Articles Tagged: Unemployment

Kirkwood Community College and IowaWORKS — the state’s workforce services network — have announced a new partnership that will create a shared Cedar Rapids location near Kirkwood. The IowaWORKS office at Lindale Mall will close.

Company says many impacted workers will have job options with T-Mobile.

The Whirlpool Corporation announced Tuesday it plans to lay off 650 employees from its Amana facility, effective June 1. That’s about one-third of the plant’s workforce.

In an emergency appeal filed Monday, the Republican administration argued the ruling should be put on hold because the judge didn’t have the authority to order some 16,000 probationary employees be hired back.

“To ensure we are best positioned to address our customers’ greatest needs now and into the future, we are taking actions to reduce costs and optimize our organizational structure globally. This includes conducting a small reduction of positions,” the company says in a statement.

The judge’s order tells the departments of Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Defense, Energy, the Interior and the Treasury to immediately offer job reinstatement to employees terminated on or about Feb. 13 and 14.

Iowa businesses would pay nearly $1 billion less to fund benefits for unemployed workers under a proposal by Gov. Kim Reynolds advanced by Senate Republican lawmakers.

Also in the Capitol Notebook: Iowa’s unemployment, labor force participation rate ticks up

Also, Iowa AG demands company stop suspected scam robocalls

Also, Iowa’s unemployment rate ticked up in August

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

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