{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-91e.1","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 91E.1","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this chapter:\n1. “Director” means the director of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing.\n2. “Employee” means a natural person who is employed in this state for wages paid on an hourly basis by an employer. An employee does not include a person engaged in agriculture as defined in section 91A.2 or a person engaged in agriculture on a seasonal basis. However, this exemption shall not apply to farm owners who hire workers to work on cropland other than their own.\n3. “Employer” means a person, as defined in chapter 4, who in this state employs for wages, paid on an hourly basis, one hundred or more natural persons. An employer does not include a client, patient, customer, or other person who obtains professional services from a licensed person who provides the services on a fee service basis or as an independent contractor, or the state, or an agency or governmental subdivision of the state.\n4. “Farm owner” does not include a person who uses cropland for research or experimental purposes, testing, developing, or producing seeds or plants for sale or resale.\n5. “Non-English speaking employee” means an employee who does not speak, read, write, or understand English to the degree necessary for comprehension of the terms, conditions, and daily responsibilities of employment.","path":["Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION (Ch. 80 - 122C)","Chapter 91E - NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING EMPLOYEES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/91E.1.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:01Z","sha256":"bf0e60e76f4b74a5d8dda9139e087c140024a1afdcbf1658195a7c8cfe1e64de","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-91d.1","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-91e.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}