{"id":1915,"date":"2021-05-19T14:27:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T14:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/?p=1915"},"modified":"2021-05-19T14:27:54","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T14:27:54","slug":"iowa-to-end-participation-in-federal-unemployment-benefit-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/iowa-to-end-participation-in-federal-unemployment-benefit-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"IOWA TO END PARTICIPATION IN FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT PROGRAMS"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Governor Kim Reynolds announced new measures to address the State of Iowa\u2019s severe workforce shortage. Effective June 12, 2021, the State of Iowa will end its participation in federal pandemic-related unemployment benefit programs. The Governor also announced that effective June 13, 2021, Iowa will\u00a0no longer waive employee charges for COVID-related unemployment insurance claims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe overwhelming message we receive from employers these days is the lack of workforce that is adversely affecting their ability to recover from the pandemic,\u201d said Director Beth Townsend, Iowa Workforce Development. \u201cThere are currently over 66,000 job openings posted on Iowa Works. Our field offices are open and ready to help. We are very excited to return to providing the support and help we love to provide \u2013 helping Iowans find their next great job or new career pathway and helping employers find their next great employee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iowans can search for new jobs, including teleworking opportunities by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iowaworks.gov\/vosnet\/Default.aspx\">here<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Kim Reynolds announced new measures to address the State of Iowa\u2019s severe workforce shortage. Effective June 12, 2021, the State of Iowa will end its participation in federal pandemic-related unemployment benefit programs. The Governor<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/iowa-to-end-participation-in-federal-unemployment-benefit-programs\/\"> &#8230;Read the full article&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1916,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915\/revisions\/1916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}