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Iowa Workforce Development
Region 11
Title

Iowa Workforce Development - Work With Us®   

ECI
(Employers' Council of Iowa)

The Employer’s Council of Iowa is a group of employers who work in partnership with Iowa Workforce Development to meet the workforce needs of employers. It provides an employer perspective in advising IWD and other policy makers on the full range of workforce issues and topics of concern to employers.

 Our Mission Statement

The mission of the Employers' Council of Iowa is to support the efforts of local employers to:

Advise Iowa Workforce Development, legislators, and other officials concerning its products, services, and policies that affect employers; and

Provide opportunities for employers to exchange information and develop education programs for employers.

We link employers of small to medium sized businesses in Iowa to resources and education to meet their human resource needs. Working in conjunction with Iowa Workforce Development, we conduct seminars and webinars on important topics such as employment laws, employee benefits, human resource compliance, hiring techniques, unemployment claims, immigration laws, and many more. And it costs you nothing! 

Sign up for our free online newsletter and we will keep you current with information and events hosted by ECI.

To find out more about the ECI, view our
 informational flier (.pdf)
and our
Council Member List (.pdf).

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You can also contact:

Craig Immerfall
IowaWorks
430 East Grand
Des Moines, Iowa 50309
Phone: (515) 242-5027
Fax: (515) 281-9640
Email:

Tip of the Month

April 2013 - New FMLA Poster Required

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 recent statutory amendments expanded the FMLA’s military caregiver leave and qualifying exigency leave provisions. The amendments extended military caregiver leave to eligible employees whose family members are recent veterans with serious injuries or illnesses, and expanded the definition of a serious injury or illness to include serious injuries or illnesses that result from preexisting conditions. The amendments also expanded qualifying exigency leave to eligible employees with family members serving in the Regular Armed Forces, and added a requirement that for all qualifying exigency leave the military member must be deployed to a foreign country.

These changes has created the need for a  new poster which must be posted on or before March 8, 2013.

Employers can access the poster using this URL:
http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/posters/fmlaen.pdf

For more information concerning the Statutory Amendments go to:
http://www.dol.gov/whd/fmla/nprm/index.htm

This information is provided courtesy of the Central Iowa Employers Council of Iowa and IowaWORKS.

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