WISCONSIN UNEMPLOYMENT LAW COMMENTS AND ANALYSIS
The Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules met today and voted to immediately suspend the waiver of job search requirements and pandemic-related able and available provisions contained in EmR2106.
Here is what claimants need to know.
Four job…
On May 7th, Sen. Nass announced in a press release:
The Department of Workforce Development has the power to end the emergency rule early on its own authority. Unfortunately, Governor Evers and his administration is ignoring the critical shortage…
The Continued Assistance Act included a new documentation requirement for PUA claims. In my original post on the Continued Assistance Act, I explained:
There is now an additional documentation requirement for PUA claims. Claimants will have to provide documentation…
For the week ending 8 May 2021, the Department has added a new over-payment waivers FAQ.
For this new over-payment waiver option, the Department will apply the equity and good conscience standard for the federally funded programs: PUC, LWA,…
Wisconsin news is in a tizzy about pandemic unemployment benefits leading to shortages of job applicants. News reports in Wisconsin feature retail establishments, and the outcry about worker shortages from the restaurant lobby has been non-stop. Sen. Nass even wants…
My Madison alder rep, Regina Vidaver, passed on the following information about an Emergency Broadband Benefit that will provide a discount of up to $50 per month towards broadband service for eligible households and up to $75 per month…
The Department is sending out a new notice regarding PUA eligibility that is creating much confusion.
This notice is the Department’s effort to comply with UIPL No. 16-20 Change 5 (25 Feb. 2021). This program letter addresses various issues with…
With the role of winter in Wisconsin changing and the lack of winter work search waivers for unemployment benefits for those having seasonal jobs, consideration of new kinds of job programs is needed.
The UC Berkeley Labor Center has…
For those with dyslexia, my apologies. But, in 2021 Wisconsin is actually returning to what happened in 2012. That is, Gov. Evers’ 2021 budget proposal seeks to return Wisconsin to the original 2012 SSDI eligibility ban for receiving unemployment benefits.…
The Department has been announcing its new unemployment portal.
The problem with this new portal is that basic functionality and information remains unchanged. All that has happened is that the Department has replaced a few menu commands with some new…
