Iowa Code 91A.4 – Employment suspension or termination — how wages are paid
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 91A.4
- Days: means calendar days. See Iowa Code 91A.2
- Employee: means a natural person who is employed in this state for wages by an employer. See Iowa Code 91A.2
- Employer: means a person, as defined in chapter 4, who in this state employs for wages a natural person. See Iowa Code 91A.2
- Wages: means compensation owed by an employer for:a. See Iowa Code 91A.2
- year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1
When the employment of an employee is suspended or terminated, the employer shall pay all wages earned, less any lawful deductions specified in section 91A.5 by the employee up to the time of the suspension or termination not later than the next regular payday for the pay period in which the wages were earned as provided in section 91A.3. However, if any of these wages are the difference between a credit paid against wages determined on a commission basis and the wages actually earned on a commission basis, the employer shall pay the difference not more than thirty days after the date of suspension or termination. If vacations are due an employee under an agreement with the employer or a policy of the employer establishing pro rata vacation accrued, the increment shall be in proportion to the fraction of the year which the employee was actually employed.