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August 26, 2025
Iowa amended its Wage Payment Collection Law to require employers to treat employees who choose to adopt a child up to six years of age in the same manner as an employee who is the biological parent of a newborn child for purposes of employment policies, benefits, and protections for the first year of the adoption. See 2025 IA HF 248.
For purposes of the amendment, “adoption” means the permanent placement in Iowa of a child by the department of health and human services, by a licensed agency, by an agency that meets the provisions of the interstate compact, or by a person making an independent placement.
The author of this article, Patricia Tsipras, is a member of the Bar of Pennsylvania. This article is designed to provide one perspective regarding recent legal developments, and is not intended to serve as legal advice in Pennsylvania, Iowa, or any other jurisdiction, nor does it establish an attorney-client relationship with any reader of the article where one does not exist. Always consult an attorney with specific legal issues.
