On April 28, 2009, Governor Culver signed into law Senate File 137, entitled an Act "Providing that Wage Discrimination is an Unfair Employment Practice under the Iowa Civil Rights Act and Providing an Enhanced Remedy.” This law (available here) amends the Iowa Civil Rights Act to expressly provide that pay differentials among employees are unlawful
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Same Sex Marriage Ruling Impacts Iowa Employers
By Patrick Smith on
Posted in FMLA
Just days after the Iowa Supreme Court’s ruling legalizing same sex marriage, at least one media outlet is reporting that Iowa employers are scrambling to determine whether they need to adjust their employment policies to comply with the ruling. Of immediate concern are employee benefit programs that provide coverage for spouses, and policies governing family and medical…