Iowa · statute · Iowa Code ch. 84A · 18 active provisions
1. The department of workforce development is created to administer the laws of this state relating to unemployment compensation insurance and job placement and training. 2. The chief executive officer of the department of workforce development is the director who shall be appointed by the governor, subject to confirma…
1. An Iowa workforce development board is created, consisting of the following members. a. The voting members of the Iowa workforce development board shall include the following: 1. The governor. 2. One state senator appointed by the president of the senate after consultation with the majority leader of the senate, who…
In addition to the duties outlined in current federal workforce rules and regulations, the workforce development board shall do the following: 1. Implement the requirements of chapter 73. 2. Assist the governor in the designation of local workforce development areas or regions as outlined in current federal workforce r…
1Nonprofit corporation for receiving and disbursing funds. The Iowa workforce development board may organize a corporation under the provisions of chapter 504 for the purpose of receiving and disbursing funds from public or private sources to be used to further workforce development in this state and to accomplish the…
For purposes of this chapter: 1. “Chief elected official” means any of the following: a. The chief elected executive officer of a unit of general local government in a local workforce development area. b. If a local workforce development area includes more than one unit of general local government, the individuals desi…
1. A local workforce development board shall, in partnership with the chief elected official, develop a local workforce development plan in accordance with current federal workforce laws, rules, and regulations. The local workforce development board shall submit the workforce development plan to the department of workf…
1Establishment. Except as provided in subsection 3, paragraph “a”, the department of workforce development shall establish and certify a local workforce development board in each local workforce development area of the state to carry out the functions described in subsection 4 and any functions specified for the local…
The department of workforce development, in consultation with the workforce development board and the local workforce development boards, has the primary responsibilities set out in this section. 1. The department of workforce development shall develop and implement a workforce development system which increases the sk…
1. The department of workforce development, in consultation with the workforce development board and the local workforce development boards, the department of education, and the economic development authority, shall work together to develop policies encouraging coordination between skill development, labor exchange, an…
1. A summer youth intern pilot program is established within the department of workforce development to provide youths who are at risk of not graduating from high school, who are from low-income households, who are from communities underrepresented in the Iowa workforce, or who otherwise face barriers to success and up…
1. For purposes of this section, “high-demand job” means a job identified by the workforce development board or a community college pursuant to section 84A.1B, subsection 3, as a high-demand job. 2. Subject to an appropriation of funds by the general assembly for this purpose, the Iowa employer innovation program is es…
1. For purposes of this section, “consortium” means a consortium of two or more employers or businesses, at least one of which must be a private employer. 2. The Iowa child care challenge program is established in the department of workforce development. The department shall administer the program in consultation with…
A current or prospective contractor, vendor, employee, or any other individual performing work for the department of workforce development who will have access to federal tax information shall be subject to a national criminal history check through the federal bureau of investigation at least once every ten years if su…
1. The department of workforce development shall direct and administer the older American community service employment program as authorized by the federal Older Americans Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. §3001 et seq., as amended. 2. The purpose of the program is to foster individual economic self-sufficiency and to increase th…
1. An owner, operator, or manager of every factory, mill, workshop, mine, store, railway, business house, public or private work, or any other establishment where labor is employed, shall submit to the department of workforce development reports in the form and manner prescribed by the director of the department of wor…
1. For purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires: a. “Adult education and literacy programs” means adult basic education, adult education leading to a high school equivalency diploma under chapter 259A, English as a second language instruction, and workplace and family literacy instruction. b. “Co…
1. A workforce opportunity fund is created in the state treasury as a separate fund under the control of the department of workforce development. The fund shall consist of appropriations made to the fund, any other moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the department from the federal government or private sou…
1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: a. “Innovative business” means the same as defined in section 15E.52. b. “Internship” means temporary employment of a student that focuses on providing the student with work experience in the student’s field of study. c. “Iowa student” means a student o…