91E.2 - NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING EMPLOYEES -- EMPLOYER OBLIGATIONS. - Iowa Statutes

91E.2 NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING EMPLOYEES -- EMPLOYER OBLIGATIONS. If more than ten percent of an employer's employees are non-English speaking and speak the same non-English language, the employer shall provide all of the following: 1. a. An interpreter available at the work site for each shift during which non-English speaking employees are employed. b. If a Spanish-speaking interpreter is needed, the employer shall select an interpreter from a list of interpreters developed by the department of workforce development, drawn from the commission of Latino affairs' statewide list of interpreters qualified to serve Iowa courts and administrative agencies. 2. A person employed by the employer whose primary responsibility is to serve as a referral agent to community services.          Section History: Recent Form 90 Acts, ch 1134, §3; 96 Acts, ch 1186, § 23; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, § 201