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
negatively impacts the health, morals, and welfare of the people of Iowa. These undesirable
consequences can be reduced by encouraging employers to provide more stable employment
and by the systematic accumulation of funds during periods of employment to provide
benefits for periods of unemployment. This chapter provides for payment of benefits to
workers unemployed through no fault of their own. The policy in this chapter is intended to
encourage stabilization in employment, to provide for integrated employment and training
services in support of state economic development programs, and to provide meaningful job
training and employment opportunities for the unemployed, underemployed, economically
disadvantaged, dislocated workers, and others with substantial barriers to employment. To
further this public policy, the state, through its department of workforce development, will
maintain close coordination among all federal, state, and local agencies whose missions
affect the employment or employability of the unemployed and underemployed.
[C39, §1551.08; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §96.2]
2022 Acts, ch 1136, §1; 2023 Acts, ch 66, §20
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Notes of Decisions
Sondra Irving v. Emp. Appeal Bd., 883 N.W.2d 179 (Iowa 2016).
· cites it 18× “See Iowa Code § 96.2 (stating that reducing unemployment can be accomplished by “encouraging employers to provide more stable employment”); Katherine Baicker, Claudia Goldin & Lawrence F.”
Wolf's v. Iowa Emp. Sec. Comm'n, 59 N.W.2d 216 (Iowa 1953).
· cites it 10× “5, paragraph 1, should be considered in the light of section 96.2, headed “Guide for interpretation.”
Zeches v. Iowa Dep't of Job Serv., 333 N.W.2d 735 (Iowa Ct. App. 1983).
· cites it 6× “Iowa Code § 96.2 states that policy in the following terms: Economic insecurity due to unemployment is a serious menace to the health, morals, and welfare of the people of this state.”
Lara v. Thomas, 512 N.W.2d 777 (Iowa 1994).
· cites it 2× “15(1) provides: 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 any portion of an…”
Teachout v. Forest City Cmty. Sch. Dist., 584 N.W.2d 296 (Iowa 1998).
· cites it 2× “2d at 782 (quoting Iowa Code § 96.2 (1989)). The unemployment compensation statute additionally provided that “ ‘[a]ny 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.”
Messina v. Iowa Dep't of Job Serv., 341 N.W.2d 52 (Iowa 1983).
· cites it 2× “This would strike at the expressed state interest disclosed by the legislature in creating the fund: The legislature, therefore, declares that in its considered judgment the public good, and the general welfare of the citizens of this state require the enactment of this measure .”
Taylor v. Iowa Dep't of Job Serv., 362 N.W.2d 534 (Iowa 1985).
· cites it 2× “” Iowa Code § 96.2 (“Declaration of State Public Policy” and “guide for interpretation”); see Community Lutheran School v.”
McCarthy v. Iowa Emp. Sec. Comm'n, 76 N.W.2d 201 (Iowa 1956).
· cites it 4× “” Section 96.2, Iowa Code, 1954. It requires employers to contribute according to certain percentages of wages (not necessary to be described here), said contributions not to be “deducted in whole or in part from the wages paid to” employees.”
Dico, Inc. v. Iowa Emp. Appeal Bd., 576 N.W.2d 352 (Iowa 1998).
· cites it 2× “” Iowa Code § 96.2 . The agency could have reasonably concluded that these goals, to encourage full and continuous employment, would be promoted most efficiently and effectively by adopting a rule that would clearly inform *357 both claimants and employers of the circumstances…”
Meyer v. Emp. Appeal Bd., 441 N.W.2d 766 (Iowa 1989).
· cites it 4× “See Declaration of Policy *770 contained in Iowa Code section 96.2 (1989). The claimant's financial situation has not been demonstrated to be such that the denial of benefits offends against this policy.”
Moulton v. Iowa Emp. Sec. Comm'n, 34 N.W.2d 211 (Iowa 1948).
· cites it 2× “Claimant contends that the Commission and the trial court gave too narrow a construction to the words (italicized below) at the close of section 96.2 of the'Law, to wit: “The legislature, therefore, declares that in its considered judgment the public good, and the general…”
Ames v. Emp. Appeal Bd., 439 N.W.2d 669 (Iowa 1989).
· cites it 2× “” No reference is made in this statement of purpose to fault attributable to the employers. Another indication that the emphasis on cause attributable to the employer in the Deere Manufacturing Co.”
— Iowa Code § 96.2(2) — 2 cases
Sondra Irving v. Emp. Appeal Bd., 883 N.W.2d 179 (Iowa 2016).
“See Iowa Code § 96.2 (stating that reducing unemployment can be accomplished by “encouraging employers to provide more stable employment”); Katherine Baicker, Claudia Goldin & Lawrence F.”
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