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File
282
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
282
BY
CROKEN
,
BAGNIEWSKI
,
GOSA
,
AMOS
JR.
,
McBURNEY
,
MADISON
,
KURTH
,
WICHTENDAHL
,
R.
JOHNSON
,
and
MATSON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
eligibility
for
unemployment
benefits
for
1
participants
in
strikes
or
other
labor
disputes.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
Section
96.4,
subsection
3,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
The
individual
is
able
to
work,
is
available
for
work,
3
and
is
earnestly
and
actively
seeking
work.
This
subsection
4
is
waived
if
the
individual
is
deemed
partially
unemployed,
5
while
employed
at
the
individual’s
regular
job,
as
defined
6
in
section
96.1A,
subsection
37
,
paragraph
“b”
,
subparagraph
7
(1),
or
temporarily
unemployed
as
defined
in
section
96.1A,
8
subsection
37
,
paragraph
“c”
.
This
subsection
is
waived
if
9
the
individual
is
not
disqualified
for
benefits
under
section
10
96.5,
subsection
3,
paragraph
“b”
,
subparagraph
(4).
The
work
11
search
requirements
of
this
subsection
and
the
disqualification
12
requirement
for
failure
to
apply
for,
or
to
accept
suitable
13
work
of
section
96.5,
subsection
3
,
are
waived
if
the
14
individual
is
not
disqualified
for
benefits
under
section
96.5,
15
subsection
1
,
paragraph
“h”
.
16
Sec.
2.
Section
96.5,
subsection
3,
paragraph
b,
Code
2025,
17
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
18
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(4)
The
individual
is
participating
in
a
19
strike
or
other
labor
dispute
resulting
in
a
stoppage
of
work
20
at
the
factory,
establishment,
or
other
premises
at
which
the
21
individual
is
or
was
last
employed.
22
Sec.
3.
Section
96.5,
subsection
4,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
23
striking
the
subsection.
24
EXPLANATION
25
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
26
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
27
This
bill
provides
that
an
individual
participating
in
28
a
strike
or
other
labor
dispute
resulting
in
a
stoppage
of
29
work
at
the
factory,
establishment,
or
other
premises
at
30
which
the
individual
is
or
was
last
employed
shall
not
be
31
denied
unemployment
benefits
if
otherwise
eligible.
The
bill
32
provides
that
such
an
individual
is
not
subject
to
work
search
33
requirements
for
unemployment
benefits.
Under
current
law,
34
such
an
individual
is
disqualified
for
unemployment
benefits
35
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