Iowa Code Title III. Public Services and Regulation [Chs. 80-122C] § 91B.1. Files--access by employees

a. The employer and employee shall agree on the time the employee may have access to the employee's personnel file, and a representative of the employer may be present.

b. An employee shall not have access to employment references written for the employee.

c. An employer may charge a reasonable fee for each page of a copy made by the employer for an employee of an item in the employee's personnel file. For purposes of this paragraph, “reasonable fee” means an amount equivalent to an amount charged per page for copies made by a commercial copying business.