At the September 16th Advisory Council meeting, a new employer representative appeared, as David Bohl, general counsel to J. H. Findorff & Sons, replaced John Mielke of ABC-Wisconsin.
Note: As of October 18th, however, John Mielke is still
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Class action law suit to end the SSDI eligibility ban
On Sept. 7th, Gingras, Thomsen & Wachs, LLP, Axley Brynelson, LLP and myself filed a law suit in federal court to eliminate the SSDI eligibility ban that keeps disabled workers from receiving regular unemployment benefits. A press release explains:
The…
Tiger teams and unemployment reform coming to Wisconsin
The US Dep’t of Labor has announced the beginning of an effort to modernize unemployment claim-filing to make the process both more equitable and less susceptible to fraud.
This effort is centered around the creation of “tiger” teams that are…
No vaccine unemployment bill introduced
A few weeks ago there were media reports about legislators circulating a bill to allow employees who quit or are discharged for refusing a vaccine to qualify for unemployment benefits.
Well, they actually did it. Meet SB 547. The…
Advisory Council meeting in August 2021
At the August 17th Advisory Council meeting, there was action on some of the Department proposals.
After coming out of caucus, council members agreed to support Department proposals D21-01 through D21-08, D21-11 (work share modifications), and D21-15 (eliminating…
Labor and Management proposals to “reform” unemployment in 2021
The Unemployment Insurance Advisory Council has been meeting in 2021 over how to reform unemployment in Wisconsin.
To date, a Department summary and the actual written comments from the November 2020 public hearing were reported to council members at the…
Apply for MEUC benefits before the Sept. 4th deadline
MEUC (Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation) benefits have been over-shadowed by PUA, PEUC, and PUC benefits. But, many self-employed individuals who also engage in regular wage work may be eligible for this benefit that originated with the Continued Assistance Act.…
File a backup PUA initial claim NOW
Pandemic unemployment programs are ending after Sept. 4th
PUA (unemployment for those that do not qualify for regular unemployment benefits), PEUC (extensions for those eligible for regular unemployment benefits), and PUC (the $600/$300 supplement being paid out to those receiving either regular UI/PEUC or PUA) benefits are currently…
Reforming unemployment
With all the problems being described with unemployment here, there are also many efforts at reforming the unemployment system — especially of late — as the problems access and timely payments have become so obvious even John Oliver of…