1. An employer shall not discharge an employee, or take or fail to take action regarding an 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.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 139A.13A

  • Board: means the board of hearing aid specialists. See Iowa Code 154A.1
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Department: means the Iowa department of public health. See Iowa Code 154A.1
  • Person: means a natural person. See Iowa Code 154A.1
  • United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. An employee whose employer violates this section may petition the court for imposition of a cease and desist order against the person‘s employer and for reinstatement to the person’s previous position of employment. This section does not create a private cause of action for relief of money damages.
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