SF 2279 (LSB 5132SV (1) 83)

SENATE FILE 2279

BY  COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND BUSINESS RELATIONS

(SUCCESSOR TO SF 2012)

A BILL FOR

An Act extending the voluntary shared unemployment compensation work program for additional weeks.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 96.40, subsection 2, paragraph i, Code Supplement 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   i.  The duration of the shared work plan will not exceed fifty-two one hundred four weeks. An employing unit is eligible for approval of only one plan during a twenty-four-month period.
EXPLANATION
   This bill extends the voluntary shared unemployment compensation work program from 52 weeks to 104 weeks. In this unemployment compensation program, an individual is entitled to a percentage of the work benefit amount equal to the individual’s reduction in hours worked due to the shared work plan.