SF 226: Relating to eligibility for unemployment benefits

What it does

This bill relates to unemployment benefits. Under current law, the department of workforce development may establish by rule a process to waive or alter the work search requirements for a claim for benefits if an individual has a reasonable expectation that the individual will be returning to employment and is attached to a regular job or industry or a member in good standing of a union therein eligible for referral for employment. To be considered attached to a regular job or industry, an individual must be on a “short-term temporary layoff”, which is defined as a layoff period of weeks or less due to seasonal weather conditions that impact the ability to perform work related to highway construction, repair, or maintenance with a specific return-to-work date verified by the employer.

Senate subcommittee · named February 8, 2023

• Sen. Dawn Driscoll (R) · dawn.driscoll@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. William A. Dotzler Jr. (D) · bill.dotzler@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Charlie McClintock (R) · charlie.mcclintock@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 8 for, 0 against

For: Heavy Highway Contractors Association; IBEW Iowa State Conference; Iowa Community Action Association; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa State Building and Construction Trades; North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters; UAW Region 4; United Professionals/UE

In plain words

1. February 7, 2023Filed in the Senate and sent to the Workforce committee
2. February 8, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Driscoll, Dotzler and McClintock