Who needs an unemployment insurance account, new hire reporting and workers’ compensation in Iowa?
Issued by Iowa Workforce Development (myIowaUI); Iowa HHS Centralized Employee Registry, at step 6 of 6 in the opening sequence: before the first hire.
Every kind of business in Iowa
The Iowa table lists this for every kind of business.
Workers’ compensation insurance is required from the first employee; owners, partners and LLC members are exempt unless they elect coverage, and a worker earning under $1,500 a year from you in casual work outside your trade is exempt. Report each new hire or rehire to the Centralized Employee Registry within 15 days, which is sooner than the federal 20.
Checked Oct 21, 2026 against the agency’s page.
Step 6 of 6: Before the first hire
1Set up the business
2Register for tax
3Approve the space
4Get the permits for your kind of business
5Alcohol permits
6Before the first hire
Issued by Iowa Workforce Development (myIowaUI); Iowa HHS Centralized Employee Registry.
Sources and dates
Iowa Workforce Development 2026 unemployment insurance employer handbook; Iowa Code 252G.3; Iowa Code 85.1 and 87.21. Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.
Questions about opening here.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required from the first employee; owners, partners and LLC members are exempt unless they elect coverage, and a worker earning under $1,500 a year from you in casual work outside your trade is exempt.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required from the first employee; owners, partners and LLC members are exempt unless they elect coverage, and a worker earning under $1,500 a year from you in casual work outside your trade is exempt.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required from the first employee; owners, partners and LLC members are exempt unless they elect coverage, and a worker earning under $1,500 a year from you in casual work outside your trade is exempt.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required from the first employee; owners, partners and LLC members are exempt unless they elect coverage, and a worker earning under $1,500 a year from you in casual work outside your trade is exempt.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required from the first employee; owners, partners and LLC members are exempt unless they elect coverage, and a worker earning under $1,500 a year from you in casual work outside your trade is exempt.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required from the first employee; owners, partners and LLC members are exempt unless they elect coverage, and a worker earning under $1,500 a year from you in casual work outside your trade is exempt.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required from the first employee; owners, partners and LLC members are exempt unless they elect coverage, and a worker earning under $1,500 a year from you in casual work outside your trade is exempt.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required from the first employee; owners, partners and LLC members are exempt unless they elect coverage, and a worker earning under $1,500 a year from you in casual work outside your trade is exempt.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required from the first employee; owners, partners and LLC members are exempt unless they elect coverage, and a worker earning under $1,500 a year from you in casual work outside your trade is exempt.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required from the first employee; owners, partners and LLC members are exempt unless they elect coverage, and a worker earning under $1,500 a year from you in casual work outside your trade is exempt.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required from the first employee; owners, partners and LLC members are exempt unless they elect coverage, and a worker earning under $1,500 a year from you in casual work outside your trade is exempt.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required from the first employee; owners, partners and LLC members are exempt unless they elect coverage, and a worker earning under $1,500 a year from you in casual work outside your trade is exempt.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required from the first employee; owners, partners and LLC members are exempt unless they elect coverage, and a worker earning under $1,500 a year from you in casual work outside your trade is exempt.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required from the first employee; owners, partners and LLC members are exempt unless they elect coverage, and a worker earning under $1,500 a year from you in casual work outside your trade is exempt.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required from the first employee; owners, partners and LLC members are exempt unless they elect coverage, and a worker earning under $1,500 a year from you in casual work outside your trade is exempt.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required from the first employee; owners, partners and LLC members are exempt unless they elect coverage, and a worker earning under $1,500 a year from you in casual work outside your trade is exempt.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required from the first employee; owners, partners and LLC members are exempt unless they elect coverage, and a worker earning under $1,500 a year from you in casual work outside your trade is exempt.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required from the first employee; owners, partners and LLC members are exempt unless they elect coverage, and a worker earning under $1,500 a year from you in casual work outside your trade is exempt.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required from the first employee; owners, partners and LLC members are exempt unless they elect coverage, and a worker earning under $1,500 a year from you in casual work outside your trade is exempt.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required from the first employee; owners, partners and LLC members are exempt unless they elect coverage, and a worker earning under $1,500 a year from you in casual work outside your trade is exempt.
Iowa Workforce Development (myIowaUI); Iowa HHS Centralized Employee Registry.
Step 6 of 6, before the first hire. The steps before it: set up the business, register for tax, approve the space, get the permits for your kind of business and alcohol permits.
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