H-8228

   Amend  the amendment, H-8225, to House File 2355, as follows:
   1.  By striking page 1, line 1, through page 5, line 29, and inserting: 
   <Amend House File 2355 as follows:
   1.  By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: 
<DIVISION I
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS

   Section 1.  Section 96.2, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   96.2  Guide for interpretation.
   1.  As a guide to the interpretation and application of this chapter, the public policy of this state is declared to be as follows:  Economic insecurity due to unemployment is a serious menace to the health, morals, and welfare of the people of this state. Involuntary unemployment is therefore a subject of general interest and concern which requires appropriate action by the legislature to prevent its spread and to lighten its burden which now so often falls with crushing force upon the unemployed worker and the worker’s family. The achievement of social security requires protection against this greatest hazard of our economic life. This can be provided by encouraging employers to provide more stable employment and by the systematic accumulation of funds during periods of employment to provide benefits for periods of unemployment, thus maintaining purchasing power and limiting the serious social consequences of poor relief assistance. The legislature, therefore, declares that in its considered judgment the public good and the general welfare of the citizens of this state require the enactment of this measure, under the police powers of the state, for the compulsory setting aside of unemployment reserves to be used for the benefit of persons unemployed through no fault of their own.
   2.  It is the finding of the legislature that true economic development can only be achieved when workers are given the respect they deserve. Economic development must include all residents of this state, including men and women, people of all gender identities, minorities, and immigrants. The legislature further finds that economic development should include but not be limited to residents of this state being paid a living wage, this state being a welcoming place for immigrants, child care and housing being readily affordable and available, and public workers having collective bargaining rights.
DIVISION II
EMPLOYER INTERVIEW PROHIBITIONS

   Sec. 2.  Section 216.6A, subsection 2, Code 2022, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  0b.  It shall be an unfair or discriminatory practice for any employer or agent of any employer to inquire about a prospective employee’s wage or salary history before an offer of employment with compensation has been negotiated and made to the prospective employee, unless a prospective employee has voluntarily disclosed such information.
   Sec. 3.  Section 216.6A, Code 2022, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  3A.  In an action alleging wage discrimination under this section, an employer shall not use an employee’s prior wage and salary history as a defense to such action.>
   2.  Title page, by striking line 1 and inserting <An Act relating to economic development matters, including legislative findings and wage discrimination.>>

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HUNTER of Polk