McClure v. International Livestock Improvement Services Corp.

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal involves a question of the applicability to the facts of the Iowa Wage Payment Collection Law (Wage Law). See Iowa Code ch. 91A (1983) (references are to that Code).

Defendant International Livestock Improvement Services Corporation (ILIS) manufactures animal pregnancy testing instruments. Plaintiff Earl McClure works in the field of sales management and marketing. On September 21, 1982, ILIS employed McClure to solicit and strengthen its distribution network and to assist with marketing, at a beginning salary of $2500 monthly plus expenses. The contract…