Gov. Tony Evers vetoed nearly identical legislation in his first term.
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Wisconsin Assembly to vote on tightening public benefits
The Wisconsin Assembly was scheduled to pass a package of Republican-authored bills Thursday designed to force more people into the workforce by tightening eligibility for unemployment benefits and Medicaid coverage.
Read More »Wisconsin Republicans seek to tighten unemployment benefits
Wisconsin Republicans introduced legislation Tuesday that would tighten eligibility for unemployment benefits and Medicaid coverage, saying the bills are designed to help alleviate what they maintain is a crippling labor shortage in the state.
Read More »Wisconsin signs $17M contract to update unemployment system
Wisconsin has entered into a nearly $17 million, multi-year contract with software development company Flexion to update the antiquated system for paying unemployment claims that was overwhelmed last year during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the state announced Wednesday.
Read More »GOP fails to override veto of bill ending unemployment aid
Wisconsin Assembly Republicans failed Tuesday in an attempt to override Gov. Tony Evers' veto of a bill ending $300 a week in federal unemployment aid.
Read More »Following denials, laid-off Wisconsin workers with disabilities now eligible for federal pandemic aid
By Bram Sable-Smith Wisconsin Public Radio Possibly hundreds of laid-off Wisconsin workers with disabilities can now obtain the sort of federal aid that other unemployed workers have been able to receive during the pandemic. The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development said this week it would begin offering Pandemic Unemployment Assistance — an offering under Congress’ disaster stimulus bill — to ...
Read More »‘It doesn’t look like there’s an end in sight to this’: Pandemic drags on as $600 unemployment lifeline nears expiration
Will Cioci Wisconsin Watch Amy Moreland, a bartender in Madison who has been out of work since mid-March, immediately applied for state unemployment insurance after losing her job and eventually started receiving an extra $600 per week from the federal CARES Act stimulus package — atop her $114 a week in state aid. Now, this federal benefit is scheduled to ...
Read More »Hearing to focus on state’s handling of unemployment claims
Wisconsin has a new system in place to speed up the payment of $600 weekly federal unemployment benefits, the head of the state Department of Workforce Development said Wednesday, before a legislative hearing to examine how the state has handled claims during the coronavirus pandemic.
Read More »Evers signs pandemic relief package despite misgivings (UPDATE)
The Wisconsin state Senate passed a sweeping coronavirus relief package during a messy virtual session Wednesday and sent the bill on to Gov. Tony Evers to sign.
Read More »Wisconsin Assembly OKs virus bill in first virtual session
The Wisconsin Assembly overwhelmingly approved a sweeping coronavirus relief bill Tuesday during a virtual session, the first time state lawmakers have gathered since the pandemic began in the United States.
Read More »DWD predicts jobless benefits taxes to remain steady in 2019
State officials are predicting that the current surplus in the state’s unemployment-benefits trust fund will help keep payroll taxes low for employers.
Read More »Bill ratcheting up penalties for jobless benefits fraud heads to Gov. Walker
A bill that would increase the criminal penalties for claimants who fraudulently obtain unemployment benefits has cleared the Wisconsin Senate and is on its way to Gov. Scott Walker’s desk.
Read More »Bill ratcheting up penalties for jobless benefits fraud heads to Senate
The Wisconsin Assembly has given its blessing to a bill that would increase the criminal penalties for unemployment claimants who fraudulently obtain jobless benefits.
Read More »Panel gives green light to stricter jobless-benefits rules
A panel of lawmakers has given preliminary approval to a bill that contains stricter jobless-benefits rules.
Read More »Laid-off workers could be looking at stricter jobless-benefits rules
Stricter rules for those collecting jobless benefits could soon be coming down the road. The state Senate Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform held a public hearing this week on a bill that would make it easier for the state’s Department of Workforce Development to collect debt related to jobless benefits and add more ways for claimants to be disqualified from receiving ...
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Read More »Judge: No jobless benefits for fired officer
A judge has upheld an order that a fired Neenah police officer repay unemployment benefits provided by the city.
Read More »BLAWG LOG: McLeod on ‘Are unemployment insurance benefits taxable?’
It's tax time, and workers who collected unemployment in Wisconsin in 2012 are wondering whether they owe any taxes on their benefit payments. In short, they do.
Read More »Employment — unemployment benefits — voluntary termination
2011AP938 Kierstead v. LIRC
Read More »Employment — unemployment benefits — voluntary termination
2011AP690 Piontek v. Labor & Industry Review Commission, et al.
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