Bill Text: IA HF18 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing a diminished salary offset for unemployment benefits.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-14 - Introduced, referred to Labor and Workforce. H.J. 41. [HF18 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-HF18-Introduced.html
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BY
LOHSE
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
a
diminished
salary
offset
for
unemployment
1
benefits.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
96.3,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
the
1
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
5A.
Diminished
salary
offset.
If
an
3
individual
receiving
benefits
accepts
an
offer
of
employment
4
prior
to
the
exhausting
of
all
benefits
for
the
individual’s
5
benefit
year
and
the
gross
weekly
salary
is
less
than
the
6
individual’s
weekly
benefit
amount,
the
individual
shall
be
7
eligible
to
receive
an
amount
equal
to
the
difference
between
8
the
individual’s
gross
weekly
salary
and
the
individual’s
9
weekly
benefit
amount.
Benefits
shall
be
exhausted
when
the
10
individual’s
gross
weekly
salary
paid
plus
benefits
received
11
equal
or
are
greater
than
the
maximum
total
amount
of
benefits
12
payable
to
the
individual
during
the
benefit
year.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
This
bill
establishes
a
diminished
salary
offset
for
17
unemployment
benefits
whereby
an
individual
who
accepts
18
employment
with
a
gross
weekly
salary
less
than
the
19
individual’s
weekly
unemployment
benefit
amount
may
receive
an
20
amount
equal
to
the
difference
between
the
individual’s
gross
21
weekly
salary
and
the
individual’s
weekly
benefit
amount
if
22
the
individual
accepts
such
employment
prior
to
exhausting
the
23
individual’s
benefits
for
the
individual’s
benefit
year.
The
24
individual’s
benefits
shall
be
exhausted
when
the
individual’s
25
gross
weekly
salary
paid
plus
benefits
received
are
equal
to
or
26
greater
than
the
maximum
total
amount
of
benefits
payable
to
27
the
individual
during
the
benefit
year.
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