SSB 1111 (LSB 2061XC (3) 91)

SENATE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON WORKFORCE BILL BY CHAIRPERSON DICKEY)

A BILL FOR

An Act providing for disqualification for unemployment benefits due to separation from short-term employment with a fixed end date and including applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 96.5, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  15.  Short-term employment with fixed end date.  If the department finds that the individual became separated from employment due to the conclusion of employment of a fixed period of one hundred eighty days or less, provided the department also finds all of the following:
   a.  That the individual entered into a written employment contract with the employer prior to the date on which the employment began.
   b.  That the contract specified the end date of the employment, which was no more than one hundred eighty days after the beginning date.
   c.  That the contract acknowledged that the individual would not be eligible for benefits upon the conclusion of the employment.
   d.  That the employment actually concluded no more than one hundred eighty days after the beginning date.
   e.  That the employer is not entering into such contracts with the individual on an ongoing basis in order to avoid or reduce liability under this chapter.
   f.  That the employment was not on federal active duty, state active duty, or national guard duty, as defined in section 29A.1.
    Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to employment beginning on or after the effective date of this Act.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill provides that an individual is disqualified for unemployment benefits if the department of workforce development finds that the individual became separated from employment due to the conclusion of employment of a fixed period of 180 days or less, provided the department makes additional findings about the employment specified in the bill.
   The bill applies to employment beginning on or after the effective date of the bill.