Iowa § 139A.13A Employment protection

Iowa Statutes

§ 139A.13A — Employment protection

Iowa § 139A.13A

Title IVPUBLIC HEALTH

Ch. 139ACOMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS

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Iowa Code § 139A.13A (2026).

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1.Anemployershallnotdischargeanemployee, ortakeorfailtotakeactionregardingan employee’s promotion or proposed promotion, or take action to reduce an employee’s wages or benefits for actual time worked, due to the compliance of an employee with a quarantine or isolation order or voluntary confinement request issued by the department, a local board, or the centers for disease control and prevention of the United States department of health and human services.

2.Anemployeewhoseemployerviolatesthissectionmaypetitionthecourtforimposition ofaceaseanddesistorderagainsttheperson’semployerandforreinstatementtotheperson’s previous position of employment. This section does not create a private cause of action for relief of money damages.

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1. Anemployershallnotdischargeanemployee, ortakeorfailtotakeactionregardingan
employee’s promotion or proposed promotion, or take action to reduce an employee’s wages
or benefits for actual time worked, due to the compliance of an employee with a quarantine
or isolation order or voluntary confinement request issued by the department, a local board,
or the centers for disease control and prevention of the United States department of health
and human services.
2. Anemployeewhoseemployerviolatesthissectionmaypetitionthecourtforimposition
ofaceaseanddesistorderagainsttheperson’semployerandforreinstatementtotheperson’s
previous position of employment. This section does not create a private cause of action for
relief of money damages.