Labor & Business Relations – week of April 20, 2015
HF 397 – Occasional Work for Child Labor FLOOR ACTION: HF 397 relates to the child labor law and defines “occasional” in Iowa Code. As amended, the bill removes schools and local workforce offices...
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HF 548 – Disconnection Devices for Distributed Generation FLOOR ACTION: HF 548 requires the Iowa Utilities Board to adopt administrative rules relating to the safety of distributed electric...
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HF 259 – Exclusion from Coverage in Workers’ Compensation HF 286 – Direct Deposit of Wages HF 397 – Occasional Work for Child Labor Law FLOOR AND COMMITTEE ACTION: HF 259 provides that the Workers’...
View ArticleLabor & Business Relations – week of March 16, 2015
SF 460 - Payroll Debit Cards FLOOR ACTION: SF 460 relates to the payment of wages by debit card or pay card. The bill requires an employee voluntarily to agree in writing or electronically to accept...
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SSB 1004 – Payroll Debit Cards SSB 1237 – Disconnection Devices for Distributed Electric Generation Facilities COMMITTEE ACTION: SSB 1004 relates to the payment of wages by debit card or pay card. As...
View ArticleLabor & Business Relations – week of Feb. 23, 2015
SF 18 – Reasonable accommodations for employees (pregnancy or childbirth) SF 269 – Minimum wage increase SF 270 – Wage theft SSB 1087 – Political affiliations on PERB FLOOR ACTION: SF 269 increases...
View ArticleLabor & Business Relations – week of Feb. 16, 2015
SF 39 – Wage theft SSB 1151 — Minimum wage increase COMMITTEE ACTION: SF 39 puts the burden on the employer to establish the legality of deductions from employee wages and requires that the employer...
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HF 2172 – PERB Electronic Notice HF 2199 – IWD Federal Conformity for Voluntary Shared Work Program HF 2172 amends Iowa Code section 20.24 to allow the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) to...
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SF 2295 – Wage Theft FLOOR ACTION: SF 2295 puts the burden of proof on the employer to establish the legality of deductions from employee wages and requires an employer to obtain written...
View ArticleLabor & Business Relations – week of Feb. 24, 2014
HF 2172 – PERB Electronic Filing and Notice System HF 2199 – IWD Voluntary Shared Work Program FLOOR ACTION: HF 2172 amends section 20.24 of the Code of Iowa to allow the Public Employment Relations...
View ArticleLABOR & BUSINESS RELATIONS – week of Feb. 17, 2014
SF 191–Wage Theft SSB 3194 – Minimum Wage COMMITTEE ACTION: SF 191 puts the burden of proof on the employer to establish the legality of deductions from employee wages and requires that the employer...
View ArticleLABOR & BUSINESS RELATIONS – week of Feb. 10, 2014
SSB 3005 – PERB Electronic Filing and Notice System COMMITTEE ACTION: SSB 3005 amends section 20.24 of the Code of Iowa to allow the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) to implement an...
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All bills passed by Legislature & sent to Governor – 2013 SF 110 – Unemployment Insurance Federal Conformity SF 110 makes two changes to Iowa’s unemployment insurance (UI) law to conform to...
View ArticleLabor & Business Relations – Week of March 8, 2010
STAFF CONTACT: Sue Foecke HF 681 — Iowa Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act HF 2485 – PERB Chapter 20 Technical Changes FLOOR ACTION: HF 681 creates the Iowa Worker Adjustment and...
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SF 110 – Unemployment insurance federal conformity legislation FLOOR ACTION: SF 110 makes two changes to Iowa’s unemployment insurance (UI) law to conform to existing federal regulations. The first...
View ArticleLABOR & BUSINESS RELATIONS – Week of Jan. 28, 2013
SSB 1002 – Unemployment insurance federal conformity legislation COMMITTEE ACTION: SSB 1002 makes two changes to Iowa’s unemployment insurance (UI) law to conform to existing federal regulations....
View ArticleLabor and Business Relations – Week of March 10, 2011
STAFF CONTACT: Sue Foecke SF 285 – Changes to the Division of Labor Services SF 290 – Asbestos Regulations SF 311 – Wage Theft FLOOR ACTION: SF 185 provides for an additional $100 fee for an...
View ArticleLabor & Business Relations – Week of March 3, 2011
STAFF CONTACT: Sue Foecke SF 303 – Unemployment Extended Benefits Program FLOOR ACTION: SF 303 provides for alternative definitions for the indicators for the Extended Benefits program to allow Iowa...
View ArticleAll Senate job creation proposals survive 1st funnel
The Senate remains focused on job creation. All seven job creation measures introduced so far by Senate Democrats survived the first legislative funnel. Status Proposal SAFE from Funnel Ed Jobs...
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