1. 20 HR Tips Michael M. Galloway and Susan M. Bernau
Ahlers & Cooney, P.C.
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2. 20 HR Tips Michael M. Galloway Ahlers & Cooney, P. C
20 HR Tips   Michael M. Galloway Ahlers & Cooney, P.C. 100 Court Avenue, Suite 600 Des Moines, Iowa Phone: 515/ Fax: 515/   Susan M. Bernau Ahlers & Cooney, P.C. 100 Court Avenue, Suite 600 Des Moines, Iowa Phone: 515/ Fax: 515/  

3. Question 1: An employee walked off the job with a stapler; can I deduct the cost of the stapler from her last check?

4. Question 2: Am I required to provide a break to my employees
Question 2: Am I required to provide a break to my employees? And, must employees on break be paid?

5. Question 3: Do we have to pay out unused vacation at the end of employment?

6. Question 4: Is Iowa still an “At-Will” State?

7. Question 5: What is the process before the Iowa Civil Rights Commission?

8. Question 6: If we get sued, why does our attorney talk about “removing” the case to Federal Court?

9. Question 7: Do we need to investigate an anonymous harassment complaint? How about a rumor?

10. Question 8: Who should perform harassment investigations?

11. Question 9: Should there be an investigatory written report?

12. Question 10: What should be done with the investigatory file and any disciplinary action that result?

13. Question 11: Should we ask for a release if we pay severance ?

14. Question 12: How do we regulate cell phone, e-mail and internet use?

15. Question 13: Can we drug test our employees?

16. Question 14: Should we contest a former employee’s claim for unemployment?

17. Question 15: Do we need to provide a former employee a copy of the employee’s personnel file?

18. Question 16: Can supervisors maintain separate “supervisors’ files”?

19. Question 17: When do we have to initiate a litigation hold?

20. Question 18: Can we terminate an employee who is arrested for a crime or do we need to assume he is innocent until proven guilty?

21. Question 19: Do I have to pay my employees for the time they are on-call?

22. Question 20: When can I make deductions from an exempt employee’s pay?

23. Question 21: AUDIENCE CHOICE