{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-400.28","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 400.28","heading":"Employees — number diminished.","body":"A city council may implement a diminution of employees in a classification or grade under civil service. Such a diminution shall be carried out in accordance with any procedures provided in a collective bargaining agreement to which a bargaining unit that has at least thirty percent of members who are public safety employees as defined in section 20.3 is a party, if applicable.","path":["Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (Ch. 331 - 420)","Chapter 400 - CIVIL SERVICE"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/400.28.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:10Z","sha256":"47f30a2f8b4c1b736b79bbbb07246987dfcc758351b55e877d315ce6e30972de","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-400.27","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-400.29"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}