Iowa Administrative Code
Agency 161 - CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION
Chapter 8 - DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT
Rule 161-8.18 - Retirement plans and benefit systems
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 19, March 20, 2024
(1) Commission rules shall not be construed so as to prohibit an employer from retiring an employee, or to require an employer to hire back an employee following retirement, or to hire an applicant for employment whose age is the retirement age under the employer's retirement plan or benefit system, provided that the plan or system is not a mere subterfuge for the purpose of evading the provisions of the Act.
(2) However, a retirement plan or benefit system shall not require the involuntary retirement of a person under the age of 70 because of that person's age, with the following exceptions:
(3) State employees who are members of the Iowa public employee's retirement system are not subject to mandatory retirement based on age.