Section 871.24.17. Vacation pay procedure.

       24.17(1) Employer notice specified vacation or holiday pay only. The Form 65-5317, Notice of Claim, the Form 62-2048, Request for Federal Wage and Separation Information, and the Form 62-2049, Request for Wage and Separation Information on Federal Employment Additional Claim, which are returned by the employer for the purpose of notification of vacation pay, shall be used as notification to the department that vacation pay is applicable. The Forms 65-5317, 62-2048, and the 62-2049 received in the administrative office shall be routed to the appropriate office for the following action:

        a.           Upon receipt of the vacation information, the unemployment insurance representative shall immediately issue the appropriate decision concerning the vacation pay to the employer and to the claimant. The unemployment insurance representative shall then check the current status of the claim on the computer record to ascertain if any weeks have been reported.

        b.           The representative shall compare the amount of vacation reported by the employer with the computer record. If the computer record shows any discrepancies, the representative shall initiate immediate action to set up an overpayment or underpayment as appropriate.

        c.           If the computer record shows that the claimant has not reported or claimed for some or all of the weeks indicated for the vacation period, the unemployment insurance representative shall take no further action on the weeks not claimed.

        d.           The claimant shall be instructed to only report vacation pay applicable to the first week. The claimant shall also be instructed that vacation pay designated by the employer in excess of one week may result in an overpayment of benefits.

       24.17(2) Reserved.

This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section 96.5(7).