Insights

On November 8, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (“DOL”) issued an opinion letter reviving its 2009 guidance that eliminated the 80/20 rule for tipped workers. The “tip credit” under the...

In this week’s landmark decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled that government workers who choose not to join a union cannot be charged for the cost of collective bargaining. Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority...

As most of you know from following the MWH Law Blog for the past (almost) two years, most of my time is spent working as an Attorney & Strategic Partner to Employers and Management. Most of my client contacts are Human...

  Every single time I turn on the news, I hear yet another story regarding workplace sexual harassment allegations. All summer long in Iowa, we followed highly publicized cases that had worked their way to the jury. For...

This summer the Second Circuit Court of Appeals dealt another blow to employers – this time related to employer no-recording policies.  Whole Foods Market Group Inc. (“Whole Foods”) appealed to the Second Circuit the...