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Iowa Employers – Time to Update Iowa All-On-One Labor Law Posters

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Kathy White, Esq.

Last year, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) updated the rules for reporting severe injuries and illnesses. The federal rules require employers to report all in-patient hospitalizations, amputations, and losses of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours of learning about it. By law, the states that operate under OSHA-approved State Plans are Read more

California Proposes Regulation on the Use of Criminal Background Checks

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Kathy White, Esq.

California’s Fair Employment and Housing Council has issued proposed regulations on the use of criminal history information in making employment decisions and is giving the interested public until April 7, 2016 to give their feedback. Presently, California law (Labor Code §§432.7, 432.8) prohibits an employer from asking about or considering the following types of criminal Read more