92.12 - MIGRANT LABOR PERMITS. - Iowa Statutes

92.12 MIGRANT LABOR PERMITS. Every person, firm, or corporation employing migrant laborers shall obtain and keep on file, accessible to any officer charged with the enforcement of this chapter, a special work permit, prior to the employment of such migratory laborer. Special work permits for migrant workers shall be issued by the superintendent of schools, or the superintendent's designee, nearest the temporary living quarters of the family, or by the county director of social welfare or by the department of workforce development, upon application of the parent or head of the migrant family. The person authorized to issue such permits for migratory workers shall not issue such permit until the person has received, examined, and approved one of the following as evidence of age: a birth certificate, passport, baptism certificate, or school record. Applicants under fourteen years of age must obtain a certificate from a registered nurse or physician stating that the applicant for the work permit has reached the normal development of a child of the applicant's age and is in sufficiently sound health and physically able to perform the work for which the permit is sought. One copy of the permit issued shall be given to the employer to be kept on file for the length of employment and upon termination of employment shall be returned to the labor commissioner. One copy of the permit shall be kept by the issuing officer, and one copy forwarded to the commissioner, along with the certificate of fitness of the persons under fourteen years of age. The blank forms for the work permit for migratory workers shall be formulated by the commissioner and furnished by the commissioner to the issuing officer.          Section History: Early Form [SS15, § 2477-d; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 1530, 1531; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, § 92.5, 92.6; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 92.12]          Section History: Recent Form 96 Acts, ch 1186, § 23