| 1 | 1 | | 2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE |
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| 2 | 2 | | LRB-0906/1 |
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| 3 | 3 | | MED:amn |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2025 SENATE BILL 151 |
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| 5 | 5 | | March 21, 2025 - Introduced by Senators HUTTON, NASS, TOMCZYK and KAPENGA, |
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| 6 | 6 | | cosponsored by Representatives MAXEY, ARMSTRONG, BROOKS, DITTRICH, |
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| 7 | 7 | | FRANKLIN, GUNDRUM, KAUFERT, KNODL, MELOTIK, MURPHY, MURSAU, |
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| 8 | 8 | | O'CONNOR and SPIROS. Referred to Committee on Government Operations, |
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| 9 | 9 | | Labor and Economic Development. |
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| 11 | 11 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 12 | 12 | | AN ACT to amend 108.09 (1) of the statutes; relating to: requests for |
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| 13 | 13 | | information from employers about unemployment insurance claims. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 15 | 15 | | Under current rules of the Department of Workforce Development, in order to |
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| 16 | 16 | | determine unemployment insurance (UI) benefit claims, DWD may require |
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| 17 | 17 | | employers to provide information about claimants[ employment separations, dates |
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| 18 | 18 | | of work, wages and other payments, and other issues that may be disqualifying. |
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| 19 | 19 | | This bill requires DWD to allow an employer no less than 12 business days to |
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| 20 | 20 | | respond to an initial request for information about a UI benefit claim. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 22 | 22 | | enact as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. 108.09 (1) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 24 | 24 | | 108.09 (1) FILING. Claims for benefits shall be filed pursuant to department |
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| 25 | 25 | | rules. Each employer that is notified of a benefit claim shall promptly inform the |
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| 26 | 26 | | department in writing as to any eligibility question in objection to such claim |
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| 27 | 27 | | together with the reasons for the objection. The department shall allow an |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7 2025 - 2026 Legislature |
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| 35 | 35 | | SENATE BILL 151 |
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| 36 | 36 | | - 2 - LRB-0906/1 |
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| 37 | 37 | | MED:amn |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 1 |
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| 39 | 39 | | employer no less than 12 business days to respond to an initial request from the |
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| 40 | 40 | | department for information in response to a benefit claim. The department may |
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| 41 | 41 | | also obtain information from the employee concerning the employee[s eligibility, |
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| 42 | 42 | | employment or wages. |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 2. Initial applicability. |
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| 44 | 44 | | (1) This act first applies to requests for information related to claims filed for |
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| 45 | 45 | | the week beginning on or after the effective date of this subsection. |
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