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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 91.4, subsection 5, Code 1999, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 5. The director of the department of workforce 1 4 development, in consultation with the labor commissioner, 1 5 shall, at the time provided by law, make an annual report to 1 6 the governor setting forth in appropriate form the business 1 7 and expense of the division of labor services for the 1 8 preceding year, the number of disputes or violations processed 1 9 by the division and the disposition of the disputes or 1 10 violations, and other matters pertaining to the division which 1 11 are of public interest, together with recommendations for 1 12 change or amendment of the laws in this chapter and chapters 1 13 88, 88A, 88B, 89, 89A, 89B, 90A, 91A, 91C, 91D, 91E, 91F, 92, 1 14 94, and 95, and the recommendations, if any, shall be 1 15 transmitted by the governor to the first general assembly in 1 16 session after the report is filed. 1 17 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 91F.1 HOURS OF WORK DAY OF REST. 1 18 An employer shall allow an employee, as those terms are 1 19 defined in section 91E.1, a cessation of work for a period of 1 20 twenty-four consecutive hours in each calendar week except as 1 21 provided by this chapter. 1 22 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 91F.2 EXCEPTIONS. 1 23 The following employees are not subject to the provisions 1 24 of this chapter: 1 25 1. Employees who perform duties requiring work on a daily 1 26 and continual basis not amenable to a twenty-four hour 1 27 cessation of work. Examples of employees under this 1 28 subsection include, but are not limited to, janitors, 1 29 employees of dairies and bakeries, and security personnel. 1 30 2. Employees needed to immediately respond to a work- 1 31 related emergency to prevent serious injury to a person, 1 32 damage to property, or suspension of necessary operations by 1 33 the employer but only during such time that an emergency 1 34 exists. 1 35 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 91F.3 PENALTIES ENFORCEMENT. 2 1 1. An employer who violates section 91F.1 is subject to a 2 2 civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars. 2 3 2. An employer, including a corporate officer of an 2 4 employer, who through repeated violations of section 91F.1, 2 5 demonstrates a pattern of abusive employment practices, 2 6 commits a serious misdemeanor. 2 7 3. An employer, who through repeated violations of section 2 8 91F.1, demonstrates a pattern of abusive employment practices, 2 9 may be ordered to pay a civil penalty of up to three thousand 2 10 dollars. 2 11 4. A civil penalty shall be recovered pursuant to the 2 12 provisions of section 91A.12. 2 13 Sec. 5. NEW SECTION. 91F.4 DUTIES AND AUTHORITY OF THE 2 14 COMMISSIONER. 2 15 1. The labor commissioner shall adopt rules to administer 2 16 and enforce this chapter and shall provide further exemptions 2 17 from the provisions of this chapter when reasonable. 2 18 2. In order to carry out the purposes of this chapter, the 2 19 labor commissioner or the commissioner's representative, upon 2 20 presenting appropriate credentials to the employer or agent of 2 21 the employer, may do any of the following: 2 22 a. Inspect employment records relating to the hours of 2 23 work of employees. 2 24 b. Interview an employer or agent of the employer, or 2 25 employee, during working hours or at other reasonable times. 2 26 Sec. 6. NEW SECTION. 91F.5 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING 2 27 AGREEMENTS. 2 28 Compliance with the minimum standards required in this 2 29 chapter shall not be subject to or considered in collective 2 30 bargaining. 2 31 EXPLANATION 2 32 This bill creates a new Code chapter 91F, which provides 2 33 that most hourly employees are entitled to at least 24 2 34 consecutive hours of non-work time during each calendar week. 2 35 The bill establishes exceptions from this requirement for 3 1 certain emergency situations and for certain employees needed 3 2 on a continual daily basis. The bill provides that an 3 3 employer in violation of this chapter is subject to a $1,000 3 4 civil penalty while repeated violations can constitute a 3 5 serious misdemeanor and subject the violator to a $3,000 civil 3 6 penalty. The bill further provides that a civil penalty for 3 7 violation of the new chapter shall be recovered pursuant to 3 8 Code section 91A.12 and that the labor commissioner shall 3 9 adopt rules to implement the requirements of the chapter and 3 10 shall have access to employer records in order to enforce the 3 11 requirements of the chapter. Finally, the bill provides that 3 12 the requirements of the chapter are not subject to collective 3 13 bargaining. 3 14 LSB 1982HH 78 3 15 ec/sc/14
Text: HF00666 Text: HF00668 Text: HF00600 - HF00699 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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