House Study Bill 67 



                                       SENATE/HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF
                                            WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
                                            BILL)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to wage payment collection of direct deposit
  2    wages as administered by the division of labor services of the
  3    department of workforce development.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1418DP 82
  6 ak/gg/14

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 91A.3, subsection 3, paragraph c,
  1  2 unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 2007, is amended to read as
  1  3 follows:
  1  4    If the employer fails to send an employee's wages for
  1  5 direct deposit on or by the regular payday in accordance with
  1  6 this subsection, the employer is liable for the amount of any
  1  7 overdraft charge if the overdraft is created on the employee's
  1  8 account because of the employer's failure to send the wages on
  1  9 or by the regular payday.  The overdraft charges may be the
  1 10 basis for a claim under section 91A.10 and for damages under
  1 11 section 91A.8.
  1 12                           EXPLANATION
  1 13    This bill allows overdraft charges to be the basis for a
  1 14 wage claim under Code section 91A.10 and for damages under
  1 15 Code section 91A.8 if the employer is liable for the charges
  1 16 due to failure to credit the employee's account with direct
  1 17 deposit wages on or by the regular payday.
  1 18 LSB 1418DP 82
  1 19 ak:rj/gg/14