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Data reporting
The bill requires DWD, using quarterly wage data filed by employers with
DWD, to semiannually compile data and prepare a report to provide information on
and analysis of the employment outcomes of claimants after receiving UI benefits.
Each claimant's wage data must be used for 12 quarters following the claimant's first
of benefits.

For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB883,1 1Section 1 . 15.223 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB883,5,32 15.223 (2) Division of reemployment assistance. There is created in the
3department of workforce development a division of reemployment assistance.
AB883,2 4Section 2 . 20.445 (1) (aL) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB883,5,125 20.445 (1) (aL) Unemployment insurance Reemployment assistance
6administration; controlled substances testing and substance abuse treatment.

7Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for conducting screenings of applicants,
8testing applicants for controlled substances, the provision of substance abuse
9treatment to applicants and claimants, and related expenses under s. 108.133.
10Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (b), the unencumbered balance on June 30 of each
11odd-numbered year shall be transferred to the unemployment reemployment
12assistance
program integrity fund.
AB883,3 13Section 3 . 20.445 (1) (gd) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB883,6,1114 20.445 (1) (gd) Unemployment Reemployment assistance; interest and penalty
15payments.
All moneys received as interest and penalties collected under ss. 108.04
16(11) (c) and (cm) and (13) (c) and 108.22 except interest and penalties deposited under
17s. 108.19 (1q), and forfeitures under s. 103.05 (5), all moneys not appropriated under
18par. (gg) and all moneys transferred to this appropriation account from the
19appropriation account under par. (gh) for the payment of benefits specified in s.
20108.07 (5) and 1987 Wisconsin Act 38, section 132 (1) (c), for the payment of interest
21to employers under s. 108.17 (3m), for research relating to the condition of the

1unemployment reserve fund under s. 108.14 (6), for administration of the
2unemployment insurance reemployment assistance program and federal or state
3unemployment insurance reemployment assistance programs authorized by the
4governor under s. 16.54, for satisfaction of any federal audit exception concerning a
5payment from the unemployment reserve fund or any federal aid disallowance
6concerning the unemployment insurance reemployment assistance program, for
7assistance to the department of justice in the enforcement of ch. 108, for the payment
8of interest due on advances from the federal unemployment account under title XII
9of the social security act to the unemployment reserve fund, and for payments made
10to the unemployment reserve fund to obtain a lower interest rate or deferral of
11interest payments on these advances, except as otherwise provided in s. 108.20.
AB883,4 12Section 4 . 20.445 (1) (nd) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB883,6,2413 20.445 (1) (nd) Unemployment Reemployment assistance administration;
14apprenticeship and other employment services.
From the moneys received from the
15federal government under section 903 (d) of the federal Social Security Act, as
16amended, the amounts in the schedule, as authorized by the governor under s. 16.54,
17to be used for administration by the department of apprenticeship programs under
18subch. I of ch. 106 and for administration and service delivery of employment and
19workforce information services, including the delivery of reemployment assistance
20services to unemployment insurance reemployment assistance claimants. All
21moneys transferred from par. (n) for this purpose shall be credited to this
22appropriation account. No moneys may be expended from this appropriation unless
23the treasurer of the unemployment reserve fund determines that such expenditure
24is currently needed for the purposes specified in this paragraph.
AB883,5 25Section 5 . 40.02 (22) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB883,7,2
140.02 (22) (b) 3. Unemployment insurance or reemployment assistance
2benefits.
AB883,6 3Section 6 . 40.65 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB883,7,54 40.65 (5) (b) 2. Any unemployment insurance or reemployment assistance
5benefit payable to the participant because of his or her work record.
AB883,7 6Section 7 . 49.147 (3) (ac) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB883,7,87 49.147 (3) (ac) 2. State and federal unemployment reemployment assistance
8contributions or federal unemployment taxes.
AB883,8 9Section 8 . 49.163 (3) (a) 3. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB883,7,1110 49.163 (3) (a) 3. c. State reemployment assistance contributions and federal
11unemployment insurance contributions or taxes, if any.
AB883,9 12Section 9 . 71.67 (7) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB883,7,1413 71.67 (7) (title) Withholding from unemployment compensation insurance
14reemployment assistance.
AB883,10 15Section 10 . 105.01 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB883,7,2116 105.01 (1) (b) 1. The person employing the individuals in addition to wages or
17salaries pays federal social security taxes, state reemployment assistance
18contributions,
and federal unemployment contributions or taxes, carries worker's
19compensation insurance as required by state law, and maintains liability insurance
20covering the acts of its employees while rendering services to, for or under the
21direction of a 3rd person; and
AB883,11 22Section 11 . 105.115 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB883,8,523 105.115 (2) (b) A statement of the employment status of the home care worker,
24specifically, whether the home care worker is an employee of the home care
25placement agency or of the home care consumer or is an independent contractor and

1a statement identifying which party is responsible for paying the wages or salary of
2the home care worker, paying federal social security taxes and state reemployment
3assistance contributions
and federal unemployment contributions or taxes with
4respect to the home care worker, and procuring worker's compensation or liability
5insurance covering injury to the home care worker.
AB883,12 6Section 12 . 105.115 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB883,8,157 105.115 (2) (c) A statement that, notwithstanding the employment status of the
8home care worker specified in the notice, the home care consumer may be determined
9to be the employer of the home care worker for purposes of certain state and federal
10labor laws and that, if that is the case, the home care consumer may be held
11responsible for paying the wages or salary of the home care worker, paying federal
12social security taxes and state reemployment assistance contributions and federal
13unemployment contributions or taxes with respect to the home care worker,
14procuring worker's compensation or liability insurance covering injury to the home
15care worker, and complying with various other state and federal labor laws.
AB883,13 16Section 13 . 105.115 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB883,8,2117 105.115 (3) (a) 1. A statement identifying which party is responsible for paying
18the wages or salary of the home care worker, paying federal social security taxes and
19state reemployment assistance contributions and federal unemployment
20contributions or taxes with respect to the home care worker, and procuring worker's
21compensation or liability insurance covering injury to the home care worker.
AB883,14 22Section 14 . 105.115 (4) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB883,9,823 105.115 (4) (b) 1. If the department finds that a home care placement agency
24has failed to provide a home care consumer with the notice required under sub. (2)
25and that the home care consumer is liable for the payment of federal social security

1taxes or state reemployment assistance contributions or federal unemployment
2contributions or taxes with respect to the home care worker, for the provision of
3worker's compensation or liability insurance covering injury to the home care
4worker, for the payment of any fine or penalty imposed on the home care consumer
5for noncompliance with any state or federal labor law with respect to the home care
6worker, or for any injury to the home care worker, the department may recover from
7the home care placement agency, on behalf of the home care consumer, an amount
8equal to the total cost of those liabilities.
AB883,15 9Section 15 . 105.115 (4) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB883,9,2210 105.115 (4) (b) 3. In the case of a home care consumer who commences an action
11in circuit court under par. (a), if the circuit court finds that the home care placement
12agency has failed to provide the home care consumer with the notice required under
13sub. (2) and that the home care consumer is liable for the payment of federal social
14security taxes or state reemployment assistance contributions or federal
15unemployment contributions or taxes with respect to the home care worker, for the
16provision of worker's compensation or liability insurance covering injury to the home
17care worker, for the payment of any fine or penalty imposed on the home care
18consumer for noncompliance with any state or federal labor law with respect to the
19home care worker, or for any injury to the home care worker, the court may order the
20home care placement agency to pay to the home care consumer an amount equal to
21the total cost of those liabilities, together with costs under ch. 814 and,
22notwithstanding s. 814.04 (1), reasonable attorney fees.
AB883,16 23Section 16 . 106.11 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB883,9,25 24106.11 Workforce investment programs. The department shall cooperate
25with the federal government in carrying out the purposes of the federal Workforce

1Investment Act of 1998, 29 USC 2801 to 2945 Innovation and Opportunity Act of
22014, 29 USC 3101 to 3361
. In administering the programs authorized by that act
3the department shall, in cooperation with other state agencies, with the council on
4workforce investment established under 29 USC 3111,
and with local workforce
5development boards established under 29 USC 2832 3122, establish a statewide
6workforce investment system to meet the employment, training, and educational
7needs of persons in this state. If a local workforce development board anticipates
8that there may be a business closing or mass layoff under s. 109.07 in the area served
9by that board, the board may prepare a list of resources available in that area that
10provide career planning, job search, job skills training, and other support services for
11affected employees, as defined in s. 109.07 (1) (a), including contact information for
12those resources, for distribution to those employees under s. 109.07 (1m) (a).
AB883,17 13Section 17 . 106.113 of the statutes is created to read:
AB883,10,16 14106.113 Workforce innovation plan. The department shall submit a
15combined state plan under 29 USC 3113 that includes the programs listed under 29
16USC 3113
(a) (2) (G).
AB883,18 17Section 18 . 106.13 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB883,10,2118 106.13 (2) The council on workforce investment established under 29 USC
192821 3111, the technical college system board, and the department of public
20instruction shall assist the department in providing the youth apprenticeship
21program under sub. (1).
AB883,19 22Section 19 . 106.28 of the statutes is created to read:
AB883,10,24 23106.28 Grant program for employers who hire long-term unemployed.
24(1) In this section:
AB883,11,3
1(a) “Period of qualifying employment” means employment at 30 or more hours
2per week for 8 weeks, each of which begins on or after September 5, 2021, and ends
3on or before December 28, 2024.
AB883,11,44 (b) “Qualifying employee” means an employee who satisfies all of the following:
AB883,11,65 1. The individual was a qualified long-term unemployment recipient, as
6defined in 26 USC 51 (d) (15).
AB883,11,87 2. The individual became unemployed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as
8determined by the department.
AB883,11,12 9(2) The department shall develop and administer a grant program to provide
10payments to employing units in this state for hiring qualifying employees, to
11compensate those employing units for wages, training, benefits, and other
12employment costs, subject to all of the following:
AB883,11,1513 (a) 1. An employing unit shall be entitled to a first payment under this section
14for one period of qualifying employment by the employing unit of a qualifying
15employee.
AB883,11,1816 2. An employing unit shall be entitled to a 2nd payment under this section for
172 nonoverlapping periods of qualifying employment by the employing unit of a
18qualifying employee.
AB883,11,2119 (b) In order to receive a payment under par. (a) 1. or 2., an employing unit shall
20submit documentation of the employment of the employee, as required by the
21department by rule.
AB883,11,2222 (c) Each payment under par. (a) 1. or 2. shall be limited to $1,000.
AB883,11,2423 (d) An employing unit may receive no more than 2 payments under par. (a) per
24qualifying employee.
AB883,12,4
1(e) There is no limit to the number of qualifying employees for which an
2employing unit may receive payments under this subsection, except that no more
3than one employing unit may receive payments for employing a given qualifying
4employee.
AB883,12,8 5(3) Of the moneys the governor accepts from the federal government under s.
616.54 pursuant to section 602 of the federal Social Security Act as amended by the
7federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 117-2, the governor shall allocate
8sufficient moneys for costs associated with the grant program under this section.
AB883,12,15 9(4) The department may use the procedure under s. 227.24 to promulgate rules
10for the grant program under this section. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a) and (3),
11the department is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under
12this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public
13peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency
14for a rule promulgated under this subsection. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and
15(2), rules under this subsection may remain in effect until December 31, 2024.
AB883,20 16Section 20 . 106.38 (3) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB883,12,1817 106.38 (3) (c) 3. State reemployment assistance contributions and federal
18unemployment insurance contributions or taxes, if any.
AB883,21 19Section 21 . Chapter 108 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to
20read:
AB883,12,2221 CHAPTER 108
22 REEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE
AB883,22 23Section 22. 108.01 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB883,13,324 108.01 (2m) The Social Security Act requires that, in order for an individual
25to be eligible for reemployment assistance benefits, the individual must be able to

1work, available to work, and actively seeking work. The reemployment assistance
2program in Wisconsin should enact and focus on policies that complement
3individuals' efforts to find employment.
AB883,23 4Section 23 . 108.013 of the statutes is created to read:
AB883,13,8 5108.013 Name of program. The program established under this chapter and
6administered by the department shall be referred to as the “Reemployment
7Assistance Program,” and the benefits available under this chapter shall be referred
8to as “reemployment assistance benefits.”
AB883,24 9Section 24 . 108.02 (21r) of the statutes is created to read:
AB883,13,1310 108.02 (21r) Reemployment assistance. “ Reemployment assistance,” when
11used in reference to the law of another state or jurisdiction or the federal government,
12includes an unemployment insurance law of that state or jurisdiction or the federal
13government.
AB883,25 14Section 25. 108.04 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB883,14,215 108.04 (2) (a) 3. The claimant conducts a reasonable search for suitable work
16during that week and provides verification of that search to the department. The
17search for suitable work must include at least 4 actions per week that constitute a
18reasonable search as prescribed by rule of the department. The department shall
19require, for the 3rd or subsequent week of the claimant's benefit year, that at least
202 actions per week be direct contacts with potential employing units, as prescribed
21by rule of the department.
In addition, the department may, by rule, require a
22claimant to take more than 4 reasonable work search actions in any week. The
23department shall require a uniform number of reasonable work search actions for
24similar types of claimants. The department may require a claimant to apply for one
25or more of the potential opportunities provided to the claimant under sub. (15) (a) 1.

1and may refer a claimant to opportunities with a temporary help company as part
2of the required search for suitable work under this subdivision.
AB883,26 3Section 26. 108.04 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is renumbered 108.04 (2) (a) 4.
4(intro.) and amended to read:
AB883,14,65 108.04 (2) (a) 4. (intro.) If the claimant is claiming benefits for a week other
6than an initial week, the claimant provides does all of the following:
AB883,14,8 7a. Provides information or job application materials that are requested by the
8department and participates.
AB883,14,11 9b. Participates in a public employment office workshop or training program or
10in similar reemployment services that are required by the department under sub.
11(15) (a) 2.
AB883,27 12Section 27. 108.04 (2) (a) 4. c. of the statutes is created to read:
AB883,14,1413 108.04 (2) (a) 4. c. Submits and keeps posted on the department's job center
14website a current resume, if the claimant resides in this state.
AB883,28 15Section 28 . 108.04 (2) (a) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
AB883,14,1716 108.04 (2) (a) 5. The claimant completes any reemployment counseling session
17required of the claimant under sub. (15) (ao) 1.
AB883,29 18Section 29 . 108.04 (12) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB883,14,2219 108.04 (12) (b) Any individual who receives, through the department, any other
20type of unemployment or reemployment assistance benefit or allowance for a given
21week is ineligible for benefits for that same week under this chapter, except as
22specifically required for conformity with the federal trade act of 1974 (P.L. 93-618).
AB883,30 23Section 30. 108.04 (15) (a) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are consolidated,
24renumbered 108.04 (15) (a) 1. and amended to read:
AB883,15,10
1108.04 (15) (a) 1. Except as provided in par. (b), the department may do any of
2the following
shall, for the purpose of assisting claimants to find or obtain work: 1.
3Use
, use the information or, materials, and resume provided under sub. (2) (a) 4. to
4assess a claimant's efforts, skills, and ability to find or obtain work and to develop
5a list of potential opportunities for a the claimant to obtain suitable work. A
6claimant who otherwise satisfies the requirement under sub. (2) (a) 3. is not required
7to apply for any specific positions on the list in order to satisfy that requirement
The
8department shall provide each claimant, prior to the claimant filing a weekly claim
9for benefits, with at least 4 such potential opportunities each week, one or more of
10which may be opportunities with a temporary help company
.
AB883,31 11Section 31. 108.04 (15) (a) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 108.04 (15) (a) 2.
12a. and amended to read:
AB883,15,1813 108.04 (15) (a) 2. a. Require Except as provided in par. (b), the department shall
14require
a claimant whom the department identifies as likely to exhaust regular
15benefits
to participate in a public employment office workshop or training program
16or in similar reemployment services that do not charge the claimant a participation
17fee and that offer instruction to improve the claimant's ability to obtain suitable
18work.
AB883,32 19Section 32. 108.04 (15) (a) 2. b. of the statutes is created to read:
AB883,15,2320 108.04 (15) (a) 2. b. Except as provided in par. (b), in addition to the claimants
21described in subd. 2. a., the department may require other claimants to participate
22in the reemployment services described in subd. 2. a., but the department shall
23prioritize claimants who are more likely to have difficulty obtaining reemployment.
AB883,33 24Section 33 . 108.04 (15) (am), (an) and (ao) of the statutes are created to read:
AB883,16,6
1108.04 (15) (am) In carrying out this state's program of reemployment services
2and eligibility assessments using grant funds awarded under 42 USC 506, the
3department shall, except as provided in par. (b), provide reemployment services to
4all claimants identified by the department as likely to exhaust regular benefits,
5including by requiring the claimant to complete an online assessment aimed at
6identifying the claimant's skills, abilities, and career aptitude.
AB883,16,127 (an) 1. Notwithstanding par. (am), in carrying out this state's program of
8reemployment services and eligibility assessments using grant funds awarded
9under 42 USC 506, the department shall, except as provided in par. (b), provide
10reemployment services to all claimants receiving benefits, including benefits under
11ss. 108.141 and 108.142, including by doing all of the following for each such
12claimant:
AB883,16,1413 a. Requiring the claimant to complete an online assessment aimed at
14identifying the claimant's skills, abilities, and career aptitude.
AB883,16,1615 b. Coordinating with the claimant to develop an individualized employment
16plan for the claimant.
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