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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 607A.45, subsection 1, Code 1995, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. An employer or a person acting on behalf of an employer 1 4 shall not deprive an employee of employment or threaten or 1 5 otherwise coerce an employee with respect to the employee's 1 6 employment or employment benefits or impose a penalty 1 7 regarding the employee's employment or employment benefits 1 8 because the employee receives a notice to report, responds to 1 9 the notice, serves as a juror, or attends court for 1 10 prospective juror service. An employer who violates this 1 11 subsection commits contempt. 1 12 An employer who pays the employee the employee's regular 1 13 pay while the employee is on jury duty may reduce the pay of 1 14 an employee by an amount equal to the fee paid jurors under 1 15 section 607A.8 for jury duty. Expenses reimbursed to jurors 1 16 shall not be deducted by the employer. 1 17 EXPLANATION 1 18 This bill provides that an employer or person acting on 1 19 behalf of the employer cannot deprive the employee of, or 1 20 threaten an employee with, discharge, loss of benefits, or 1 21 penalize the employee on account of the employee's absence 1 22 from employment for jury duty. The bill also provides that an 1 23 employer may deduct the fee paid to the employee as a juror 1 24 from the employee's pay but not expenses reimbursed to the 1 25 employee for jury duty. 1 26 LSB 4285SV 76 1 27 mk/sc/14
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