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Wisconsin Senate sends benefit restriction bills to governor
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate passed a package of Republican-authored bills designed to force more people into the workforce by tightening the qualifications for receiving unemployment benefits and Medicaid coverage.
Wisconsin Assembly approves tightening public benefits
The Wisconsin Assembly approved a package of Republican-authored bills Thursday designed to force more people into the workforce by tightening eligibility for unemployment benefits and Medicaid coverage.
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.
Central Wisconsin company sued for $683K in unpaid wages, benefits
State officials are suing a central Wisconsin company that abruptly closed in 2019 for unpaid wages and benefits totaling nearly $683,000.
DWD adjudicators get last undecided unemployment claims
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development officials said on Thursday they've assigned the last few thousand undecided unemployment claims to adjudicators.
Audit cites problems leading to unemployment payment delays
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development was responsible for 11 of the 13 weeks it took, on average, to process unemployment claims filed since the coronavirus pandemic began, according to an audit released Monday. The nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau report looked at a sample of nearly 270 people who had filed […]
Thousands await jobless aid as leaders blame each other for failure
As Wisconsin businesses closed this spring to slow the spread of COVID-19, jobless filings and phone calls flooded the Department of Workforce Development — too quickly for staff employees to keep up. But DWD Secretary Caleb Frostman remained optimistic.
Reversing course: Wisconsin seeks federal OK to aid the unemployed with disabilities
Following a slew of denials, state regulators are now pushing to give federal pandemic aid to laid-off Wisconsinites with disabilities.
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.
Program to help workers during pandemic sees spike in use
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A program in Wisconsin designed to help small companies retain workers during slow business periods has taken off after changes were made in response to the coronavirus pandemic to allow more employees to qualify. Since mid-March, more than 14,000 workers have signed up to receive partial […]
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 […]
Work-search limits benefit employers, workers
In 2015, Wisconsin adopted an Administrative Code change to our system of waiving work-search requirements for Unemployment Insurance claimants who expect recall from their former employers.
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- The Latest: Supreme Court arguments conclude in Trump immunity case
- Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
- Wisconsin Attorney General asks Congress to expand reproductive health services
- Attorney General Kaul releases update at three-year anniversary of clergy and faith leader abuse initiative
- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
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- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
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