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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 numerous inquiries...
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...
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,...
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)
Just over ten years ago, Congress created the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) program to encourage economic development in low income communities and distressed areas. The NMTC program is not well known but has been used in several Iowa cities in recent years. Because familiarity and potential demand for the...
On May 12, 2011, Governor Branstad signed SF 289, an act relating to open records and public meetings. It is effective immediately. Several significant changes include: Public Notice -- Iowa Code section 21.4 now applies the notice requirement to reconvened meetings of the governmental body unless the meeting was...
