S-5007

   Amend Senate File 398 as follows:
   1.  Page 1, before line 1 by inserting: 
   Section 1.  Section 91A.6, subsection 1, Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  An employer shall after being notified by the commissioner pursuant to subsection 2 do the following:
   a.  Notify its employees in writing at the time of hiring what wages and regular paydays are designated by the employer.
   b.  Notify its employees in writing whose wages are determined based on a task, piece, mile, or load basis about the method used to calculate wages and when the wages are earned by the employees.
   b.  c.  Notify, at least one pay period prior to the initiation of any changes, its employees of any changes in the arrangements specified in this subsection 1 that reduce wages or alter the regular paydays. The notice shall either be in writing or posted at a place where employee notices are routinely posted.
   c.  d.  Make available to its employees upon written request, a written statement enumerating employment agreements and policies with regard to vacation pay, sick leave, reimbursement for expenses, retirement benefits, severance pay, or other comparable matters with respect to wages. Notice of such availability shall be given to each employee in writing or by a notice posted at a place where employee notices are routinely posted.
   d.  e.  Establish, maintain, and preserve for three calendar years the payroll records showing the hours worked, wages earned, and deductions made for each employee and any employment agreements entered into between an employer and employee.
   Sec. ___.  Section 91A.6, subsection 2, Code 2016, is amended by striking the subsection.>
   2.  Page 1, line 1, by striking <2015> and inserting <2016>
   3.  Page 1, line 8, by striking <2015> and inserting <2016>
   4.  By renumbering as necessary.

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COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND BUSINESS RELATIONS

TONY BISIGNANO, CHAIRPERSON