In late 2022 and early 2023, a few folks started contacting me about being disqualified or having to repay unemployment benefits they received during the Covid-19 pandemic because of their participation in lab testing studies.
Then at the July 2023
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PUA documentation notice is legally defective
In Colleen Koch, PUA Hearing No. 21603562MD (28 Jan. 2022), the Commission held that the Department’s notice for the PUA documentation requirement is legally defective, as the notice lacked notice language for filing the documentation late with good cause.…
No primary income test for PUA benefits in Wisconsin
Unique among the states, Wisconsin implemented PUA benefits during the Covid-19 pandemic with specific restrictions that did NOT match any actual statutory or regulatory requirements. One of these was a primary income test to deny PUA benefits to part-time workers…
Explaining Mastodon for Wisconsin lawyers
With twitter deteriorating by the day, there is a need for social media options. And, one of those options is Mastodon and the Fediverse. Unlike other social media where a person signs up for an account at a central…
Letter to Governor Evers
For the unemployment bills — AB147, AB149, AB150, and AB152 — recently passed by the legislature, I am urging Governor Evers to veto these bills in this letter.
I understand you are busy with the budget…
Claim-Filing questions in Wisconsin as of June 2022
Here is some updated information on the claim-filing questions in Wisconsin. You can find prior versions of these questions at this October 2020 post, which has the questions that existed as of September 2020.
This info is based on…
Work requirements, wages, and jobs
Debt ceiling talks are focused on abstract “work requirements.” What these actually mean are not described in any detail. The unstated presumption is that people who receive government benefits do not work in some way because of those government benefits.…
Jobs, the debt ceiling, and recession
The month of May is going to be eventful, as either a deal on the debt ceiling will be reached (i.e., raising it) or a massive recession and possible economic calamity will strike. Or, just maybe we will get a…
The November 2022 public hearing
At the January 2023 meeting of the Advisory Council, the Department presented the public testimony from the November 2022 public hearing. As has happened in the past, there was no discussion or examination of that testimony.
Note: Examination of…