Gov. Kim Reynolds announced in May that she was ending the extra benefits to curtail a 'severe workforce shortage.'
Iowa workers filed a class-action lawsuit this week claiming that the halting of extra unemployment benefits by Gov. Kim Reynolds breached state law, and requested that a court resume the aid, the Associated Press reported.
The suit, filed in Polk County, looks to claim what could be hundreds of millions of dollars in unemployment money that beneficiaries would have received in the time since the program ended, as well as reinstate their eligibility for the benefits.Iowa workers filed a lawsuit aimed at reversing Gov. Kim Reynolds' decision to end extra unemployment benefits in the state.
They include claimants who were receiving the $300 weekly supplement; who were eligible for unemployment after exhausting their 26 weeks of state benefits; and independent contractors and self-employed individuals who were eligible if they had been unable to work due to COVID-19. Crystal Marciniak of Garner, Iowa took time off from her job as a pig care manager for carpal tunnel surgery in March 2020 as Iowa saw its first COVID-19 cases, and her return to work was subsequently delayed, the lawsuit states. She had been using unemployment benefits to pay for food, housing and other items for her two children, and has since depleted her savings after they were cut off in June.
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