Senate File 2305 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2305 BY COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND BUSINESS RELATIONS (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3157) A BILL FOR An Act concerning the voluntary shared work program and 1 including applicability provisions. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 6190SV (1) 88 je/rn

S.F. 2305 Section 1. Section 96.40, subsection 2, paragraph e, Code 1 2020, is amended to read as follows: 2 e. The reduction in hours and corresponding reduction in 3 wages must be applied equally to all employees in the affected 4 unit for each week reported . 5 Sec. 2. Section 96.40, Code 2020, is amended by adding the 6 following new subsection: 7 NEW SUBSECTION . 4A. An employer may file an appeal in 8 writing of a denial or approval of a plan or revocation of an 9 approved plan by the department within thirty days from the 10 date of the decision. 11 Sec. 3. Section 96.40, subsection 9, paragraph b, Code 2020, 12 is amended to read as follows: 13 b. An employer may provide as part of the plan a training 14 program the employees may attend during the hours that 15 have been reduced. Such a training program may include a 16 training program funded under the federal Workforce Investment 17 Innovation and Opportunity Act , of 1998 , Pub. L. No. 105-220 18 113-128 . If the employer is able to show that the training 19 program will provide a substantive increase in the workplace 20 and employability skills of the employee so as to reduce the 21 potential for future periods of unemployment, the department 22 shall relieve the employer of charges for benefits paid to the 23 individual attending training under the plan. The employee 24 may attend the training at the work site utilizing internal 25 resources, provided the training is outside of the normal 26 course of employment, or in conjunction with an educational 27 institution. 28 Sec. 4. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to all voluntary 29 shared work plans approved by the department of workforce 30 development on or after the effective date of this Act. 31 EXPLANATION 32 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 33 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 34 This bill modifies conditions for approval of a voluntary 35 -1- LSB 6190SV (1) 88 je/rn 1/ 2

S.F. 2305 shared work plan by the department. The division provides that 1 a reduction in hours and corresponding reduction in wages that 2 must be applied equally to all employees in the affected unit 3 must be applied equally for each week reported. The division 4 also permits an employer to file an appeal in writing of a 5 denial or approval of a plan or revocation of an approved plan 6 by the department within 30 days from the date of the decision 7 and replaces a reference to the federal Workforce Investment 8 Act of 1998 with a reference to the federal Workforce 9 Innovation and Opportunity Act. These provisions apply to 10 all voluntary shared work plans approved by the department of 11 workforce development on or after the effective date of the 12 bill. 13 -2- LSB 6190SV (1) 88 je/rn 2/ 2