Bill Text: IA HF2296 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for civil rights enforcement concerning employment rights of persons exercising their rights under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-13 - Subcommittee, L. Miller, Deyoe, and Hunter. H.J. 561. [HF2296 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HF2296-Introduced.html
House
File
2296
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2296
BY
KELLEY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
civil
rights
enforcement
concerning
1
employment
rights
of
persons
exercising
their
rights
under
2
the
federal
Family
and
Medical
Leave
Act.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
216.6,
subsection
1,
Code
2011,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
e.
Person
to
refuse
to
hire,
accept,
3
register,
classify,
or
refer
for
employment,
to
discharge
any
4
employee,
or
to
otherwise
discriminate
in
employment
against
5
any
applicant
for
employment
or
any
employee
because
the
6
applicant
or
employee
has
exercised
or
has
previously
exercised
7
the
applicant’s
or
employee’s
rights
under
the
federal
Family
8
and
Medical
Leave
Act.
9
EXPLANATION
10
This
bill
provides
that
it
is
an
unfair
employment
practice
11
under
the
Iowa
civil
rights
Act
to
discriminate
against
any
12
employee
or
applicant
for
employment
because
that
person
has
13
exercised
the
person’s
rights
under
the
federal
Family
and
14
Medical
Leave
Act.
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