Iowa Admin. Code r. 871-24.21

Current through Register Vol. 47, No.14, January 8, 2025

Rule 871-24.21 - [Effective 2/12/2025] Voluntary quit requalifications and previously adjudicated voluntary quit issues

(1) A claimant is eligible for benefits even though having voluntarily left employment, if after leaving the employment, the claimant worked in (except in back pay awards) and was paid wages for insured work equal to ten times the claimant's weekly benefit amount.

(2) The claimant is eligible for benefits even though having been previously disqualified from benefits due to voluntary quit, if, after the disqualification, the claimant worked in (except in back pay awards) and was paid wages for insured work equal to ten times the claimant's weekly benefit amount.

(3) The claimant will be eligible for benefits even though the claimant voluntarily quit if the claimant left for the sole purpose of accepting an offer of other or better employment, which the claimant did accept, and from which the claimant is separated, before or after having started the new employment. The employment does not have to be insured work and does not include self-employment.

(4) The claimant voluntarily left employment. However, there shall be no disqualification under Iowa Code section 96.5(1) if a decision on this same separation has been made on a prior claim by a representative of the department and such decision has become final.

(5) The claimant voluntarily left employment. However, there shall be no disqualification under Iowa Code section 96.5(1) if a decision on this same separation has been made on a prior claim by the administrative law judge and such decision has become final.

(6) The claimant voluntarily left employment. However, there shall be no disqualification under Iowa Code section 96.5(1) if a decision on this same separation has been made on a prior claim by the employment appeal board and such decision has become final.

This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section 96.5(1)"a."

Iowa Admin. Code r. 871-24.21

Adopted by IAB January 8, 2025/Volume XLVII, Number 14, effective 2/12/2025