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AB68,1039,104 108.04 (2) (h) A claimant shall, when the claimant first files a claim for benefits
5under this chapter and during each subsequent week the claimant files for benefits
6under this chapter, inform the department whether he or she is receiving social
7security disability insurance payments, as defined in sub. (12) (f) 2m s. 108.05 (7m)
8(b). If the claimant is receiving social security disability insurance payments, the
9claimant shall, in the manner prescribed by the department, report to the
10department the amount of the social security disability insurance payments
.
AB68,1741 11Section 1741. 108.04 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,1742 12Section 1742 . 108.04 (5g) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,1743 13Section 1743 . 108.04 (5m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1039,1814 108.04 (5m) Discharge for use of marijuana. (a) Notwithstanding sub. (5),
15“misconduct," for purposes of sub. (5), does not include the employee's use of
16marijuana off the employer's premises during nonworking hours or a violation of the
17employer's policy concerning such use, unless termination of the employee because
18of that use is permitted under s. 111.35.
AB68,1039,2219 (b) Notwithstanding sub. (5g), “substantial fault," for purposes of sub. (5g), does
20not include the employee's use of marijuana off the employer's premises during
21nonworking hours or a violation of the employer's policy concerning such use, unless
22termination of the employee because of that use is permitted under s. 111.35.
AB68,1744 23Section 1744. 108.04 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1040,724 108.04 (7) (e) Paragraph (a) does not apply if the department determines that
25the employee accepted work that the employee could have failed to accept under sub.

1(8) and terminated the work on the same grounds and within the first 30 calendar
2days
10 weeks after starting the work, or that the employee accepted work that the
3employee could have refused under sub. (9) and terminated the work within the first
430 calendar days 10 weeks after starting the work. For purposes of this paragraph,
5an employee has the same grounds for voluntarily terminating work if the employee
6could have failed to accept the work under sub. (8) (d) to (em) when it was offered,
7regardless of the reason articulated by the employee for the termination.
AB68,1745 8Section 1745. 108.04 (7) (t) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,1746 9Section 1746. 108.04 (7) (t) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1040,1210 108.04 (7) (t) 2. The employee's spouse was required by the U.S. armed forces
11his or her employing unit to relocate to a place to which it is impractical for the
12employee to commute.
AB68,1747 13Section 1747. 108.04 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1041,314 108.04 (8) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), if If an employee fails, without good
15cause, to accept suitable work when offered, the employee is ineligible to receive
16benefits until the employee earns wages after the week in which the failure occurs
17equal to at least 6 times the employee's weekly benefit rate under s. 108.05 (1) in
18employment or other work covered by the unemployment insurance law of any state
19or the federal government. For purposes of requalification, the employee's weekly
20benefit rate shall be that rate which would have been paid had the failure not
21occurred. This paragraph does not preclude an employee from establishing a benefit
22year during a period in which the employee is ineligible to receive benefits under this
23paragraph if the employee qualifies to establish a benefit year under s. 108.06 (2) (a).
24Except as provided in par. (b), the The department shall charge to the fund's
25balancing account any benefits otherwise chargeable to the account of an employer

1that is subject to the contribution requirements under ss. 108.17 and 108.18
2whenever an employee of that employer fails, without good cause, to accept suitable
3work offered by that employer.
AB68,1748 4Section 1748. 108.04 (8) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,1749 5Section 1749. 108.04 (8) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1041,86 108.04 (8) (d) (intro.) With respect to the first 6 10 weeks after the employee
7became unemployed, “suitable work," for purposes of par. (a), means work to which
8all of the following apply:
AB68,1750 9Section 1750. 108.04 (8) (dm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1041,1510 108.04 (8) (dm) With respect to the 7th 11th week after the employee became
11unemployed and any week thereafter, “suitable work," for purposes of par. (a), means
12any work that the employee is capable of performing, regardless of whether the
13employee has any relevant experience or training, that pays wages that are above
14the lowest quartile of wages for similar work in the labor market area in which the
15work is located, as determined by the department.
AB68,1751 16Section 1751 . 108.04 (11) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1041,2517 108.04 (11) (bm) The department shall apply any ineligibility under par. (be)
18against benefits and weeks of eligibility for which the claimant would otherwise be
19eligible after the week of concealment and within 6 years after the date of an initial
20determination issued under s. 108.09 finding that a concealment occurred. The
21claimant shall not receive waiting period credit under s. 108.04 (3) for the period of
22ineligibility applied under par. (be).
If no benefit rate applies to the week for which
23the claim is made, the department shall use the claimant's benefit rate for the
24claimant's next benefit year beginning after the week of concealment to determine
25the amount of the benefit reduction.
AB68,1752
1Section 1752. 108.04 (12) (f) 1m. and 2m. of the statutes are renumbered
2108.05 (7m) (a) and (b) and amended to read:
AB68,1042,53 108.05 (7m) (a) The intent of the legislature in enacting this paragraph
4subsection is to prevent the payment of duplicative government benefits for the
5replacement of lost earnings or income, regardless of an individual's ability to work.
AB68,1042,86 (b) In this paragraph subsection, “ social security disability insurance payment"
7means a payment of social security disability insurance benefits under 42 USC ch.
87
subch. II.
AB68,1753 9Section 1753. 108.04 (12) (f) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,1754 10Section 1754. 108.04 (12) (f) 4. of the statutes is renumbered 108.05 (7m) (e).
AB68,1755 11Section 1755. 108.05 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1042,1412 108.05 (1) (am) On or before June 30 of each year, the department shall
13calculate, from quarterly wage reports under s. 108.205 for the prior calendar year,
14the state's annual average weekly wage in employment covered under this chapter.
AB68,1756 15Section 1756. 108.05 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1042,1716 108.05 (1) (cm) The department shall set the maximum weekly benefit amount
17as follows:
AB68,1042,1918 1. For benefits paid for a week of total unemployment that commences on or
19after January 5, 2014, but before January 2, 2022, $370.
AB68,1042,2120 2. For benefits paid for a week of total unemployment that commences on or
21after January 2, 2022, but before January 1, 2023, $409.
AB68,1042,2422 3. For benefits paid for a week of total unemployment that commences on or
23after January 1, 2023, but before January 7, 2024, $409 or 50 percent of the state's
24annual average weekly wage, rounded up to the nearest dollar, whichever is greater.
AB68,1043,4
14. For benefits paid for a week of total unemployment that commences on or
2after January 7, 2024, the department shall set an annual maximum weekly benefit
3amount that takes effect on the 1st Sunday in January of each calendar year and that
4is equal to the greater of the following:
AB68,1043,65 a. Seventy-five percent of the state's annual average weekly wage, rounded up
6to the nearest dollar.
AB68,1043,77 b. The maximum benefit amount in effect in the previous calendar year.
AB68,1757 8Section 1757. 108.05 (1) (r) of the statutes is renumbered 108.05 (1) (r) (intro.)
9and amended to read:
AB68,1043,1710 108.05 (1) (r) (intro.) Except as provided in s. 108.062 (6) (a), each eligible
11employee shall be paid benefits for each week of total unemployment that
12commences on or after January 5, 2014,
at the a weekly benefit rate specified in this
13paragraph. Unless sub. (1m) applies, the weekly benefit rate shall
equal to 4 percent
14of the employee's base period wages that were paid during that quarter of the
15employee's base period in which the employee was paid the highest total wages,
16rounded down to the nearest whole dollar, except that, if that amount as provided
17under sub. (1m), and unless one of the following applies:
AB68,1043,19 181. If the employee's weekly benefit rate calculated under this paragraph is less
19than $54, no benefits are payable to the employee and, if that amount.
AB68,1043,22 202. If the employee's weekly benefit rate is more than $370 the maximum weekly
21benefit amount under par. (cm)
, the employee's weekly benefit rate shall be $370 and
22except that, if
the maximum weekly benefit amount under par. (cm).
AB68,1043,25 233. If the employee's benefits are exhausted during any week under s. 108.06 (1),
24the employee shall be paid the remaining amount of benefits payable to the employee
25under s. 108.06 (1).
AB68,1044,3
1(s) The department shall publish on its Internet site a weekly benefit rate
2schedule of quarterly wages and the corresponding weekly benefit rates as
3calculated in accordance with this paragraph subsection.
AB68,1758 4Section 1758. 108.05 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1044,195 108.05 (3) (a) Except as provided in pars. (c) , and (d) and (dm) and s. 108.062,
6if an eligible employee earns wages in a given week, the first $30 of the wages shall
7be disregarded and the employee's applicable weekly benefit payment shall be
8reduced by 67 percent of the remaining amount, except that no such employee is
9eligible for benefits if the employee's benefit payment would be less than $5 for any
10week. For purposes of this paragraph, “wages" includes any salary reduction
11amounts earned that are not wages and that are deducted from the salary of a
12claimant by an employer pursuant to a salary reduction agreement under a cafeteria
13plan, within the meaning of 26 USC 125, and any amount that a claimant would have
14earned in available work under s. 108.04 (1) (a) which is treated as wages under s.
15108.04 (1) (bm), but excludes any amount that a claimant earns for services
16performed as a volunteer fire fighter, volunteer emergency medical services
17practitioner, or volunteer emergency medical responder. In applying this paragraph,
18the department shall disregard discrepancies of less than $2 between wages reported
19by employees and employers.
AB68,1759 20Section 1759. 108.05 (3) (dm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,1760 21Section 1760. 108.05 (7m) (title), (c) and (d) of the statutes are created to read:
AB68,1044,2222 108.05 (7m) (title) Social security disability insurance payments.
AB68,1045,223 (c) If a monthly social security disability insurance payment is issued to a
24claimant, the department shall reduce benefits otherwise payable to the claimant for
25a given week in accordance with par. (d). This subsection does not apply to a lump

1sum social security disability insurance payment in the nature of a retroactive
2payment or back pay.
AB68,1045,53 (d) The department shall allocate a monthly social security disability insurance
4payment by allocating to each week the fraction of the payment attributable to that
5week.
AB68,1761 6Section 1761. 108.05 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1045,107 108.05 (9) Rounding of benefit amounts. Notwithstanding sub. (1), benefits
8payable for a week of unemployment as a result of applying sub. (1m), (3) or, (7), or
9(7m)
or s. 108.04 (11) or (12), 108.06 (1), 108.13 (4) or (5) or 108.135 shall be rounded
10down to the next lowest dollar.
AB68,1762 11Section 1762. 108.05 (10) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1045,1512 108.05 (10) Deductions from benefit payments. (intro.) After calculating the
13benefit payment due to be paid for a week under subs. (1) to (7) (7m), the department
14shall make deductions from that payment to the extent that the payment is sufficient
15to make the following payments in the following order:
AB68,1763 16Section 1763. 108.133 of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,1764 17Section 1764. 108.14 (2e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1046,818 108.14 (2e) The department may shall provide a secure means of electronic
19interchange between itself and employing units, claimants, and other persons that,
20upon request to and with prior approval by the department, may
shall be used for
21departmental transmission or receipt of any document specified by the department
22that is related to the administration of this chapter in lieu of any other means of
23submission or receipt specified in this chapter. The secure means of electronic
24interchange shall be used by employing units, claimants, and other persons unless
25a person demonstrates good cause for not being able to use the secure means of

1electronic interchange. The department shall determine by rule what constitutes
2good cause, for purposes of this subsection. Subject to s. 137.25 (2) and any rules
3promulgated thereunder, the department may permit the use of the use of electronic
4records and electronic signatures for any document specified by the department that
5is related to the administration of this chapter.
If a due date is established by statute
6for the receipt of any document that is submitted electronically to the department
7under this subsection, then that submission is timely only if the document is
8submitted by midnight of the statutory due date.
AB68,1765 9Section 1765. 108.14 (8n) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1046,2310 108.14 (8n) (e) The department shall charge this state's share of any benefits
11paid under this subsection to the account of each employer by which the employee
12claiming benefits was employed in the applicable base period, in proportion to the
13total amount of wages he or she earned from each employer in the base period, except
14that if s. 108.04 (1) (f), (5), (7) (a), (c), (cg), (e), (L), (q), (s), or (t), (7m), or (8) (a) or (b),
15or 108.07 (3), (3r), or (5) (am) 2., or 108.133 (3) (f) would have applied to employment
16by such an employer who is subject to the contribution requirements of ss. 108.17 and
17108.18, the department shall charge the share of benefits based on employment with
18that employer to the fund's balancing account, or, if s. 108.04 (1) (f) or (5) or 108.07
19(3) would have applied to an employer that is not subject to the contribution
20requirements of ss. 108.17 and 108.18, the department shall charge the share of
21benefits based on that employment in accordance with s. 108.07 (5) (am) 1. and 2.
22The department shall also charge the fund's balancing account with any other state's
23share of such benefits pending reimbursement by that state.
AB68,1766 24Section 1766 . 108.14 (26m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1047,3
1108.14 (26m) (a) The department shall allocate all available federal funding
2for the purpose specified in s. 108.19 (1e) (d) before allocating any general purpose
3revenue for that purpose.
AB68,1047,114 (b) If federal funding is received for the purpose specified in s. 108.19 (1e) (d)
5prior to July 1, 2023, the secretary of administration may, to the extent permitted
6under federal law, lapse from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (nc) to the general
7fund an amount not to exceed the amounts in the schedule under s. 20.445 (1) (ar)
8or the amount of federal funding received, whichever is less. This paragraph does
9not apply with respect to amounts received as administrative grants by the state
10under 42 USC 502 or to amounts received by this state under section 903 (d) of the
11federal Social Security Act, as amended, 42 USC 1103.
AB68,1767 12Section 1767. 108.141 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1047,2013 108.141 (7) (a) The department shall charge the state's share of each week of
14extended benefits to each employer's account in proportion to the employer's share
15of the total wages of the employee receiving the benefits in the employee's base
16period, except that if the employer is subject to the contribution requirements of ss.
17108.17 and 108.18 the department shall charge the share of extended benefits to
18which s. 108.04 (1) (f), (5), (7) (a), (c), (cg), (e), (L), (q), (s), or (t), (7m), or (8) (a) or (b),
19or 108.07 (3), (3r), or (5) (am) 2., or 108.133 (3) (f) applies to the fund's balancing
20account.
AB68,1768 21Section 1768 . 108.16 (6m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1047,2522 108.16 (6m) (a) The benefits thus chargeable under s. 108.04 (1) (f), (5), (5g),
23(7) (h), (8) (a) or (b), (13) (c) or (d) or (16) (e), 108.07 (3), (3r), (5) (am) 2. and (bm) 3.
24a., (5m), and (6), 108.133 (3) (f), 108.14 (8n) (e), 108.141, 108.151, or 108.152 or sub.
25(6) (e) or (7) (a) and (b).
AB68,1769
1Section 1769 . 108.16 (6m) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin
2Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
AB68,1048,53 108.16 (6m) (a) The benefits thus chargeable under s. 108.04 (1) (f), (5), (5g),
4(7) (h), (8) (a), (13) (c) or (d) or (16) (e), 108.07 (3), (3r), (5) (am) 2. and (bm) 3. a., (5m),
5and (6), 108.14 (8n) (e), 108.141, 108.151, or 108.152 or sub. (6) (e) or (7) (a) and (b).
AB68,1770 6Section 1770. 108.17 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1048,177 108.17 (2) (b) The department may shall electronically provide a means
8whereby an employer that files its employment and wage reports electronically may
9determine the amount of contributions due for payment by the employer under s.
10108.18 for each quarter. If an employer that is subject to a contribution requirement
11files its employment and wage reports under s. 108.205 (1) electronically, in the
12manner prescribed by the department for purposes of this paragraph, the
13department may require the employer to determine electronically the amount of
14contributions due for payment by the employer under s. 108.18 for each quarter. In
15such case, the employer is excused from filing contribution reports under par. (a).
16The employer shall pay the amount due for each quarter by the due date specified
17in par. (a).
AB68,1771 18Section 1771. 108.17 (2b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1049,619 108.17 (2b) The department shall prescribe a form and methodology for filing
20contribution reports under sub. (2) electronically. Each employer of 25 or more
21employees, as determined under s. 108.22 (1) (ae),
that does not use an employer
22agent to file its contribution reports under this section shall file its contribution
23reports electronically in the manner and form prescribed by the department, unless
24the employer demonstrates good cause for not being able to file contribution reports
25electronically. The department shall determine by rule what constitutes good cause,

1for purposes of this subsection
. Each employer that becomes subject to an electronic
2reporting requirement under this subsection shall file its initial report under this
3subsection for the quarter during which the employer becomes subject to the
4reporting requirement. Once an employer becomes subject to a reporting
5requirement under this subsection, it shall continue to file its reports under this
6subsection unless that requirement is waived by the department.
AB68,1772 7Section 1772. 108.17 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1049,178 108.17 (7) (a) Each employer whose net total contributions paid or payable
9under this section for any 12-month period ending on June 30 are at least $10,000

10shall pay all contributions under this section by means of electronic funds transfer
11beginning with the next calendar year, unless the employer demonstrates good cause
12for not being able to pay contributions by electronic funds transfer. The department
13shall determine by rule what constitutes good cause, for purposes of this subsection
.
14Once an employer becomes subject to an electronic payment requirement under this
15paragraph, the employer shall continue to make payment of all contributions by
16means of electronic funds transfer unless that requirement is waived by the
17department.
AB68,1773 18Section 1773. 108.19 (1s) (a) 5. of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,1774 19Section 1774. 108.205 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1050,620 108.205 (2) Each employer of 25 or more employees, as determined under s.
21108.22 (1) (ae),
that does not use an employer agent to file its reports under this
22section shall file the quarterly report under sub. (1) electronically in the manner and
23form prescribed by the department, unless the employer demonstrates good cause for
24not being able to file reports electronically. The department shall determine by rule
25what constitutes good cause, for purposes of this subsection
. An employer that

1becomes subject to an electronic reporting requirement under this subsection shall
2file its initial report under this subsection for the quarter during which the employer
3becomes subject to the reporting requirement. Once an employer becomes subject
4to the reporting requirement under this subsection, the employer shall continue to
5file its quarterly reports under this subsection unless that requirement is waived by
6the department.
AB68,1775 7Section 1775 . 108.221 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 108.221 (1) (a)
8(intro.) and amended to read:
AB68,1050,149 108.221 (1) (a) (intro.) Any employer described in s. 108.18 (2) (c) or engaged
10in the painting or drywall finishing of buildings or other structures
who knowingly
11and intentionally provides false information to the department for the purpose of
12misclassifying or attempting to misclassify an individual who is an employee of the
13employer as a nonemployee shall, for each incident, be assessed a penalty by the
14department as follows:
AB68,1050,17 151. For each act occurring before the date of the first determination of a violation
16of this subsection, the employer shall be assessed a penalty
in the amount of $500
17for each employee who is misclassified, but not to exceed $7,500 per incident.
AB68,1776 18Section 1776 . 108.221 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1050,2119 108.221 (1) (a) 2. For each act occurring after the date of the first determination
20of a violation of this subsection, the employer shall be assessed a penalty in the
21amount of $1,000 for each employee who is misclassified.
AB68,1777 22Section 1777 . 108.221 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 108.221 (2) (intro.)
23and amended to read:
AB68,1051,4
1108.221 (2) (intro.) Any employer described in s. 108.18 (2) (c) or engaged in the
2painting or drywall finishing of buildings or other structures
who, through coercion,
3requires an individual to adopt the status of a nonemployee shall be assessed a
4penalty by the department as follows:
AB68,1051,7 5(a) For each act occurring before the date of the first determination of a
6violation of this subsection, the employer shall be assessed a penalty
in the amount
7of $1,000 for each individual so coerced, but not to exceed $10,000 per calendar year.
AB68,1778 8Section 1778 . 108.221 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1051,119 108.221 (2) (b) For each act occurring after the date of the first determination
10of a violation of this subsection, the employer shall be assessed a penalty in the
11amount of $2,000 for each individual so coerced.
AB68,1779 12Section 1779. 109.03 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1051,1713 109.03 (1) (b) School district and private school employees who voluntarily
14request payment over a 12-month period for personal services performed during the
15school year, unless, with respect to private school employees, the employees are
16covered under a valid collective bargaining agreement which precludes this method
17of payment.
AB68,1780 18Section 1780 . 109.09 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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