Iowa Courts Determine Nurse Worked 40 hours, Not 32

An Iowa nursing assistant's workers' compensation claim was complicated by the fact that her injury occurred less than a month into her new job, raising the question of whether she worked a 32-hour week or a 40-hour week. The Iowa Court of Appeals modified parts of a district court decision which also modified a workers' compensation deputy's decision to rule in favor of an injured worker's employer, Algona Manor. The case name is Schutjer v. Algona Manor Care Center, No. 7-938 / 06-1748, 3/14/08.Amy Ann Schutjer, the employee, had worked at Algona Manor as a nurse's as...