Iowa ruling bars compensation for executive officials
Des Moines April 26 Iowa workmen's compensation law excludes officials in business organizations from benefits and defines exclusion to include those standing in a representative capacity of the employer A B Funk industrial commissioner reverses an arbitration award denying widow Clara Hausserman of Perry compensation for her husband Charles W Hausserman who was killed while working for Hausserman Packing company The ruling notes that authority and official status can exist even if the individual wears ordinary dress and performs varied duties for the firm.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Funk
A. B. Funk
Clara Hausserman
Perry
Charles W Hausserman
Hausserman Packing Company
Eel
Hausserman
Ausserman
Court ruling clarifies who counts as employee under Iowa law
Commissioner Punk explains Iowas statute bars compensation for those in representative employer roles. A superintendent exercising control over hiring and firing and management is not an employee under the law, since he acts in the employers representative capacity.
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Iowa
Punk
Kepford outlines needs at Toledo juvenile home
Dr. A. E. Kepford, head of the Iowa juvenile home at Toledo, spoke to the Community club about the home’s work and needs. He noted 152 children are housed out of a 160 capacity, signaling crowding and a call for larger facilities and better equipment and second modulations.
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A. E. Kepford
Toledo
Iowa Falls
Towa
Kepford
Legislature Allocates 116000 for State Home Improvements
The last legislature appropriated 116000 for upgrades including a 70-bed dormitory to care for 256 children aged 4 to 16. Planned under the grant are a new power plant, laundry, and supply depot. Twenty eight instructors are employed. cost per child is 38 dollars monthly, split equally between state and county. Supt. Von Krog of the Eldora training school attended the meeting.
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Supt
von Krog
Eldora
Building activity improves in Iowa during March
Town employment conditions advance steadily in March as the state bureau of labor statistics reports a 1.6 per cent rise in employment from February. Waterloo shows growing building conditions with strong permit issuance and valuation, ranking seventh in permits and eighth for the January to March period.
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State Bureau of Labor Statistics
Waterloo
Permit Issued Will Boost Building Employment Growth
The report notes issued permits and favorable weather will enable large projects to advance rapidly to completion. Conditions permitting, a substantial rise in skilled labor and road construction is expected, easing current employment strain and creating shortages in some labor classes.
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Valun
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