Employment

Also, Iowa’s unemployment rate ticked up in August

The policy change will be carried out over 15 years, with the retirement age for men raised to 63 years, and for women to 55 or 58 years depending on their jobs. The current retirement age is 60 for men and 50 for women in blue-collar jobs and 55 for women doing white-collar work.

Also in the Capitol Notebook: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds leads trade mission to India

Job-hopping, so rampant two years ago, has slowed as workers have gradually lost confidence in their ability to find better pay or working conditions somewhere else. Just 3.3 million Americans quit their jobs in July, compared with a peak of 4.5 million in April 2022.

What led to the UI Athletics IT employee’s firing was not disqualifying job-related misconduct — but rather the punishable offense of transferring his complimentary employee tickets for women’s basketball games to his adult son, who then sold them on the open market via a third-party selling website.

Judge: “It was possible to fully participate in the wine and spirits industry relationship-building social event without recklessly consuming the equivalent of a bottle of wine.”

Also, Iowa’s unemployment rate holds steady for a 4th straight month

Also, state’s jobless rate remains low