HF 2156 (LSB 5935HH (3) 85)

HOUSE FILE 2156

BY  FISHER

A BILL FOR

An Act concerning employment rights for certain state employees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 8A.413, subsection 13, Code 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   13.  For transfer from a position in one state agency to a similar position in the same state agency or another state agency involving similar qualifications, duties, responsibilities, and salary ranges. Whenever an employee transfers or is transferred from one state agency to another state agency, the employee’s seniority rights, any accumulated sick leave, and accumulated vacation time, as provided in the law, shall be transferred to the new place of employment and credited to the employee. Employees who are subject to contracts negotiated under chapter 20 which include transfer provisions shall be governed by the contract provisions.  In addition, the rules shall provide that an employee who resigns from a position in one state agency and commences employment in a similar position with another state agency involving similar qualifications, duties, responsibilities, and salary ranges within fifteen days of the employee’s resignation shall be deemed to be a transfer from one state agency to another state agency for purposes of the protections of this subsection.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires the department of administrative services to adopt rules relative to state human resource management providing that an employee who resigns from a position in one state agency and commences employment in a similar position with another state agency within 15 days shall be deemed to have transferred from one state agency to another state agency for purposes of transferring the employee’s seniority rights, any accumulated sick leave, and accumulated vacation time, to the new place of employment.