House File 2068 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2068 BY GASKILL A BILL FOR An Act granting veterans a paid holiday for veterans day and 1 making penalties applicable. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5819YH (1) 83 ec/nh

H.F. 2068 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 91A.5A Paid holiday —— Veterans 1 Day. 2 An employer shall provide each employee who is a veteran, as 3 defined in section 35.1, with a paid holiday, or an equivalent 4 of eight hours compensation or compensatory time off with pay, 5 for Veterans Day, November 11, if the employee would otherwise 6 be required to work on that day. 7 EXPLANATION 8 This bill requires each employer in this state to provide 9 each employee who is a veteran with a paid holiday, or 10 comparable pay or time off, for Veterans Day, November 11, if 11 the employee would otherwise be required to work on that day. 12 Any employer who violates the provisions of this new provision 13 shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $500 for 14 each violation pursuant to Code section 91A.12. 15 -1- LSB 5819YH (1) 83 ec/nh 1/ 1