HF 18 (LSB 1320YH (1) 91)

HOUSE FILE 18

BY  LOHSE

A BILL FOR

An Act establishing a diminished salary offset for unemployment benefits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 96.3, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  5A.  Diminished salary offset.  If an individual receiving benefits accepts an offer of employment prior to the exhausting of all benefits for the individual’s benefit year and the gross weekly salary is less than the individual’s weekly benefit amount, the individual shall be eligible to receive an amount equal to the difference between the individual’s gross weekly salary and the individual’s weekly benefit amount. Benefits shall be exhausted when the individual’s gross weekly salary paid plus benefits received equal or are greater than the maximum total amount of benefits payable to the individual during the benefit year.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill establishes a diminished salary offset for unemployment benefits whereby an individual who accepts employment with a gross weekly salary less than the individual’s weekly unemployment benefit amount may receive an amount equal to the difference between the individual’s gross weekly salary and the individual’s weekly benefit amount if the individual accepts such employment prior to exhausting the individual’s benefits for the individual’s benefit year. The individual’s benefits shall be exhausted when the individual’s gross weekly salary paid plus benefits received are equal to or greater than the maximum total amount of benefits payable to the individual during the benefit year.