DWD 140.19(1)(1)
The department may, at its own expense, provide a person to assist a person with a hearing impairment in communicating at a hearing, if the person with a hearing impairment notifies the hearing office within a reasonable time before the date of the hearing and the appeal tribunal determines that the impairment is of a type which may hinder or prevent the person from communicating.
DWD 140.19(2)
(2) If the person with a hearing impairment makes arrangements on their own behalf to have a person assist them in communicating, the department may reimburse such person for fees and travel expenses at the rate specified for interpreters under s.
DWD 140.20, if the appeal tribunal determines that such person is necessary to assist the person with the hearing impairment in communicating.
DWD 140.19(3)
(3) The hearing office shall attempt to schedule hearings in buildings which have ease of access for any person with a temporary or permanent incapacity or disability. The appeal tribunal may reschedule any hearing in which such a person who is a party or a necessary witness to the hearing does not have ease of access into the building where the hearing is scheduled.
DWD 140.19 History
History: Cr.
Register, November, 1985, No. 359, eff. 12-1-85,
r. (1) (intro.), renum. (1) (a) and (b) to 100.02 (30) and (17), renum. (2), (3) and (4) to (1), (2) and (3),
Register, September, 1995, No. 477, eff. 10-1-95
; am.
Register, June, 1997, No. 498, eff. 7-1-97; correction in (2) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register, September, 2000, No. 537;
CR 18-033: am.
Register May 2019 No. 761, eff. 6-1-19.
DWD 140.20
DWD 140.20 Witness and interpreter fees; travel expenses. DWD 140.20(1)(1)
The appeal tribunal may authorize reimbursement by the department to any witness subpoenaed by a party or any party who has already made reimbursement to such a witness for witness fees and travel expenses. The appeal tribunal may also require reimbursement for an interpreter who is necessary to interpret testimony of a witness offered at the hearing.
DWD 140.20(2)
(2) The department may refuse to reimburse a witness subpoenaed on behalf of a party other than the department for witness fees or travel expenses if the appeal tribunal determines that the testimony was not relevant or material to the issue of the hearing.
DWD 140.20(3)
(3) No witness subpoenaed on behalf of or requested to appear by the department is entitled to prepayment of witness fees or travel expenses but any such witness who appears at the hearing shall be paid the fees and travel expenses provided under sub.
(4).
DWD 140.20(4)(c)
(c) For interpreters, $35.00 per half day, or the contracted amount.
DWD 140.20(4)(d)
(d) For travel expenses, 20 cents per mile from the witness' or interpreter's residence in this state to the hearing site and back or, if without the state, from the point at which the witness or interpreter passes the state boundary to the hearing site, and back.
DWD 140.20 History
History: Cr.
Register, November, 1985, No. 359, eff. 12-1-85
; am. (1), (2), (4) (c) and (d),
Register, June, 1997, No. 498, eff. 7-1-97;
CR 18-033: am. (1), (2), (4) (c), (d)
Register May 2019 No. 761, eff. 6-1-19.
DWD 140.21(2)
(2) Under s.
108.09 (5), Stats., if testimony at a hearing is recorded, the department may furnish a person with a copy of the hearing recording. The fee is $7.00 per electronic recording. The department may waive this fee if the department is satisfied that the person is unable to pay.
DWD 140.21 Note
Note: To request hearing recordings and waivers of fees contact the Department of Workforce Development, Division of Unemployment Insurance, Bureau of Legal Affairs, 201 E. Washington Avenue, P.O. Box 8942, Madison, Wisconsin 53708-8942 or telephone (608) 266-3174.
DWD 140.21 History
History: Cr.
Register, November, 1985, No. 359, eff. 12-1-85
; am. (2) and (3) and r. (4),
Register, June, 1997, No. 498, eff. 7-1-97; correction in (1) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register June 2007 No. 618;
CR 08-019: am. (title) and (2), r. (3)
Register July 2008 No. 631, eff. 8-1-08;
CR 18-033: am.
Register May 2019 No. 761, eff. 6-1-19;
correction in (1) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register July 2022. DWD 140.22(1)(a)(a) Personal knowledge is the recognition of facts through firsthand observation or experience.
DWD 140.22(1)(b)
(b) Information and belief is not based on firsthand observation or experience but is based on secondhand information that is sworn as true.
DWD 140.22(1)(c)
(c) The department's standard affidavit form for appeals under ss.
108.09,
108.095 and
108.10, Stats., is available at the department's website or by requesting a copy from the hearing office.
DWD 140.22(2)(a)4.
4. The signature or mark of the notary public or other person authorized by law to verify sworn statements.
DWD 140.22(2)(b)
(b) An affidavit based upon information and belief must state the source of the information and the grounds for the belief.
DWD 140.22(3)(a)(a) A party may submit an affidavit as a potential exhibit by simultaneously delivering the affidavit to the hearing office and electronically delivering or mailing a copy to each party. The appeal tribunal conducting the hearing may refuse to consider an affidavit not received by the hearing office and each party at least 3 days before the hearing.
DWD 140.22 History
History: CR 13-106: cr.
Register July 2014 No. 703, eff. 8-1-14;
CR 18-033: am. (1) (c), (3) (a), (b)
Register May 2019 No. 761, eff. 6-1-19.
