SF 2011 (LSB 5133XS (5) 83)

SENATE FILE 2011

BY  SCHOENJAHN

A BILL FOR

An Act requiring certain employers to provide written information to employees about certain employment policies without written requests from employees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 91A.6, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   c.  Make available Provide to its employees upon written request, a written statement enumerating employment agreements and policies with regard to vacation pay, sick leave, reimbursement for expenses, retirement benefits, severance pay, or other comparable matters with respect to wages when an employee is hired and to all employees when there is a change in policy. Notice of such availability shall be given to each employee in writing or by a notice posted at a place where employee notices are routinely posted.
EXPLANATION
   This bill strikes the requirement that, in order to receive such information, employees must provide a written request to employers who have paid claims or been assessed civil penalties relating to wage payments and who have been directed by the labor commissioner to make available written information about the employer’s agreements and policies about vacation pay, sick leave, reimbursement for expenses, retirement benefits, severance pay, or other comparable matters with respect to wages. The bill provides that such employers must provide the information when an employee is hired or to all employees when there is a change in policy.