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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 § 679B.1 - Petition for appointment

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  Certain disputing parties may apply to the governor for appointment of a board of arbitration and conciliation.

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  Iowa Code § 714.17 - Unlawful advertising and selling of educational courses

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  Businesses or other persons running profit-making or tuition-based educational courses in Iowa must not falsely advertise, overcharge correspondence students before first lesson approval, or promise employment unless they offer a qualifying 120-day job contract.

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  Iowa Code § 237A.31 - Employer child care tax credit

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  This section gives an employer child care tax credit, limits the total credits to $2 million a year, requires taxpayers to apply to the economic development authority, and says unused credit generally carries forward but is not refundable.

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  Iowa Code § 241.2 - Application for designation and funding as a provider of services for displaced homemakers

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  A nonprofit group may apply to the director for designation and funding to serve displaced homemakers, but the application must use the director’s form and include required information. If designated, the group must follow applicable department rules.

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  Iowa Code § 97C.3 - Federal-state agreement

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  The state agency may enter an agreement with the federal security administrator, but only with approval from the governor and attorney general.

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  Iowa Code § 671A.1 - Limitation on liability for negligently hiring an employee, agent, or independent contractor convicted of a public offense

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  A negligent hiring lawsuit cannot be brought against a private employer, general contractor, or premises owner based only on a worker’s public-offense conviction.

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  Iowa Code § 85.55 - Franchisor-franchisee relationship

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

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  Iowa Code § 692A.115 - Employment where dependent adults reside

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  A sex offender may not work at, or loiter at, facilities or events serving dependent adults, unless subsection 2 authorizes the person.

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  Iowa Code § 724.6 - Professional permit to carry weapons

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  This provision sets when a person may get a permit to carry weapons, what training and approvals may be required, when the permit expires, and when the holder must surrender it.

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  Iowa Code § 904.906 - Status of inmates on work release

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  An inmate working under this chapter is not treated as an employee or servant of the corrections department or parole board while on work release.

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  Iowa Code § 279.14B - Retaliation prohibition

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  A school district board must not discipline an employee or contractor for making protected disclosures to a public official or law enforcement agency.

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  Iowa Code § 92.21 - Rules and orders of director

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  The director may make rules and orders about work activities, equipment, and under-18 employment in hazardous workplaces, and must set civil penalty amounts by rule.

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  Iowa Code § 239B.17 - PROMISE JOBS program

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  This provision establishes the JOBS program for family investment program applicants and participants, and requires several agencies to assist and cooperate in it.

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  Iowa Code § 279.7A - Interest in public contracts prohibited — exceptions

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  Board members of a school corporation must not have a direct or indirect interest in certain contracts with their school corporation.

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  Iowa Code § 84B.2 - Workforce development centers

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  The department of workforce development must create guidelines for local workforce development centers, and centers must provide referrals and job placement services.

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  Iowa Code § 142D.4 - Areas where smoking not regulated

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  This provision lists places and situations that are exempt from the smoking prohibitions in section 142D.3.

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  Iowa Code § 100D.3 - Fire protection system installer and maintenance worker license

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  The director must issue certain fire protection system installer and maintenance worker licenses to applicants who meet listed requirements.

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  Iowa Code § 239.4 - Asset test for supplemental nutrition assistance program

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  The department must test household assets and access specified information before deciding SNAP eligibility, unless every household member receives supplemental security income.

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  Iowa Code § 249L.4 - Quality assurance trust fund — limitations of use — reimbursement adjustments to nursing facilities

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  This provision creates a quality assurance trust fund for nursing facility money, limits how the department may use it, and requires reporting and rulemaking.

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  Iowa Code § 97B.80C - Purchases of permissive service credit

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  This section lets eligible retired or vested members buy certain permissive service credit, but they must meet the stated conditions and pay the required cost.

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