Section 96.1 – Short title.

96.1 Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Iowa Employment Security Law”. [C39, §1551.07; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §96.1]

Section 96.10 – Division of job service.

96.10 Division of job service. Repealed by 96 Acts, ch 1186, §26.

Section 96.11 – Duties, powers, rules — privilege.

96.11 Duties, powers, rules — privilege. 1. Duties and powers of director. It shall be the duty of the director to administer this chapter; and the director shall have power and authority to adopt, amend, or rescind pursuant to chapter 17A such rules, to employ such persons, make such expenditures, require such reports, make such […]

Section 96.12 – State employment service.

96.12 State employment service. 1. Duties of department. The department shall establish and maintain free public employment services accessible to all Iowans for the purposes of this chapter, and for the purpose of performing the duties required by federal and state laws relating to employment and training including the Wagner-Peyser Act, 48 Stat. 113, codified […]

Section 96.13 – Funds.

96.13 Funds. 1. Special fund. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special fund to be known as the “Employment Security Administration Fund”. All moneys which are deposited or paid into this fund are hereby appropriated and made available to the department. All moneys in this fund, except money received pursuant to section […]

Section 96.14 – Priority — refunds.

96.14 Priority — refunds. 1. Interest. Any employer who shall fail to pay any contribution and at the time required by this chapter and the rules of the department shall pay to the department in addition to such contribution, interest thereon at the rate of one percent per month and one-thirtieth of one percent for […]

Section 96.15 – Waiver — fees — assignments — penalties.

96.15 Waiver — fees — assignments — penalties. 1. Waiver of rights void. Any agreement by an individual to waive, release, or commute the individual’s rights to benefits or any other rights under this chapter shall be void. Any agreement by any individual in the employ of any person or concern to pay all or […]

Section 96.16 – Offenses.

96.16 Offenses. 1. Penalties. An individual who makes a false statement or representation knowing it to be false or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, to obtain or increase any benefit or other payment under this chapter, either for the individual or for any other individual, is guilty of a fraudulent practice as defined […]

Section 96.17 – Counsel.

96.17 Counsel. 1. Legal services. In any civil action to enforce the provisions of this chapter, the department and the state may be represented by any qualified attorney who is a regular salaried employee of the department and is designated by it for this purpose or, at the department’s request, by the attorney general. In […]

Section 96.18 – Nonliability of state.

96.18 Nonliability of state. Benefits shall be deemed to be due and payable under this chapter only to the extent provided in this chapter and to the extent that moneys are available therefor to the credit of the unemployment compensation fund, and neither the state nor the department shall be liable for any amount in […]

Section 96.19 – Definitions.

96.19 Definitions. Transferred to §96.1A; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94 .

Section 96.1A – Definitions.

96.1A Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: 1. “Appeal board” means the employment appeal board created under section 10A.601. 2. “Average annual taxable payroll” means the average of the total amount of taxable wages paid by an employer for insured work during the five periods of four consecutive calendar […]

Section 96.1B – Additional definitions.

96.1B Additional definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “book”, “list”, “record”, or “schedule” kept by a county auditor, assessor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, or other county officer means the county system as defined in section 445.1. 2000 Acts, ch 1148, §1 C2001, §96.1A 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94 C2021, §96.1B

Section 96.2 – Guide for interpretation.

96.2 Guide for interpretation. As a guide to the interpretation and application of this chapter, the public policy of this state is declared to be as follows: Economic insecurity due to unemployment is a serious menace to the health, morals, and welfare of the people of this state. Involuntary unemployment is therefore a subject of […]

Section 96.20 – Reciprocal benefit arrangements.

96.20 Reciprocal benefit arrangements. 1. The department is hereby authorized to enter into arrangements with the appropriate agencies of other states, or a contiguous country with which the United States has an agreement with respect to unemployment compensation or the federal government whereby potential rights to benefits accumulated under the unemployment compensation laws of several […]

Section 96.21 – Termination.

96.21 Termination. If at any time Tit. IX of the Social Security Act, as amended, shall be amended or repealed by Congress or held unconstitutional by the supreme court of the United States, with the result that no portion of the contributions required under this chapter may be credited against the tax imposed by said […]

Section 96.23 – Base period exclusion.

96.23 Base period exclusion. 1. The department shall exclude three or more calendar quarters from an individual’s base period, as defined in section 96.1A, subsection 3, if the individual received workers’ compensation benefits for temporary total disability or during a healing period under section 85.33, section 85.34, subsection 1, or section 85A.17 or indemnity insurance […]

Section 96.24 – Employer to be notified.

96.24 Employer to be notified. Whenever an employee is separated from employment for the purpose of joining the armed forces of the United States, the employee shall notify the employer in writing of the employee’s acceptance and date of reporting for service and the employer shall, within fifteen days after said notice from the employee, […]

Section 96.25 – Office building.

96.25 Office building. The department may acquire for and in the name of the state of Iowa by purchase, or by rental purchase agreement, such lands and buildings upon such terms and conditions as may entitle this state to grants or credits of funds under the Social Security Act or the Wagner-Peyser Act to be […]

Section 96.26 – Moneys received.

96.26 Moneys received. The department is authorized to accept, receive, and receipt for all moneys received from the United States for the payments authorized by section 96.25, this section, section 96.27, and section 96.28 for lands and buildings and to comply with any rules made under the Social Security Act or the Wagner-Peyser Act. [C62, […]