Title III, PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION (Ch. 80 - 122C)

1. Interest. Any employer who fails to pay any contribution and fails to pay the contribution at the time required by this chapter and the rules of the department, shall pay to the department in addition to the contribution, interest on the contribution at the rate of one percent…

1. Waiver of rights void. Any agreement by an individual to waive, release, or commute the individual’s rights to benefits or any other rights under this chapter shall be void. Any agreement by any individual in the employ of any person or concern to pay all or any portion of an …

1. Penalties. An individual who makes a false statement or representation knowing it to be false or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, to obtain or increase any benefit or other payment under this chapter , either for the individual or for any other individual, is guilt…

1. Legal services. In any civil action to enforce the provisions of this chapter , the department and the state may be represented by any qualified attorney who is a regular salaried employee of the department and is designated by it for this purpose or, at the department’s reque…

Benefits shall be deemed to be due and payable under this chapter only to the extent provided in this chapter and to the extent that moneys are available therefor to the credit of the unemployment compensation fund. The state; the department; the department of inspections, appeal…

As used in this chapter , unless the context clearly requires otherwise: 1. “Appeal board” means the employment appeal board created under section 10A.601 . 2. “Average annual taxable payroll” means the average of the total amount of taxable wages paid by an employer for insured …

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires, “book” , “list” , “record” , or “schedule” kept by a county auditor, assessor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, or other county officer means the county system as defined in section 445.1 . 2000 Acts, ch 1148, §1 C2001…

As a guide to the interpretation and application of this chapter , the public policy of this state is declared to be as follows: Economic insecurity due to unemployment negatively impacts the health, morals, and welfare of the people of Iowa. These undesirable consequences can be…

1. The department is hereby authorized to enter into arrangements with the appropriate agencies of other states, or a contiguous country with which the United States has an agreement with respect to unemployment compensation or the federal government whereby potential rights to b…

If at any time Tit. IX of the Social Security Act, as amended , shall be amended or repealed by Congress or held unconstitutional by the supreme court of the United States, with the result that no portion of the contributions required under this chapter may be credited against th…

1. The department shall exclude three or more calendar quarters from an individual’s base period, as defined in section 96.1A, subsection 3 , if the individual received workers’ compensation benefits for temporary total disability or during a healing period under section 85.33 , …

Whenever an employee is separated from employment for the purpose of joining the armed forces of the United States, the employee shall notify the employer in writing of the employee’s acceptance and date of reporting for service and the employer shall, within fifteen days after s…

The department may acquire for and in the name of the state of Iowa by purchase, or by rental purchase agreement, such lands and buildings upon such terms and conditions as may entitle this state to grants or credits of funds under the Social Security Act or the Wagner-Peyser Act…

The department is authorized to accept, receive, and receipt for all moneys received from the United States for the payments authorized by section 96.25 , this section , section 96.27 , and section 96.28 for lands and buildings and to comply with any rules made under the Social S…

An agreement made for the purchase or other acquisition of the premises mentioned in section 96.25 with funds granted or credited to this state for such purpose under the Social Security Act or the Wagner-Peyser Act shall be subject to the approval of the attorney general of the …

All moneys received from the United States for the payments authorized by sections 96.25 through 96.27 for lands and buildings shall be deposited in the employment security administration fund in the state treasury and are appropriated therefrom for the purposes of this chapter .…

Except when the result would be inconsistent with the other provisions of this chapter , as provided in rules of the department, the provisions of the law which apply to claims for or the payment of regular benefits shall apply to claims for, and the payment of, extended benefits…

1. Payment. Twenty-four months after the date when contributions first accrue under this chapter , benefits shall become payable from the fund; provided, that wages earned for services defined in section 96.1A, subsection 16 , paragraph “g” , subparagraph (3), irrespective of whe…

Political subdivisions may levy a tax outside their general fund levy limits to pay the cost of unemployment benefits. For school districts the cost of unemployment benefits shall be included in the district management levy pursuant to section 298.4 . [C79, 81, §96.31 ] 83 Acts, …

It is the declared intent of the general assembly of the state of Iowa that the department shall employ employees as full-time claims specialists in the fraud and overpayment section of the job insurance bureau of the department to the extent that federal funds are available to t…

The department shall annually submit a status report on the unemployment compensation trust fund to the general assembly. [C79, 81, §96.35 ] 96 Acts, ch 1186, §23

1. For purposes of this section , “franchisee” and “franchisor” mean the same as defined in section 523H.1 . 2. For purposes of this chapter , a franchisor shall not be considered to be an employer of a franchisee or of an employee of a franchisee unless any of the following cond…

An unemployed individual shall be eligible to receive benefits with respect to any week only if the department finds that: 1. The individual has registered for work at and thereafter has continued to report at an employment office in accordance with such regulations as the depart…

1. An employer who wishes to participate in the shared work unemployment compensation program established under this section shall submit a written shared work plan in a form acceptable to the department for approval. a. As a condition for approval by the department, a participat…

An individual shall be disqualified for benefits, regardless of the source of the individual’s wage credits: 1. Voluntary quitting. If the individual has left work voluntarily without good cause attributable to the individual’s employer, if so found by the department. But the ind…

A field office operating fund is created in the state treasury under the control of the department of workforce development. The fund is separate and distinct from the unemployment compensation fund. All moneys properly credited to and deposited in the fund are annually appropria…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, an individual who is discharged from employment for refusing to receive a vaccination against COVID-19, as defined in section 686D.2 , shall not be disqualified for benefits on account of such discharge. 2021 Ac…

1. Filing. Claims for benefits shall be made in accordance with such regulations as the department may prescribe. 2. Initial determination. A representative designated by the director shall promptly notify all interested parties to the claim of its filing, and the parties have te…

1. Payment. Contributions accrue and are payable, in accordance with rules adopted by the department pursuant to chapter 17A , on all taxable wages paid by an employer for insured work. 2. Contribution rates based on benefit experience. a. (1) The department shall maintain a sepa…

1. Period of coverage. Any employing unit which is or becomes an employer subject to this chapter within any calendar year shall be subject to this chapter during the whole of such calendar year. 2. Voluntary termination. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 of this secti…

1. Establishment and control. There is hereby established as a special fund, separate and apart from all public moneys or funds of this state, an unemployment compensation fund, which shall be administered by the department exclusively for the purposes of this chapter . This fund…