Fired healthcare professionals are awarded jobless benefits

By: Clark Kauffman

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: September 7, 2026

Words: 647

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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Several fired healthcare professionals were recently awarded unemployment benefits by Iowa judges who found the workers had not committed workplace misconduct.

One of the cases involves Garmai Rogers, who worked for the nursing home chain WesleyLife from September 2024 through March 2026, when she was fired.

WesleyLife alleged that over a two-week period in July 2025, there had been at least 14 instances of Rogers failing to answer residents’ call lights in a timely fashion.

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