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91a-8
91A.8 DAMAGES RECOVERABLE BY AN EMPLOYEE.
When it has been shown that an employer has intentionally failed
to pay an employee wages or reimburse expenses pursuant to section
91A.3, whether as the result of a wage dispute or otherwise, the
employer shall be liable to the employee for any wages or expenses
that are so intentionally failed to be paid or reimbursed, plus
liquidated damages, court costs and any attorney's fees incurred in
recovering the unpaid wages and determined to have been usual and
necessary. In other instances the employer shall be liable only for
unpaid wages or expenses, court costs and usual and necessary
attorney's fees incurred in recovering the unpaid wages or expenses.
Section History: Early Form
[C77, 79, 81, § 91A.8]
Referred to in § 91A.3, 91A.10
