Archive for April 2020
Court: Trucking company owner who failed to carry workers’ comp liable for injury
The owner of a Spirit Lake trucking company who pleaded guilty to charges that he failed to carry workers’ compensation insurance for his drivers must pay the costs associated with an injury suffered by one …
Read MoreLenderClose begins facilitating remote online notarization for mortgage closings
The Des Moines fintech company LenderClose announced Thursday it has made what it believes is the first-ever remote online notarization used to close a mortgage loan in Iowa.
Remote online notarization transactions were authorized last week as …
Principal hires former PG&E executive as chief information officer
Principal Financial Group today announced that Kathleen Kay, former chief information officer for Pacific Gas & Electric Co., will join Principal as its new chief information officer on May 1. She succeeds Gary Scholten, chief information …
Read MoreFormer Clive mayor Les Aasheim dies
Former Clive mayor Les Aasheim, 82, died Sunday after a long illness, Clive officials announced. Aasheim’s death was not related to the coronavirus, according to a release. Aasheim was mayor from 2001 through 2009. Before …
Read MoreHow will COVID-19 shape organizations’ HR strategies?
Over the past several weeks, organizations of all sizes have dealt with unparalleled changes (and journalists have reached for their thesaurus to find new synonyms for “unprecedented”). Standing in the breach of the turmoil are …
Read MoreWhat it takes to work remotely
As the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic sweeps the globe, a day at the office for many in Iowa looks a lot different in recent weeks.
It’s too early to know how many organizations have shifted their …
Legal Matters
The Business Record on March 11 held a Newsroom 515 panel discussion on legal issues including the coronavirus and its effect on the workplace.
Since the discussion, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has encouraged employers, when …
McLellan: The first stage: Marketing during a community outbreak
There are so many unknowns that we are dealing with today in relation to COVID-19. But there is one certainty. This will pass, and we will move into a new normal. We aren’t going to …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Economic tsunami
Economist James Paulsen calls it “Recession by Proclamation.”
Rather than waiting for two consecutive quarters of economic retraction – the usual definition of a recession – experts jumped in last month and declared a COVID-19 …
Read MoreA Closer Look: Barbara Stinson
Barbara Stinson counts herself as very fortunate to follow in the footsteps of Ambassador Kenneth Quinn in leading the World Food Prize Foundation, particularly at this critical juncture for the future of the global food …
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