Senate File 2271 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY DEARDEN Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved 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 PAG LIN 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