Iowa Administrative Code
Agency 161 - Civil Rights Commission
Chapter 8 - Discrimination in Employment
Rule 161-8.54 - Terms and Conditions of Employment
Universal Citation: IA Admin Code 161-8.54
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 13, December 25, 2024
(1) It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to discriminate between either sex with regard to terms and conditions of employment.
(2) Difference in benefits on a sexual basis.
a. Where an employer conditions benefits
available to employees and their spouses and families on whether the employee
is the "head of the household" or "principal wage earner" in the family unit,
the benefits tend to be available only to male employees and their families.
Due to the fact that these conditions discriminatorily affect the rights of
women employees, and that "head of household" or "principal wage earner" status
bears no relationship to job performance, benefits which are so conditioned
will be found to be a prima facie violation of the prohibition against sex
discrimination contained in the Act.
b. It shall be an unlawful employment
practice for an employer to make available benefits for the wives and families
of male employees where the same benefits are not made available for the
husbands and families of female employees; or to make available benefits for
the wives of male employees which are not made available for female employees;
or to make available benefits to the husbands of female employees which are not
made available for male employees.
c. It shall not be a defense to a charge of
sex discrimination in benefits under Iowa Code chapter 216 that the cost of
benefits is greater with respect to one sex than the other
(3) A health insurance program provided in whole or in part by an employer shall include coverage for pregnancy-related conditions; the plan may exclude coverage of abortion, except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or where medical complications have arisen from an abortion.
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