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Can your employer fire you for talking about pay? In Iowa and Nebraska, your employer cannot fire you for talking about pay. Whether you earn hourly wages or a salary, federal law protects your right to speak openly about wages. Even if a company tries to discourage...
In a significant and controversial move, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed a bill that eliminates gender identity from the state's civil rights protections. This decision has sparked widespread debate and protests, highlighting the deep divisions over transgender...
After a hard-fought trial, a jury awarded $10.12 million to Fiedler Law Firm client, Cyndi Collins, holding her landlord, Edwin Allen, and his company accountable for hostile housing environment sexual harassment, quid pro quo sexual harassment, retaliation, and...
Employees shouldn’t have to go to work when they’re sick or when they have a sick family member who needs their care. That’s exactly what some employees had to do because their employers wouldn’t give them time off. But thanks to Nebraska voters, that’s soon changing....
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently charged in a lawsuit filed on August 2 that HCL America, a subsidiary of the Noida, India-based IT services firm HCL Technologies, violated federal law by declining to hire a qualified 61-year-old Indian...
If you’ve been checking the news recently, you probably saw some pretty juicy allegations about Kanye West’s behavior at Adidas. Rolling Stone reported that (among other incidents): West told a female Adidas employee, “I want you to make me a shoe I can fuck;” West showed Adidas employees pornographic images and videos, including homemade sex tapes of him engaging in…
One of the foundations of our justice system is that no one is above the law. Each of us is held responsible for our own actions. If I get distracted while I’m driving and rear-end the car in front of me, I have to pay for the damage. If I hurt somebody, either negligently or on purpose, I’m liable to…
We are excited to announce that Fiedler Law Firm, P.L.C.’s Des Moines and Omaha offices received Tier 1 rankings from U.S. News – Best Lawyers. The 2023 edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers’ “Best Law Firms” list recognizes the most elite firms across the nation, identified for their professional excellence with consistently positive feedback from clients and peers. To become…
Friday, the Supreme Court has overturned the landmark decisions of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, eviscerating nearly 50 years of precedent recognizing abortion as a fundamental right. See Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973); Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992). The Court’s 213-page opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was released this…
In 2007, the Iowa Civil Rights Act (Iowa Code Chapter 216) was expanded to include sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of protected classes in our state’s civil rights laws. This made it illegal to discriminate against a person because of his/her actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. Now, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act…