The National Labor Relations Board has once again extended the effective date for its new poster requirement. The new effective date is April 30, 2012. The original compliance deadline was November 14, 2011, but was first extended to January 31, 2012 in order to foster compliance amidst employer confusion whether...
On May 26, 2009, House File 243, an act providing for gender balance on local boards, commissions, committees, and councils, became law. This Act is applicable to appointments to boards, commissions, committees, and councils of a political subdivision of the state made on and after January 1, 2012. Examples of...
Ahlers & Cooney, P.C.'s Labor and Employment Client Seminar When: November 7, 2011 Where: Sheraton Hotel, 1800 50th Street, West Des Moines, IA Topics Being Covered in this Seminar: 1. Most Frequently Asked Questions and Most Frequently Overlooked Laws. 2. Top Ten Do's and Don'ts in Handling Workers' Compensation Claims...
NLRB Extends Effective Date of New Poster Requirement The National Labor Relations Board has extended the effective date for its new poster requirement to January 31, 2012. The original compliance deadline was November 14, 2011. The Board decided to extend the deadline by more than two months, after it received...
New Poster Requirement for Almost All Private-Sector Employers On August 30, 2011, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a final rule requiring employers subject to the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to post notices informing their employees of their rights under the NLRA. Effective November 14, 2011, the final...
Ahlers & Cooney Presents Student Discipline: What every school administrator needs to know about student discipline. Date: Friday October 21, 2011 Time: 8:30 - 4:00 P.M. Place: Iowa Events Center - Hy-Vee Hall 730 - 3rd Street, Des Moines IA 50309 Cost: $100 for the first person, $80 for each...
Jim Hanks of Ahlers & Cooney Elected to ABA Section for State and Local Government Law Des Moines, Iowa (September 15, 2011) Attorney Jim Hanks, Shareholder with the Ahlers & Cooney law firm, was recently elected at the annual American Bar Association (ABA) meeting in Toronto as an officer for...
Ahlers ranked first in the Iowa rankings by The Bond Buyer for the Midwest Midyear Review. 1. Ahlers & Cooney (800.9) 2. Dorsey & Whitney (258.4) 3. Kutak Rock (75.0) 4. Davis Brown (27.5) 5. Benesch Friedlander (24.8)