Senate Study Bill 3047 



                                       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 circumstances for employees' right of recourse
  2    when an employer is late paying wages.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5438DP 82
  5 ak/nh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 91A.3, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code
  1  2 Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    b.  If the employer fails to send pay an employee's wages
  1  4 for direct deposit on or by the regular payday in accordance
  1  5 with this subsection, the employer is liable for the amount of
  1  6 any overdraft charge if the overdraft is created on the
  1  7 employee's account because of the employer's failure to send
  1  8 pay the wages on or by the regular payday.  The overdraft
  1  9 charges may be the basis for a claim under section 91A.10 and
  1 10 for damages under section 91A.8.
  1 11                           EXPLANATION
  1 12    This bill expands the circumstances under which an
  1 13 employee's overdraft charges that were caused by an employer's
  1 14 failure to pay wages timely would be the basis for a wage
  1 15 claim under Code chapter 91A to all failures to timely pay
  1 16 wages rather than only failures to send wages for direct
  1 17 deposit.
  1 18 LSB 5438DP 82
  1 19 ak/nh/8