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2025 SENATE BILL 151
March 21, 2025 - Introduced by Senators HUTTON, NASS, TOMCZYK and KAPENGA,
cosponsored by Representatives MAXEY, ARMSTRONG, BROOKS, DITTRICH,
FRANKLIN, GUNDRUM, KAUFERT, KNODL, MELOTIK, MURPHY, MURSAU,
O'CONNOR and SPIROS. Referred to Committee on Government Operations,
Labor and Economic Development.
***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
AN ACT to amend 108.09 (1) of the statutes; relating to: requests for
information from employers about unemployment insurance claims.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current rules of the Department of Workforce Development, in order to
determine unemployment insurance (UI) benefit claims, DWD may require
employers to provide information about claimants[ employment separations, dates
of work, wages and other payments, and other issues that may be disqualifying.
This bill requires DWD to allow an employer no less than 12 business days to
respond to an initial request for information about a UI benefit claim.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 108.09 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
108.09 (1) FILING. Claims for benefits shall be filed pursuant to department
rules. Each employer that is notified of a benefit claim shall promptly inform the
department in writing as to any eligibility question in objection to such claim
together with the reasons for the objection. The department shall allow an
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employer no less than 12 business days to respond to an initial request from the
department for information in response to a benefit claim. The department may
also obtain information from the employee concerning the employee[s eligibility,
employment or wages.
SECTION 2. Initial applicability.
(1) This act first applies to requests for information related to claims filed for
the week beginning on or after the effective date of this subsection.
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