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Getting Clear on Compiling Random Drug Testing Pools in Iowa

Posted: April 16, 2025 | Jackson Lewis Category: Iowa

The Iowa Supreme Court recently clarified that a compliant random drug testing program under Iowa law requires excluding those who are not scheduled to

Iowa Erases ‘Gender Identity’ from Its Civil Rights Law: Employers Still Obligated Under Federal Title VII

Posted: March 9, 2025 | Jackson Lewis Category: Iowa

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Iowa Governor Signs Law Making State the First to Remove Gender Identity Protections From Civil Rights Code

Posted: March 4, 2025 | Ogletree Deakins Category: Iowa

On February 28, 2025, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed legislation making the state the first to remove antidiscrimination protections for gender identity from its civil rights code.

Iowa Employers Must Ensure Strict Adherence to State’s Drug Testing Law

Posted: January 21, 2024 | Jackson Lewis Category: Iowa

A recent Iowa court decision highlights the risks to employers who do not strictly comply with all facets of the state’s drug testing law, Iowa Code Section 730.5, which is one of the nation’s most technical drug testing laws.   Scott Hampe v. Charles Gabus Motors Inc. d/b/a Toyota of Des

Iowa’s Governor Signs Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Law

Posted: March 31, 2023 | Jackson Lewis Category: Iowa

On March 28, 2023, Iowa’s Governor signed Iowa’s new statute relating to consumer data protection. Iowa joins California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and Virginia in the ever-growing patchwork of consumer privacy laws across the country.

The new law takes effect on January 1, 2025.

Iowa’s consumer privacy law covers businesses that control or process personal data

Iowa to Be Sixth State to Pass a Consumer Privacy Statute

Posted: March 20, 2023 | Jackson Lewis Category: Iowa

On March 15, 2023, the Iowa legislature unanimously passed Senate File 262, the Consumer Privacy Act, which relates to consumer data and privacy protection. Once signed by Iowa’s governor, the statute will become operative on January 1, 2025, and  Iowa will join California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and Virginia in passing

Des Moines Passes ‘Ban the Box’ Law Prohibiting Criminal Inquiries on Job Applications

Posted: June 16, 2022 | Ogletree Deakins Category: Iowa

On November 15, 2021, the city of Des Moines, Iowa, passed a “ban-the-box” law that will limit employer inquiries and background checks into an applicant’s criminal history until after a conditional offer of employment. Though the law was passed and has already taken effect, it has received little fanfare and

Proposed Iowa Bill Continues Efforts to Reclassify Student-Athletes as Employees

Posted: January 26, 2022 | Jackson Lewis Category: Iowa

Iowa lawmakers have expanded on federal efforts to make student-athletes employees. They have introduced legislation (H.F. 2055) to classify intercollegiate athletes at Iowa’s state universities as state employees. This follows a year in which numerous state legislative efforts established name, image, and likeness rights for student-athletes and federal court decisions

Iowa Supreme Court Dismisses Claim Alleging Reporting Physician Misconduct is Defamatory

Posted: December 9, 2021 | Jackson Lewis Category: Iowa

Physicians often have a legal obligation to report conduct which they believe may constitute negligence, or demonstrate an individual’s inability to practice medicine competently, safely, or within the bounds of the relevant code of medical ethics. Because of the nature of the information required to be reported, it is not

Iowa Strengthens Medical and Religious Exemptions From Vaccine Policies, Permits Individuals Discharged for Refusing Vaccines to Qualify for Unemployment Benefits

Posted: November 2, 2021 | Ogletree Deakins Category: Iowa

On October 29, 2021, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed House File 902 into law, a measure that requires Iowa employers with mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policies to waive their requirements for employees who seek vaccination exemptions for medical or religious reasons. The law also permits individuals to qualify for unemployment insurance

Iowa Supreme Court Examines Private Sector Drug-Free Workplaces Statute

Posted: September 17, 2021 | Ogletree Deakins Category: Iowa

Since it was passed in 1998, Iowa’s Drug-Free Workplaces Act has been one of the most comprehensive and complex drug-testing statutes in the United States. On June 25, 2021, the Iowa Supreme Court issued a pair of decisions—Dix v. Casey’s General Stores, Inc. and Woods v. Charles Gabus Ford, Inc.—that

Iowa Supreme Court: City’s “Ban the Box” Ordinance Is Preempted by State Law, But Not Entirely

Posted: August 10, 2021 | Jackson Lewis Category: Iowa

The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that Iowa state law preempts the City of Waterloo’s restriction on employers’ use of applicants’ criminal record history when making hiring decisions.  Other aspects of the ordinance, however, remain legal and enforceable.  The case is Iowa Ass’n of Bus. & Indus. v. City


Iowa Supreme Court Clarifies Requirements for Employee Drug Testing

Posted: July 16, 2021 | Littler Category: Iowa

In two opinions filed on June 25, 2021, the Iowa Supreme Court clarified the state’s complex employee drug-testing requirements. The opinions shed light on key issues, such as safety-sensitive designations, notice requirements, and compliance standards under Iowa Code section 730.5. Employers with Iowa-specific drug-testing policies should take time to

Iowa Supreme Court Reverses $1.5 Million Verdict Against Former Governor in Sexual Orientation Discrimination Suit

Posted: July 2, 2021 | Jackson Lewis Category: Iowa

After nearly a decade of litigation, in Godrey v. State of Iowa et al, Case No. 19-1954 (June 30, 2021), the Iowa Supreme Court reversed a jury verdict granting $1.5 million in damages and $3.1 million in attorneys’ fees to the former Iowa Workers’ Compensation Commissioner, based on his

Failure To State Cost Of Confirmatory Re-Test Violates Iowa Drug Testing Law

Posted: July 1, 2021 | Jackson Lewis Category: Iowa

An employer’s failure to notify an employee of the cost of a confirmatory re-test of his original drug test specimen is a violation of the Iowa drug testing law.  Woods v. Charles Gabus Ford, Inc., Case No. 19-0002 (Iowa June 25, 2021).

The Iowa drug testing statute imposes many requirements

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