SF 282 (LSB 1994XS (4) 90)

SENATE FILE 282

BY  T. TAYLOR, BISIGNANO, DOTZLER, DONAHUE, GIDDENS, CELSI, JOCHUM, WAHLS, TRONE GARRIOTT, QUIRMBACH, WEINER, PETERSEN, and BOULTON

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to payment of state employees for overtime work.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 70A.1, subsection 1, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  a.  Salaries specifically provided for in an appropriation Act of the general assembly shall be in lieu of existing statutory salaries, for the positions provided for in the Act, and all salaries, including longevity where applicable by express provision in the Code, shall be paid according to the provisions of chapter 91A and shall be in full compensation of all services, including any service on committees, boards, commissions or similar duty for Iowa government, except for members of the general assembly. A state employee on an annual salary shall not be paid for a pay period an amount which exceeds the employee’s annual salary transposed into a rate applicable to the pay period by dividing the annual salary by the number of pay periods in the fiscal year.
   b.  Salaries for state employees covered by the overtime payment provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act shall be established on an hourly basis.  For purposes of calculating overtime payment for such employees, all of the following shall be counted as hours worked:
   (1)  Paid sick leave when used before forty hours in pay status are accumulated or if prescheduled at least sixteen hours in advance.
   (2)  Paid leave for court appearances, voting, jury duty, travel between job sites, and holidays, including unscheduled holidays.
   (3)  Paid annual leave or compensatory leave.
   (4)  Other paid time off.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill provides that specified forms of paid leave shall be counted as hours worked for purposes of calculating overtime payment for state employees covered by the overtime payment provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.