Iowa Administrative Code
Agency 871 - WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Chapter 26 - CONTESTED CASE PROCEEDINGS
Rule 871-26.17 - Decisions
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 19, March 20, 2024
(1) The presiding officer shall issue a written, signed decision as soon as practicable after the closing of the record in a contested case. Each decision shall:
(2) In reaching a decision, the presiding officer shall apply relevant portions of the Iowa Code, decisions of the Supreme Court of Iowa, published decisions of the Iowa Court of Appeals, the Iowa Administrative Code and pertinent state and federal court decisions, statutes and regulations.
(3) Copies of all presiding officer decisions shall be kept on file for public inspection at the administrative office of the department of workforce development, filed according to hearing (appeal) number and indexed by the social security number of the claimant.
(4) A presiding officer's decision allowing benefits shall result in the prompt payment of all benefits due. An appeal shall not stay the payment of benefits. A presiding officer's decision reversing an allowance of benefits shall include a statement of overpayment of benefits erroneously paid.
(5) A presiding officer's decision constitutes final agency action in an employer liability contested case.
(6) In a claimant benefit contested case, final agency action shall be a presiding officer's decision, if no aggrieved party appealed the decision to the employment appeal board within 15 days, or the decision of the employment appeal board, if the aggrieved party appealed the decision to that tribunal.