA retaliation case. ERISA prohibits employers from retaliating against or interfering with employees’ efforts to use health benefits. The supervisor argued that ERISA did not allow for individual liability. The court disagreed, […]

Fulfilling a promise by President Obama to ensure that direct care workers receive a “fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work,” the U.S. Department of Labor announced a final rule on September 17, 2013, extending the Fair Labor Standards Act’s minimum wage and overtime protections to most of the […]

Under an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) by the Affordable Care Act, employers subject to the FLSA are required to provide their current employees with a Notice of Exchange by October 1, 2013, in order to make employees aware of their option to obtain health coverage through […]