Senate Study Bill 1111 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON WORKFORCE BILL BY CHAIRPERSON DICKEY) A BILL FOR An Act providing for disqualification for unemployment benefits 1 due to separation from short-term employment with a fixed 2 end date and including applicability provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2061XC (3) 91 je/js
S.F. _____ Section 1. Section 96.5, Code 2025, is amended by adding the 1 following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 15. Short-term employment with fixed end 3 date. If the department finds that the individual became 4 separated from employment due to the conclusion of employment 5 of a fixed period of one hundred eighty days or less, provided 6 the department also finds all of the following: 7 a. That the individual entered into a written employment 8 contract with the employer prior to the date on which the 9 employment began. 10 b. That the contract specified the end date of the 11 employment, which was no more than one hundred eighty days 12 after the beginning date. 13 c. That the contract acknowledged that the individual 14 would not be eligible for benefits upon the conclusion of the 15 employment. 16 d. That the employment actually concluded no more than one 17 hundred eighty days after the beginning date. 18 e. That the employer is not entering into such contracts 19 with the individual on an ongoing basis in order to avoid or 20 reduce liability under this chapter. 21 f. That the employment was not on federal active duty, state 22 active duty, or national guard duty, as defined in section 23 29A.1. 24 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to employment 25 beginning on or after the effective date of this Act. 26 EXPLANATION 27 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 28 the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 29 This bill provides that an individual is disqualified 30 for unemployment benefits if the department of workforce 31 development finds that the individual became separated from 32 employment due to the conclusion of employment of a fixed 33 period of 180 days or less, provided the department makes 34 additional findings about the employment specified in the bill. 35 -1- LSB 2061XC (3) 91 je/js 1/ 2
S.F. _____ The bill applies to employment beginning on or after the 1 effective date of the bill. 2 -2- LSB 2061XC (3) 91 je/js 2/ 2