Dec 17, 2015
EPC approves new Title V rules, fee schedule
On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Commission (EPC) approved new Title V rules and a fee schedule.
Legislative News
The Legislative News is updated regularly by the Iowa Association of Business and Industry’s (ABI) public policy team with information about the latest activity in the Iowa Legislature, administratively and at the federal level.
2015
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Jul 23, 2015
US Department of Labor Issues Administrator’s Interpretation on Employee Classification
Last week, David Weil, an administrator at the US Labor Department, issued a fifteen page Administrator’s Interpretation that seeks to clarify when a person is classified as an independent contractor or an employee.
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May 14, 2015
House amendment expands copay mandate
The Iowa House on Wednesday adopted an amendment to the Health and Human Services bill- Senate File 505 - that expands the current co-pay equalization for chiropractors to the following specialists: physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech pathologists.
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May 7, 2015
Wage payment issue receives additional debate
Although the wage payment collection legislation (Senate File 270) did not make the legislative funnel earlier this year, Rep. Bruce Hunter (D-Des Moines) offered an amendment to the economic development appropriations bill that would change the burden of proof in wage payment claims to the employer and establish a rebuttable presumption.
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Feb 12, 2015
Wage payment expansion moves forward in Iowa Senate
Senate File 39, a bill that would change the burden of proof in Iowa’s current wage payment collection to rest on the employer, has passed out of a subcommittee and is eligible for debate by the full Labor and Business Relations Committee.
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Feb 12, 2015
Federal Spotlight: Congress takes steps against ambush election rule
The U.S. Senate and House have introduced identical Congressional Review Act resolutions (S.J. Res 8 and H.J. Res 29), which, if passed, would formally signal Congressional disapproval of the National Labor Relations Board’s “ambush” election rule.
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Feb 5, 2015
Co-pay mandate advances to full Senate HR committee
On Tuesday, a Senate subcommittee advanced Senate Study Bill 1094, a bill that would require office co-pays for physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech pathologists to be no greater than co-pays for primary care physicians.