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.
[C77, 79, 81, §239A.2; 82 Acts, ch 1161, §27]
83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 96 Acts, ch 1186, §23
Referred to in §239A.3
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