SF 2272 (LSB 6072XS (3) 91)

SENATE FILE 2272

BY  TOWNSEND, KOELKER, SALMON, BISIGNANO, BLAKE, PETERSEN, STAED, WINCKLER, DREY, HARDMAN, ZIMMER, DOTZLER, BENNETT, DONAHUE, WEINER, TRONE GARRIOTT, KNOX, WAHLS, and QUIRMBACH

A BILL FOR

An Act providing for a veterans’ benefits and services poster for employers to display in the workplace.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 10A.202, subsection 2, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The department is responsible for the administration of the laws of this state under chapters 88A, 88B, 89, 89A, 90A, 91A, 91C, 91D, 91E, 91F, and 92, and such other labor-services duties assigned to the department or director.
    Sec. 2.  Section 10A.204, subsection 3, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  The director, in consultation with the labor commissioner, shall, at the time provided by law, make an annual report to the governor setting forth in appropriate form the business and expense of the division and department under this subchapter for the preceding year, the number of remedial actions taken under chapter 89A, the number of disputes or violations processed by the division or department and the disposition of the disputes or violations, and other matters pertaining to the division or department under this subchapter which that are of public interest, together with recommendations for change or amendment of the laws in this chapter and chapters 88, 88A, 88B, 89, 89A, 89B, 90A, 91A, 91C, 91D, 91E, 91F, and 92, and sections 85.67A and 85.68, and the recommendations, if any, shall be transmitted by the governor to the first general assembly in session after the report is filed.
    Sec. 3.  NEW SECTION.  91F.1  Definitions.
   For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
   1.  “Department” means the Iowa department of veterans affairs established in section 35A.4.
   2.  “Director” means the director of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing.
   3.  “Employer” means a person, as defined in section 4.1, who in this state employs for wages fifty or more full-time employees.
    Sec. 4.  NEW SECTION.  91F.2  Posting of veterans’ benefits and services.
   1.  The director shall consult with the department to create a veterans’ benefits and services poster for employers to display in the workplace. The director, in coordination with the department, shall make the poster available to employers.
   2.  The poster shall include, at a minimum, information regarding all of the following matters available to veterans:
   a.  Substance abuse and mental health treatment resources.
   b.  Educational, workforce, and training resources.
   c.  Tax benefits.
   d.  Vehicle registration, driver’s license, and nonoperator’s identification card services. 
   e.  Eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits.
   f.  Legal services.
   3.  Every employer shall display the poster created pursuant to this section in a conspicuous place accessible to employees in the workplace.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires the director of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing to consult with the Iowa department of veterans affairs to create a veterans’ benefits and services poster for employers, as defined in the bill, to display in the workplace. The bill requires the director, in coordination with the department, to make the poster available to employers. The bill specifies the minimum content of the poster.
   The bill requires every employer to display the poster in a conspicuous place accessible to employees in the workplace.