Iowa Code § 91A.5B
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Treatment of adoptive parent employees.
Official statutory text
(1) For purposes of this section, “adoption” means the permanent placement in this state of a child by the department of health and human services, by a licensed agency under chapter 238, by an agency that meets the provisions of the interstate compact in section 232.158, or by a person making an independent placement according to the provisions of chapter 600.
(2) An employer shall treat an employee who chooses to adopt a child up to six years of age in the same manner as an employee who is the biological parent of a newborn child for purposes of employment policies, benefits, and protections for the first year of the adoption.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection 2, an employee shall not be entitled to disability leave without a qualifying disability under an employer’s disability policies.
2025 Acts, ch 88, §1
(2) An employer shall treat an employee who chooses to adopt a child up to six years of age in the same manner as an employee who is the biological parent of a newborn child for purposes of employment policies, benefits, and protections for the first year of the adoption.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection 2, an employee shall not be entitled to disability leave without a qualifying disability under an employer’s disability policies.
2025 Acts, ch 88, §1
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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