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Des Moines Passes ‘Ban the Box’ Law Prohibiting Criminal Inquiries on Job Applications

June 16, 2022 | Ogletree Deakins Filed Under: Iowa

On November 15, 2021, the city of Des Moines, Iowa, passed a “ban-the-box” law that will limit employer inquiries and background checks into an applicant’s criminal history until after a conditional offer of employment. Though the law was passed and has already taken effect, it has received little fanfare and

Proposed Iowa Bill Continues Efforts to Reclassify Student-Athletes as Employees

January 26, 2022 | Jackson Lewis Filed Under: Iowa

Jackson Lewis

Iowa lawmakers have expanded on federal efforts to make student-athletes employees. They have introduced legislation (H.F. 2055) to classify intercollegiate athletes at Iowa’s state universities as state employees. This follows a year in which numerous state legislative efforts established name, image, and likeness rights for student-athletes and federal court decisions

Iowa Supreme Court Dismisses Claim Alleging Reporting Physician Misconduct is Defamatory

December 9, 2021 | Jackson Lewis Filed Under: Iowa

Jackson Lewis

Physicians often have a legal obligation to report conduct which they believe may constitute negligence, or demonstrate an individual’s inability to practice medicine competently, safely, or within the bounds of the relevant code of medical ethics. Because of the nature of the information required to be reported, it is not

Iowa Strengthens Medical and Religious Exemptions From Vaccine Policies, Permits Individuals Discharged for Refusing Vaccines to Qualify for Unemployment Benefits

November 2, 2021 | Ogletree Deakins Filed Under: Iowa

On October 29, 2021, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed House File 902 into law, a measure that requires Iowa employers with mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policies to waive their requirements for employees who seek vaccination exemptions for medical or religious reasons. The law also permits individuals to qualify for unemployment insurance

Iowa Supreme Court Examines Private Sector Drug-Free Workplaces Statute

September 17, 2021 | Ogletree Deakins Filed Under: Iowa

Since it was passed in 1998, Iowa’s Drug-Free Workplaces Act has been one of the most comprehensive and complex drug-testing statutes in the United States. On June 25, 2021, the Iowa Supreme Court issued a pair of decisions—Dix v. Casey’s General Stores, Inc. and Woods v. Charles Gabus Ford, Inc.—that

Iowa Supreme Court: City’s “Ban the Box” Ordinance Is Preempted by State Law, But Not Entirely

August 10, 2021 | Jackson Lewis Filed Under: Iowa

Jackson Lewis

The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that Iowa state law preempts the City of Waterloo’s restriction on employers’ use of applicants’ criminal record history when making hiring decisions.  Other aspects of the ordinance, however, remain legal and enforceable.  The case is Iowa Ass’n of Bus. & Indus. v. City


Iowa Supreme Court Clarifies Requirements for Employee Drug Testing

July 16, 2021 | Littler Filed Under: Iowa

Littler

In two opinions filed on June 25, 2021, the Iowa Supreme Court clarified the state’s complex employee drug-testing requirements. The opinions shed light on key issues, such as safety-sensitive designations, notice requirements, and compliance standards under Iowa Code section 730.5. Employers with Iowa-specific drug-testing policies should take time to

Iowa Supreme Court Reverses $1.5 Million Verdict Against Former Governor in Sexual Orientation Discrimination Suit

July 2, 2021 | Jackson Lewis Filed Under: Iowa

Jackson Lewis

After nearly a decade of litigation, in Godrey v. State of Iowa et al, Case No. 19-1954 (June 30, 2021), the Iowa Supreme Court reversed a jury verdict granting $1.5 million in damages and $3.1 million in attorneys’ fees to the former Iowa Workers’ Compensation Commissioner, based on his

Failure To State Cost Of Confirmatory Re-Test Violates Iowa Drug Testing Law

July 1, 2021 | Jackson Lewis Filed Under: Iowa

Jackson Lewis

An employer’s failure to notify an employee of the cost of a confirmatory re-test of his original drug test specimen is a violation of the Iowa drug testing law.  Woods v. Charles Gabus Ford, Inc., Case No. 19-0002 (Iowa June 25, 2021).

The Iowa drug testing statute imposes many requirements

Seasonal Employee May Pursue Disability-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim, Court Rules

March 17, 2021 | Jackson Lewis Filed Under: Iowa

Jackson Lewis

Reversing a district court’s grant of summary judgment, the Iowa Court of Appeals held an employee presented sufficient evidence for her disability-based hostile work environment claim to proceed to trial, despite the relatively short period of her employment. Munoz v. Adventure Lands of America, Inc., 2021 BL 37057 (Iowa Ct.

Iowa Governor Issues Proclamation With Updated COVID-19 Measures

December 4, 2020 | Ogletree Deakins Filed Under: Iowa

On November 16, 2020, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds issued a public health proclamation imposing public health measures on a variety of employers to help reduce the spread of COVID-19. The Iowa Department of Public Health also issued a brief summary of the proclamation. The proclamation went into effect on 12:01

Iowa Drug Testing Statute Provides Exclusive Remedy For Violations; Separate Wrongful Discharge Claim Is Barred

January 2, 2020 | Jackson Lewis Filed Under: Iowa

Jackson Lewis

Addressing a matter of first impression, the Iowa Supreme Court determined that “when a civil cause of action is provided by the legislature in the same statute that creates the public policy to be enforced, the civil cause of action is the exclusive remedy for violation of that statute.” Ferguson v. Exide Technologies, Inc., et al, Case No. 18-1600 (Iowa Dec. 13, 2019). Therefore, a plaintiff who brings a claim for a violation of the Iowa drug testing statute cannot also bring a wrongful discharge claim based on the same conduct.

Iowa Amends Tough Drug Testing Law to Lower Standard for Positive Alcohol Tests

April 25, 2018 | Jackson Lewis Filed Under: Iowa

Jackson Lewis

Beginning July 1, 2018, private employers in Iowa may take action based on an employee’s alcohol test result of .02 grams of alcohol per two hundred ten liters of breath. The lower standard was enacted under a 2018 amendment to the Iowa drug testing law (Iowa Code Section 730.5). Prior to the amendment, employers could not take action for alcohol test results below .04 Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC).

Iowa Drug Testing Law Amended; Lawsuits on the Rise

April 24, 2018 | Jackson Lewis Filed Under: Iowa

Jackson Lewis

Although Iowa’s drug testing statute was enacted more than 30 years ago, it is still considered one of the most difficult laws in the country for purposes of employer compliance.

Sexual Harassment Case Costs Iowa Taxpayers $2.2 Million

August 25, 2017 | Jackson Lewis Filed Under: Iowa

Jackson Lewis

A former staffer for the Iowa Senate Republican Caucus in Iowa has been awarded $2.2 million in damages for retaliation that will be paid from Iowa’s already-floundering general fund. Kirsten Anderson was terminated from her position as communications director for the caucus in 2012. She alleged the termination was in retaliation for her complaints about sexual harassment and a hostile work environment and the jury took her side.

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