Bill Text: IA SF99 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to work search requirements for unemployment insurance benefits, making penalties applicable, and including applicability provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-31 - Subcommittee Meeting: 02/04/2019 2:30PM Senate Lobbyist Lounge. [SF99 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2019-SF99-Introduced.html
Senate File 99 - Introduced SENATE FILE 99 BY CARLIN A BILL FOR An Act relating to work search requirements for unemployment 1 insurance benefits, making penalties applicable, and 2 including applicability provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1773XS (2) 88 je/rn
S.F. 99 Section 1. Section 96.4, subsection 3, Code 2019, is amended 1 to read as follows: 2 3. a. The individual is able to work, is available for 3 work, and is earnestly and actively seeking work. This 4 subsection is waived if the individual is deemed partially 5 unemployed, while employed at the individual’s regular job, 6 as defined in section 96.19, subsection 38 , paragraph “b” , 7 subparagraph (1), or temporarily unemployed as defined in 8 section 96.19, subsection 38 , paragraph “c” . The work search 9 requirements of this subsection and the disqualification 10 requirement for failure to apply for, or to accept suitable 11 work of section 96.5, subsection 3 , are waived if the 12 individual is not disqualified for benefits under section 96.5, 13 subsection 1 , paragraph “h” . 14 b. An employer may report to the department in a manner 15 prescribed by the department a job applicant who applies 16 for a job for which the applicant does not meet the minimum 17 lawful requirements or for which the applicant is manifestly 18 unqualified. If such an individual claimed benefits for the 19 week during which the application was made, the department 20 shall provide the individual written notice that such a report 21 has been made. If three such reports regarding an individual 22 are made during the individual’s benefit year for applications 23 during weeks in which the individual claimed benefits, the 24 department shall initiate an investigation as to whether the 25 individual was earnestly and actively seeking work during the 26 weeks in question. There shall be a rebuttable presumption 27 that such an individual was not earnestly and actively seeking 28 work during the weeks in question. Such an individual shall 29 be subject to any applicable penalties provided under this 30 chapter. 31 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to any new claim of 32 unemployment benefits with an effective date on or after July 33 7, 2019. 34 EXPLANATION 35 -1- LSB 1773XS (2) 88 je/rn 1/ 2
S.F. 99 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 2 This bill authorizes an employer to report to the department 3 of workforce development a job applicant who applies for 4 a job for which the applicant does not meet the minimum 5 lawful requirements or for which the applicant is manifestly 6 unqualified. If such an individual claimed unemployment 7 benefits for the week during which the application was made, 8 the bill requires the department to provide the individual 9 written notice that such a report has been made. If three 10 such reports regarding an individual are made during the 11 individual’s unemployment benefit year for applications during 12 weeks in which the individual claimed unemployment benefits, 13 the bill requires the department to initiate an investigation 14 as to whether the individual was earnestly and actively seeking 15 work during the weeks in question. The bill provides that 16 there shall be a rebuttable presumption that such an individual 17 was not earnestly and actively seeking work during the weeks in 18 question. The bill provides that such an individual shall be 19 subject to any applicable penalties provided under Code chapter 20 96, which governs unemployment insurance. Such penalties 21 may include but are not limited to disqualification from 22 eligibility for unemployment benefits pursuant to Code section 23 96.5, subsection 3. 24 The bill applies to any new claim of unemployment benefits 25 with an effective date on or after July 7, 2019. 26 -2- LSB 1773XS (2) 88 je/rn 2/ 2
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