Amendment JR1 AA4-ASA1-AB1

AB1-ASA1-AA4,2h Section 2h. 108.04 (8) (d) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA4,5,11 108.04 (8) (d) An employee shall have good cause under par. (a) or (c), regardless of the reason articulated by the employee for the failure, if the department determines that the failure involved work at a lower grade of skill or significantly lower rate of pay than applied to the employee on one or more recent jobs, and that the employee had not yet had a reasonable opportunity, in view of labor market conditions and the employee's degree of skill, but not to exceed 6 weeks after the employee became unemployed, to seek a new job substantially in line with the employee's prior job skill and rate of pay.

AB1-ASA1-AA4,2j Section 2j. 108.04 (8) (dm) of the statutes is repealed.

AB1-ASA1-AA4,2L Section 2L. 108.04 (8) (em) of the statutes is repealed.

AB1-ASA1-AA4,2n Section 2n. 108.06 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA4,5,24 108.06 (1) Except as provided in sub. subs. (6) and (7) and ss. 108.141 and 108.142, no claimant may receive total benefits based on employment in a base period greater than 26 times the claimant's weekly benefit rate under s. 108.05 (1) or 40 percent of the claimant's base period wages, whichever is lower. Except as provided in sub. subs. (6) and (7) and ss. 108.141 and 108.142, if a claimant's base period wages are reduced or canceled under s. 108.04 (5) or (18), or suspended under s. 108.04 (1) (f), (10) (a), or (17), the claimant may not receive total benefits based on employment in a base period greater than 26 times the claimant's weekly benefit rate under s. 108.05 (1) or 40 percent of the base period wages not reduced, canceled or suspended which were paid or payable to the claimant, whichever is lower.

AB1-ASA1-AA4,2p Section 2p. 108.06 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA4,6,3 108.06 (2) (c) No benefits are payable to a claimant for any week of unemployment not occurring during the claimant's benefit year except under sub. (7) and ss. 108.141 and 108.142.

AB1-ASA1-AA4,2r Section 2r. 108.06 (2) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA4,6,8 108.06 (2) (cm) If an employee qualifies to receive benefits using the base period described in s. 108.02 (4) (b), the wages used to compute the employee's benefit entitlement are not available for use in any subsequent benefit computation for the same employee, except under sub. (7) or s. 108.141 or 108.142.

AB1-ASA1-AA4,2t Section 2t. 108.06 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA4,6,14 108.06 (3) There shall be payable to an employee, for weeks ending within the employee's benefit year, only those benefits computed for that benefit year based on the wages paid to the employee in the immediately preceding base period. Wages used in a given benefit computation are not available for use in any subsequent benefit computation except under sub. (7) and s. 108.141.

AB1-ASA1-AA4,2v Section 2v. 108.06 (6) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA4,6,25 108.06 (6) (intro.) If a claimant has established a benefit year prior to the effective date of any increase in the maximum weekly benefit rate provided under s. 108.05 (1), the claimant has not exhausted his or her total benefit entitlement under sub. (1) for that benefit year on that effective date, and the claimant was entitled to receive the maximum weekly benefit rate under s. 108.05 (1) that was in effect prior to that effective date, the limitation on the total benefits authorized to be paid to a claimant under sub. (1) does not apply to that claimant in that benefit year. Unless sub. (7) or s. 108.141 or 108.142 applies, the claimant's remaining benefit entitlement in that benefit year for the period beginning on that effective date shall be computed by:

AB1-ASA1-AA4,2x Section 2x. 108.06 (7) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA4,7,2 108.06 (7) (a) In this subsection:

AB1-ASA1-AA4,7,6 1. “Applicable benefit year" means, with respect to a claimant, the claimant's current benefit year if at the time an initial claim for benefits under this subsection is filed the claimant has an unexpired benefit year or, in any other case, the claimant's most recent benefit year.

AB1-ASA1-AA4,7,8 2. “Training program" means any program of a type specified in s. 108.04 (16) (a).

AB1-ASA1-AA4,7,12 (b) Except as provided in pars. (f) and (g), a claimant who is otherwise eligible for benefits and who is currently enrolled in a training program is eligible, while enrolled in that training program, for additional benefits under this subsection provided that the claimant:

AB1-ASA1-AA4,7,17 1. Has exhausted all rights to regular benefits, Wisconsin supplemental benefits, federal emergency compensation benefits under P.L. 110-252 and P.L. 110-449, as amended, extended benefits under s. 108.141, and the federal Trade Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-618), or any other similar state or federal program of additional benefits;

AB1-ASA1-AA4,7,20 2. If not in a current benefit year, has a benefit year that ended no earlier than 52 weeks prior to the week for which the claimant first claims benefits under this subsection;

AB1-ASA1-AA4,7,22 3. Except as provided in par. (e), is first enrolled in a training program within the claimant's applicable benefit year; and

AB1-ASA1-AA4,7,24 4. Is not receiving similar stipends or other training allowances for nontraining costs.

AB1-ASA1-AA4,8,3 (c) The weekly benefit rate payable to a claimant under this subsection for a week of total unemployment is an amount equal to the most recent weekly benefit rate in the claimant's applicable benefit year as determined under s. 108.05 (1).

AB1-ASA1-AA4,8,8 (d) A claimant may receive total benefits under this subsection of not more than 26 times the claimant's weekly benefit rate that applied to the claimant's applicable benefit year while enrolled in a training program. The benefits authorized under this subsection are in addition to any regular benefits, extended benefits, or additional benefits authorized under federal law to which a claimant may be entitled.

AB1-ASA1-AA4,8,14 (e) A claimant who is otherwise eligible for benefits under par. (b) and whose applicable benefit year ends in a week in which benefits are payable in this state under s. 108.141 or 108.142, or P.L. 110-252 or P.L. 110-449, as amended, or another similar state or federal program of additional benefits, is also eligible for benefits under this subsection if the claimant is first enrolled in a training program within 52 weeks after the end of the claimant's applicable benefit year.

AB1-ASA1-AA4,8,17 (f) No benefits may be paid to a claimant under this subsection for weeks beginning more than 52 weeks after the first week for which the claimant received benefits under this subsection.

AB1-ASA1-AA4,8,21 (g) Except when the result would be inconsistent with the other provisions of this subsection, the provisions of this chapter that apply to claims for, or the payment of, regular benefits apply to claims for, and the payment of, benefits under this subsection.

AB1-ASA1-AA4,8,24 (h) The restrictions on benefit reductions and disqualifications in s. 108.04 (16) apply to a claimant in a training program who is entitled to receive benefits under this subsection.

AB1-ASA1-AA4,9,2 (i) The department shall charge benefits paid under this subsection in the same manner as benefits are charged under s. 108.04 (16) (e).”.

AB1-ASA1-AA4,9,4 4. Page 7, line 8: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 8, line 5, and substitute:

AB1-ASA1-AA4,9,5 “ Section 7c. 108.14 (28) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA4,9,9 108.14 (28) The department shall promulgate a rule to define what constitutes suitable work for claimants, which shall specify different levels of suitable work based upon the number of weeks that a claimant has received benefits in a given benefit year.

AB1-ASA1-AA4,7g Section 7g. 108.141 (3g) (a) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA4,9,12 108.141 (3g) (a) 3. (intro.) Work Notwithstanding s. 108.02 (24g), work is suitable within the meaning of subd. 2. if:

AB1-ASA1-AA4,7r Section 7r. 108.16 (6m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA4,9,17 108.16 (6m) (a) The benefits thus chargeable under s. 108.04 (1) (f), (5), (5g), (7) (h), (8) (a) or (b), (13) (c) or (d) or (16) (e), 108.07 (3), (3r), (5) (am) 2. and (bm) 3. a., (5m), and (6), 108.133 (3) (f), 108.14 (8n) (e), 108.141, 108.151, or 108.152 or sub. (6) (e) or (7) (a) and (b).”.

AB1-ASA1-AA4,9,18 5. Page 8, line 7: delete lines 7 to 10.

AB1-ASA1-AA4,9,19 6. Page 8, line 18: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA4,9,23 “(3m) Unemployment insurance; suitable work. The department of workforce development shall submit a notice to the legislative reference bureau for publication in the Wisconsin Administrative Register when the department determines that the department has rules in place under s. 108.14 (28) to define suitable work.

AB1-ASA1-AA4,10,3 (4m) Unemployment insurance; wage threshold. Section 108.05 (3) (dm) does not apply to a claimant who files for benefits for a week beginning on or after the effective date of this subsection and before June 30, 2021.

AB1-ASA1-AA4,10m Section 10m. Initial applicability.

AB1-ASA1-AA4,10,8 (1m) Unemployment insurance; work search. The treatment of s. 108.04 (2) (a) 3. (with respect to the required number of work search actions) first applies with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning after the effective date of this subsection.

AB1-ASA1-AA4,10,11 (2m) Unemployment insurance; suitable work. The treatment of ss. 108.02 (24g) and 108.04 (7) (e) and (8) (c), (d), (dm), and (em) first applies to determinations issued under s. 108.09 on the effective date of this subsection.

AB1-ASA1-AA4,10,14 (3m) Unemployment insurance; substantial fault. The treatment of ss. 108.04 (5g) and 108.16 (6m) (a) first applies with respect to determinations issued under s. 108.09 on the effective date of this subsection.

AB1-ASA1-AA4,11m Section 11m. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the Sunday after publication, except as follows:

AB1-ASA1-AA4,10,20 (1m) Unemployment insurance; suitable work. The treatment of ss. 108.02 (24g) and 108.04 (7) (e) and (8) (c), (d), (dm), and (em) and Section 10m (2m) of this act take effect on the date the notice under Section 9 (3m) is published in the Wisconsin Administrative Register or on January 3, 2023, whichever occurs first.”.

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