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Iowa · Through Iowa Code 2026 edition

Iowa Code § 139A.13A: Employment protection.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH (Ch. 123 - 158)
  2. Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS
  3. Subchapter I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

1. An employer shall not discharge an employee, or take or fail to take action regarding an employee’s promotion or proposed promotion, or take action to reduce an employee’s wages or benefits for actual time worked, due to the compliance of an employee with a quarantine or isolation order or voluntary confinement request issued by the department, a local board, or the centers for disease control and prevention of the United States department of health and human services.

2. An employee whose employer violates this section may petition the court for imposition of a cease and desist order against the person’s employer and for reinstatement to the person’s previous position of employment. This section does not create a private cause of action for relief of money damages.

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