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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 § 513B.2 - Definitions

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  This provision defines key terms used in the subchapter on small employer health insurance.

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  Iowa Code § 96.15 - Waiver — fees — assignments — penalties

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  This provision voids waivers and assignments of benefit rights, bars employers from shifting contributions through wage deductions or waiver requirements, prohibits fees in benefits proceedings, and makes violations a serious misdemeanor.

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  Iowa Code § 84C.3 - Notice — requirements

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  Employers planning a business closing or mass layoff must give written notice and wait 30 days before ordering the action, unless a collective bargaining agreement sets a different notice period.

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  Iowa Code § 85.38 - Reduction of obligations of employer

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  This section limits how workers’ compensation-related benefits may be reduced or offset, and it restricts certain nonoccupational plans from denying payment while employer liability is unresolved.

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  Iowa Code § 85A.25 - Existing diseases barred

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  An employer may require employee medical examinations in some cases, and the workers’ compensation commissioner decides disputes about whether an occupational disease exists.

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  Iowa Code § 87.11A - Examination required

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  The commissioner of insurance may examine or inquire into any self-insured employer, and certain self-insured employers must be examined at least once every three years.

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  Iowa Code § 514C.13 - Group managed care health plans — requirements attached to limited provider network plan offers

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  A carrier offering a limited provider network plan must also offer the required alternative plan options to small and large employers, and a large employer offering such a plan must also offer alternatives to employees.

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  Iowa Code § 91A.14 - Former employees

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  Rights and obligations in this chapter continue until they are fulfilled, even after the employment relationship ends.

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  Iowa Code § 517.6 - Issuance of employers’ liability coverage

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  An insurer issuing certain employers’ liability-only policies must file the policy with the commissioner of insurance and obtain approval.

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  Iowa Code § 96.1A - Definitions

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  This section defines many terms used in the chapter, including employer, employment, wages, benefits, and several unemployment-related periods and indicators.

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  Iowa Code § 505.31 - Reimbursement accounts — assistance to small employers

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  The insurance commissioner must help small employers set up and run certain section 125 plans and post information about that help on the insurance division website.

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  Iowa Code § 85A.8 - Occupational disease defined

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  This provision defines “occupational disease” as a disease caused by and arising from the employee’s employment.

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  Iowa Code § 135Q.2 - Health care employment agency requirements — registration — liability

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  Health care employment agencies in the state must register annually, pay a $500 annual fee per location, meet insurance and reporting requirements, and avoid certain contract restrictions on workers.

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  Iowa Code § 96.14 - Priority — refunds

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  Employers who miss unemployment contribution payments or required wage reports must pay interest and penalties; the department can also collect, cancel, or compromise amounts in limited situations.

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  Iowa Code § 87.1 - Insurance of liability required

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  Covered employers must insure their liability with an approved insurer; certain motor carriers have specific owner-operator insurance rules.

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  Iowa Code § 87.13 - Interpretative clause

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  For coal-mine employment injuries, the listed compensation provisions are exclusive and compulsory for the employer and employee.

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  Iowa Code § 97C.10 - Tax on employer

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  Employers must pay a tax based on wages, and if needed a political subdivision must levy a property tax to cover chapter obligations when other funds are unavailable.

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  Iowa Code § 513C.11 - Self-funded employer-sponsored health benefit plan participation in reinsurance association

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  A qualified self-funded employer-sponsored health plan may choose to join the Iowa individual health benefit reinsurance association if it follows the plan of operation and board-adopted terms.

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  Iowa Code § 97B.42 - Mandatory membership — membership in other systems

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  Some employees and public officials must join the retirement system, stay active while in covered employment, and certain community college employees may elect an alternative retirement plan if they meet the deadline and eligibility conditions.

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  Iowa Code § 513B.5 - Provisions on renewability of coverage

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  Small-employer health insurance coverage is generally renewable, but a carrier may stop coverage only for listed reasons and must give required notices.

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