84A.18  Reports and records — penalties.
  1.  An owner, operator, or manager of every factory, mill, workshop, mine, store, railway, business house, public or private work, or any other establishment where labor is employed, shall submit to the department of workforce development reports in the form and manner prescribed by the director of the department of workforce development by rule, for the purpose of compiling labor statistics. The owner, operator, or business manager shall submit the reports within sixty days from receipt of notice, and shall certify under oath the accuracy of the reports. For purposes of this section, “factory”, “mill”, “workshop”, “mine”, “store”, “railway”, “business house”, and “public or private work” shall mean any factory, mill, workshop, mine, store, railway, business house, or public or private work where wage earners are employed for compensation.
  2.  Notwithstanding chapter 22, records submitted under subsection 1 that contain identifiable financial institution or credit card account numbers shall be kept confidential.
  3.  a.  Any officer or employee of the department of workforce development who makes unlawful use of a report submitted under subsection 1 shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor.
  b.  Any person who has access to a report submitted under subsection 1 who makes unlawful use of the report shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor.
  c.  Any owner, operator, or manager of a factory, mill, workshop, mine, store, railway, business house, or public or private work who fails to submit the report required under subsection 1 shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
  4.  The director of the department of workforce development shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this section.
[C97, §2474; S13, §2474; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1521; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §91.12]
98 Acts, ch 1105, §4; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2289, 2290
C2024, §84A.18