91A.6 NOTICE AND RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS.
1. An employer shall after being notified by the commissioner
pursuant to subsection 2:
a. Notify its employees in writing at the time of hiring what
wages and regular paydays are designated by the employer.
b. Notify, at least one pay period prior to the initiation of
any changes, its employees of any changes in the arrangements
specified in subsection 1 that reduce wages or alter the regular
paydays. The notice shall either be in writing or posted at a place
where employee notices are routinely posted.
c. Make available to its employees upon written request, a
written statement enumerating employment agreements and policies with
regard to vacation pay, sick leave, reimbursement for expenses,
retirement benefits, severance pay, or other comparable matters with
respect to wages. Notice of such availability shall be given to each
employee in writing or by a notice posted at a place where employee
notices are routinely posted.
d. Establish, maintain, and preserve for three calendar years
the payroll records showing the hours worked, wages earned, and
deductions made for each employee and any employment agreements
entered into between an employer and employee.
2. The commissioner shall notify an employer to comply with
subsection 1 if the employer has paid a claim for unpaid wages or
nonreimbursed authorized expenses and liquidated damages under
section 91A.10 or if the employer has been assessed a civil money
penalty under section 91A.12. However, a court may, when rendering a
judgment for wages or nonreimbursed authorized expenses and
liquidated damages or upholding a civil money penalty assessment,
order that an employer shall not be required to comply with the
provisions of subsection 1 or that an employer shall be required to
comply with the provisions of subsection 1 for a particular period of
time.
3. Within ten working days of a request by an employee, an
employer shall furnish to the employee a written, itemized statement
or access to a written, itemized statement as provided in subsection
4, listing the earnings and deductions made from the wages for each
pay period in which the deductions were made together with an
explanation of how the wages and deductions were computed.
4. On each regular payday, the employer shall send to each
employee by mail or shall provide at the employee's normal place of
employment during normal employment hours a statement showing the
hours the employee worked, the wages earned by the employee, and
deductions made for the employee. However, the employer need not
provide information on hours worked for employees who are exempt from
overtime under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, as defined in 29
C.F.R. pt. 541, unless the employer has established a policy or
practice of paying to or on behalf of exempt employees overtime, a
bonus, or a payment based on hours worked, whereupon the employer
shall send or otherwise provide a statement to the exempt employees
showing the hours the employee worked or the payments made to the
employee by the employer, as applicable. An employer who provides
each employee access to view an electronic statement of the
employee's earnings and provides the employee free and unrestricted
access to a printer to print the employee's statement of earnings, if
the employee chooses, is in compliance with this subsection.
91A.6 NOTICE AND RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS.
1. An employer shall after being notified by the commissioner
pursuant to subsection 2:
a. Notify its employees in writing at the time of hiring what
wages and regular paydays are designated by the employer.
b. Notify, at least one pay period prior to the initiation of
any changes, its employees of any changes in the arrangements
specified in subsection 1 that reduce wages or alter the regular
paydays. The notice shall either be in writing or posted at a place
where employee notices are routinely posted.
c. Make available to its employees upon written request, a
written statement enumerating employment agreements and policies with
regard to vacation pay, sick leave, reimbursement for expenses,
retirement benefits, severance pay, or other comparable matters with
respect to wages. Notice of such availability shall be given to each
employee in writing or by a notice posted at a place where employee
notices are routinely posted.
d. Establish, maintain, and preserve for three calendar years
the payroll records showing the hours worked, wages earned, and
deductions made for each employee and any employment agreements
entered into between an employer and employee.
2. The commissioner shall notify an employer to comply with
subsection 1 if the employer has paid a claim for unpaid wages or
nonreimbursed authorized expenses and liquidated damages under
section 91A.10 or if the employer has been assessed a civil money
penalty under section 91A.12. However, a court may, when rendering a
judgment for wages or nonreimbursed authorized expenses and
liquidated damages or upholding a civil money penalty assessment,
order that an employer shall not be required to comply with the
provisions of subsection 1 or that an employer shall be required to
comply with the provisions of subsection 1 for a particular period of
time.
3. Within ten working days of a request by an employee, an
employer shall furnish to the employee a written, itemized statement
or access to a written, itemized statement as provided in subsection
4, listing the earnings and deductions made from the wages for each
pay period in which the deductions were made together with an
explanation of how the wages and deductions were computed.
4. On each regular payday, the employer shall send to each
employee by mail or shall provide at the employee's normal place of
employment during normal employment hours a statement showing the
hours the employee worked, the wages earned by the employee, and
deductions made for the employee. However, the employer need not
provide information on hours worked for employees who are exempt from
overtime under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, as defined in 29
C.F.R. pt. 541, unless the employer has established a policy or
practice of paying to or on behalf of exempt employees overtime, a
bonus, or a payment based on hours worked, whereupon the employer
shall send or otherwise provide a statement to the exempt employees
showing the hours the employee worked or the payments made to the
employee by the employer, as applicable. An employer who provides
each employee access to view an electronic statement of the
employee's earnings and provides the employee free and unrestricted
access to a printer to print the employee's statement of earnings, if
the employee chooses, is in compliance with this subsection.
91A.6 NOTICE AND RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS.
1. An employer shall after being notified by the commissioner
pursuant to subsection 2:
a. Notify its employees in writing at the time of hiring what
wages and regular paydays are designated by the employer.
b. Notify, at least one pay period prior to the initiation of
any changes, its employees of any changes in the arrangements
specified in subsection 1 that reduce wages or alter the regular
paydays. The notice shall either be in writing or posted at a place
where employee notices are routinely posted.
c. Make available to its employees upon written request, a
written statement enumerating employment agreements and policies with
regard to vacation pay, sick leave, reimbursement for expenses,
retirement benefits, severance pay, or other comparable matters with
respect to wages. Notice of such availability shall be given to each
employee in writing or by a notice posted at a place where employee
notices are routinely posted.
d. Establish, maintain, and preserve for three calendar years
the payroll records showing the hours worked, wages earned, and
deductions made for each employee and any employment agreements
entered into between an employer and employee.
2. The commissioner shall notify an employer to comply with
subsection 1 if the employer has paid a claim for unpaid wages or
nonreimbursed authorized expenses and liquidated damages under
section 91A.10 or if the employer has been assessed a civil money
penalty under section 91A.12. However, a court may, when rendering a
judgment for wages or nonreimbursed authorized expenses and
liquidated damages or upholding a civil money penalty assessment,
order that an employer shall not be required to comply with the
provisions of subsection 1 or that an employer shall be required to
comply with the provisions of subsection 1 for a particular period of
time.
3. Within ten working days of a request by an employee, an
employer shall furnish to the employee a written, itemized statement
or access to a written, itemized statement as provided in subsection
4, listing the earnings and deductions made from the wages for each
pay period in which the deductions were made together with an
explanation of how the wages and deductions were computed.
4. On each regular payday, the employer shall send to each
employee by mail or shall provide at the employee's normal place of
employment during normal employment hours a statement showing the
hours the employee worked, the wages earned by the employee, and
deductions made for the employee. However, the employer need not
provide information on hours worked for employees who are exempt from
overtime under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, as defined in 29
C.F.R. pt. 541, unless the employer has established a policy or
practice of paying to or on behalf of exempt employees overtime, a
bonus, or a payment based on hours worked, whereupon the employer
shall send or otherwise provide a statement to the exempt employees
showing the hours the employee worked or the payments made to the
employee by the employer, as applicable. An employer who provides
each employee access to view an electronic statement of the
employee's earnings and provides the employee free and unrestricted
access to a printer to print the employee's statement of earnings, if
the employee chooses, is in compliance with this subsection.
