SF 2100: Relating to workers’ compensation benefits involving violations of occupational safety and health or child labor laws, providing penalties, and including applicability provisions

What it does

This bill provides that when an injury for which workers’ compensation benefits would be payable occurs in the course of employment in which the employer is found to be in violation of Code chapter (occupational safety and health), or the employee is found to have performed work for which the employee was not of permitted age under Code chapter (child labor), the workers’ compensation commissioner shall increase the amount of benefits awarded by 100 percent. The employer shall also be subject to a civil penalty of $5,000, to be collected by the workers’ compensation commissioner and deposited in the second injury fund. The bill applies to injuries occurring on or after the effective date of the bill.

Senate subcommittee · named January 30, 2024

• Sen. Dawn Driscoll (R) · dawn.driscoll@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Nate Boulton (D)
• Sen. Kerry Gruenhagen (R) · kerry.gruenhagen@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 6 for, 0 against

For: AFSCME Iowa Council 61; Common Good Iowa; IBEW Iowa State Conference; Iowa Association for Justice; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Plumbers and Steam Fitters Local 33

In plain words

1. January 24, 2024Filed in the Senate and sent to the Workforce committee
2. January 30, 2024Senate subcommittee named: Driscoll, Boulton and Gruenhagen