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Employment law in United States — Iowa

Employer duties, worker rights, contracts, workplace standards, and labour relations. These records come from release legal-2026.07.26-907 and link directly to stored legal text.

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  Iowa Code § 216.14 - Promotion or transfer

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  An employer is not required to promote or transfer a person with a disability unless the person is qualified for the new job or occupation.

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  Iowa Code § 87.20 - Revocation of release from insurance

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  The insurance commissioner may revoke an order that relieves an employer from carrying insurance, if there is cause and after notice and a hearing.

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  Iowa Code § 732.1 - Contracting to boycott or strike in sympathy

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  Labor unions and related persons must not make agreements or act in ways intended to force boycotts, strike pressure, recognition demands, or breach of collective bargaining agreements.

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  Iowa Code § 252G.8 - Income withholding requirements

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  Child support services must send a withholding notice to the employer or payor of income within two business days after a newly hired employee’s information is entered and matched in the registry.

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  Iowa Code § 91A.15 - Franchisor-franchisee relationship

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  A franchisor is generally not treated as the employer of a franchisee or the franchisee’s employees unless specified conditions are met.

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  Iowa Code § 84A.13A - Iowa child care challenge program — fund

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  The department of workforce development must run the Iowa child care challenge program, adopt rules for applications and awards, and use the fund only for this section’s purposes.

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  Iowa Code § 97B.48A - Reemployment

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  This provision reduces a retired member’s allowance when the member returns to full-time covered work before age 65, but allows unreduced payments in some cases and sets rules for recalculation and lump-sum payments.

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  Iowa Code § 85.54 - Contracts to avoid compensation

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  A contract or device that makes an employee pay insurance premiums for compensation coverage is void, and an employer who withholds wages to pay those premiums commits a simple misdemeanor.

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  Iowa Code § 96.36 - Franchisor-franchisee relationship

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  A franchisor is generally not treated as the employer of a franchisee or the franchisee’s employees, unless a written agreement says otherwise or the department finds certain unusual control over them.

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  Iowa Code § 135B.26 - Compensation

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  A hospital and the doctor in charge of laboratory or X ray facilities may agree in the contract on compensation, and the contract may create an employer-employee relationship with a radiologist or pathologist.

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  Iowa Code § 216.22 - Franchisor-franchisee relationship

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  A franchisor is generally not treated as the employer of a franchisee or the franchisee’s employee, unless one of the stated conditions applies.

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  Iowa Code § 216C.2 - Public employment

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  People who are blind, partially blind, or otherwise disabled are entitled to be employed in certain public or publicly funded jobs on the same terms as others, unless their disability prevents them from doing the work required.

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  Iowa Code § 272C.8 - Immunities

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  This section gives immunity from civil liability for certain good-faith acts tied to licensing boards and peer review, but not if done with malice. It also bars employer retaliation against people for filing complaints or participating in board or committee activity.

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  Iowa Code § 508.29 - Authority to write other insurance

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  Some life insurers may add certain health, accident, and employer-loss coverage, and insurers may contract with health care service providers.

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  Iowa Code § 85.71 - Injury outside of state

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  An employee injured while working outside the state may still be entitled to Iowa workers’ compensation benefits if one of the listed Iowa-related conditions applies.

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  Iowa Code § 731.5 - Deducting dues from pay unlawful

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  It is unlawful to deduct union dues or similar amounts from an employee’s pay unless the employer first receives the employee’s signed written order.

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  Iowa Code § 468.88 - Proper parties — employment of counsel

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  The board of supervisors is a proper party in actions or appeals affecting the district, and any counsel it employs must be for protecting the rights of the district and interested parties, except adversary parties.

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  Iowa Code § 638.3 - Applicability

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  This chapter applies to several fiduciary roles and a custodian, and it does not apply to an employer’s digital asset used by an employee in the ordinary course of business.

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  Iowa Code § 513D.1 - Multiple employer welfare arrangements and association health plans

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  Certain AHPs and MEWAs serving state residents must be under the commissioner’s jurisdiction, meet setup and registration requirements, file annual reports, and pay prescribed fees.

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  Iowa Code § 91C.8 - Investigations — enforcement — administrative penalties

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  The director and department inspectors may investigate contractor violations, and the director must issue citations and notice penalties and appeal deadlines when violations are found.

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