239A.2 - PROJECTS DETERMINED.
239A.2 PROJECTS DETERMINED.
The department of workforce development, in consultation with the
director of human services, shall establish a procedure for
assignment of persons referred under section 239A.1 to positions
available in public works projects. The department of workforce
development shall arrange with units of local government for
establishment of such projects, which may include any type of work or
endeavor that is within the scope of authority of the unit of local
government involved so long as the project meets the following
requirements:
1. The project must create new employment opportunities and not
fund existing employment of persons working for the local government
unit or resume funding of projects for which the local government
unit has, without fault, terminated employees within the previous six
months and has not recalled those employees.
2. The benefits of the project result must inure primarily to the
community or public at large.
3. The following conditions of employment must be satisfied:
a. The unit of local government with which the project is
arranged must be the employer of the persons hired under the project.
b. The employees under the project must be paid at the same
rate as other employees doing similar work for that unit of local
government.
c. The employees must be considered regular employees of the
unit of local government involved and must be entitled to participate
in benefit programs of that unit of local government, including but
not limited to workers' compensation, but shall not be entitled to
qualify for unemployment compensation benefits on the basis of
employment under the project. Section History: Early Form
[C77, 79, 81, § 239A.2; 82 Acts, ch 1161, § 27] Section History: Recent Form
83 Acts, ch 96, § 157, 159; 96 Acts, ch 1186, § 23
Referred to in § 239A.3