Senate File 2271 - Introduced



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                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act limiting the hours an employee may work in a
  2    twenty=four=hour period.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 6050XS 82
  5 ak/nh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 84A.5, subsection 4, Code Supplement
  1  2 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    4.  The division of labor services is responsible for the
  1  4 administration of the laws of this state under chapters 88,
  1  5 88A, 88B, 89, 89A, 89B, 90A, 91, 91A, 91C, 91D, 91E, 91F, 92,
  1  6 and 94A, and section 85.68.  The executive head of the
  1  7 division is the labor commissioner, appointed pursuant to
  1  8 section 91.2.
  1  9    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  91F.1  WORK HOURS RESTRICTION.
  1 10    1.  An employee, as defined in section 91A.2, shall not
  1 11 work more than fourteen hours in a twenty=four=hour period for
  1 12 an employer, as defined in section 91A.2.
  1 13    2.  If subsection 1 is inconsistent or conflicts with the
  1 14 federal Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. } 211, the
  1 15 division of labor services of the department of workforce
  1 16 development shall adjust the applicability of the provision,
  1 17 but only to the extent necessary to eliminate the
  1 18 inconsistency or conflict.
  1 19                           EXPLANATION
  1 20    This bill prohibits an employer from scheduling an employee
  1 21 to work more than 14 hours in a 24=hour period.  The bill
  1 22 provides that if there is a conflict with federal labor laws,
  1 23 the applicability of the provision shall be adjusted as
  1 24 necessary to eliminate the conflict.
  1 25    The bill is placed under the administration of the division
  1 26 of labor services of the department of workforce development.
  1 27 LSB 6050XS 82
  1 28 ak/nh/8