IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA
No. 19-0664
Filed October 21, 2020
SHARI M. HINTERMEISTER,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
vs.
IOWA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, Employment Appeal Board,
Defendant-Appellee.
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Linn County, Christopher L. Bruns,
Judge.
Shari Hintermeister appeals the denial of her request for a second year of
unemployment benefits. AFFIRMED.
Shari M. Hintermeister, North Liberty, self-represented appellant.
Rick Autry, Employment Appeal Board, Des Moines, for appellee.
Considered by Tabor, P.J., and May and Greer, JJ.
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MAY, Judge.
Shari Hintermeister appeals the denial of her request for a second year of
unemployment benefits. She argues payments she received from her former
employer as part of a separation agreement during her first benefit year should be
considered when determining whether she qualifies for a second benefit year. We
affirm.
Iowa Code section 96.4(4)(c) (2018) provides, “If the individual has drawn
benefits in any benefit year, the individual must during or subsequent to that year,
work in and be paid wages for insured work totaling at least eight times the
individual’s weekly benefit amount, as a condition to receive benefits in the next
benefit year.” We agree with Iowa Workforce Development and the Iowa
Employment Appeal Board that the separation agreement payments paid to
Hintermeister following her employment separation do not amount to “paid wages
for insured work.” See Iowa Code § 96.4(4)(c). So the payments should not be
considered when determining Hintermeister’s eligibility for a second benefit year.
And Hintermeister cannot meet the threshold established in section 96.4(4)(c)
absent the separation agreement payments.
So Hintermeister does not qualify for a second benefit year under the
requirements of section 96.4(4)(c). We affirm without further opinion. See Iowa
Ct. R. 21.26(1)(b), (d).
AFFIRMED.