AB68-SSA1,862,2524 c. Whether the claimant has recall rights with the employer under the terms
25of any applicable collective bargaining agreement.
AB68-SSA1,1781
1Section 1781. 108.04 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB68-SSA1,863,42 108.04 (2) (b) The department may, by rule, establish waivers from the
3registration for work requirement under par. (a) 2. and the work search requirement
4under par. (a) 3.
AB68-SSA1,1782 5Section 1782. 108.04 (2) (bb) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,1783 6Section 1783. 108.04 (2) (bd) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,1784 7Section 1784. 108.04 (2) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,863,148 108.04 (2) (bm) A claimant is ineligible to receive benefits for any week for
9which there is a determination that the claimant failed to comply with the
10registration for work and work search requirements under par. (a) 2. or 3. or failed
11to provide verification to the department that the claimant complied with those
12requirements, unless the department has waived those requirements under par. (b),
13(bb), or (bd)
or s. 108.062 (10m). If the department has paid benefits to a claimant
14for any such week, the department may recover the overpayment under s. 108.22.
AB68-SSA1,1785 15Section 1785. 108.04 (2) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,863,2216 108.04 (2) (h) A claimant shall, when the claimant first files a claim for benefits
17under this chapter and during each subsequent week the claimant files for benefits
18under this chapter, inform the department whether he or she is receiving social
19security disability insurance payments, as defined in sub. (12) (f) 2m s. 108.05 (7m)
20(b). If the claimant is receiving social security disability insurance payments, the
21claimant shall, in the manner prescribed by the department, report to the
22department the amount of the social security disability insurance payments
.
AB68-SSA1,1786 23Section 1786. 108.04 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,1787 24Section 1787 . 108.04 (5g) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,1788 25Section 1788 . 108.04 (5m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,864,5
1108.04 (5m) Discharge for use of marijuana. (a) Notwithstanding sub. (5),
2“misconduct," for purposes of sub. (5), does not include the employee's use of
3marijuana off the employer's premises during nonworking hours or a violation of the
4employer's policy concerning such use, unless termination of the employee because
5of that use is permitted under s. 111.35.
AB68-SSA1,864,96 (b) Notwithstanding sub. (5g), “substantial fault," for purposes of sub. (5g), does
7not include the employee's use of marijuana off the employer's premises during
8nonworking hours or a violation of the employer's policy concerning such use, unless
9termination of the employee because of that use is permitted under s. 111.35.
AB68-SSA1,1789 10Section 1789. 108.04 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,864,1911 108.04 (7) (e) Paragraph (a) does not apply if the department determines that
12the employee accepted work that the employee could have failed to accept under sub.
13(8) and terminated the work on the same grounds and within the first 30 calendar
14days
10 weeks after starting the work, or that the employee accepted work that the
15employee could have refused under sub. (9) and terminated the work within the first
1630 calendar days 10 weeks after starting the work. For purposes of this paragraph,
17an employee has the same grounds for voluntarily terminating work if the employee
18could have failed to accept the work under sub. (8) (d) to (em) when it was offered,
19regardless of the reason articulated by the employee for the termination.
AB68-SSA1,1790 20Section 1790. 108.04 (7) (t) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,1791 21Section 1791. 108.04 (7) (t) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,864,2422 108.04 (7) (t) 2. The employee's spouse was required by the U.S. armed forces
23his or her employing unit to relocate to a place to which it is impractical for the
24employee to commute.
AB68-SSA1,1792 25Section 1792. 108.04 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,865,15
1108.04 (8) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), if If an employee fails, without good
2cause, to accept suitable work when offered, the employee is ineligible to receive
3benefits until the employee earns wages after the week in which the failure occurs
4equal to at least 6 times the employee's weekly benefit rate under s. 108.05 (1) in
5employment or other work covered by the unemployment insurance law of any state
6or the federal government. For purposes of requalification, the employee's weekly
7benefit rate shall be that rate which would have been paid had the failure not
8occurred. This paragraph does not preclude an employee from establishing a benefit
9year during a period in which the employee is ineligible to receive benefits under this
10paragraph if the employee qualifies to establish a benefit year under s. 108.06 (2) (a).
11Except as provided in par. (b), the The department shall charge to the fund's
12balancing account any benefits otherwise chargeable to the account of an employer
13that is subject to the contribution requirements under ss. 108.17 and 108.18
14whenever an employee of that employer fails, without good cause, to accept suitable
15work offered by that employer.
AB68-SSA1,1793 16Section 1793. 108.04 (8) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,1794 17Section 1794. 108.04 (8) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,865,2018 108.04 (8) (d) (intro.) With respect to the first 6 10 weeks after the employee
19became unemployed, “suitable work," for purposes of par. (a), means work to which
20all of the following apply:
AB68-SSA1,1795 21Section 1795. 108.04 (8) (dm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,866,222 108.04 (8) (dm) With respect to the 7th 11th week after the employee became
23unemployed and any week thereafter, “suitable work," for purposes of par. (a), means
24any work that the employee is capable of performing, regardless of whether the
25employee has any relevant experience or training, that pays wages that are above

1the lowest quartile of wages for similar work in the labor market area in which the
2work is located, as determined by the department.
AB68-SSA1,1796 3Section 1796 . 108.04 (11) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,866,124 108.04 (11) (bm) The department shall apply any ineligibility under par. (be)
5against benefits and weeks of eligibility for which the claimant would otherwise be
6eligible after the week of concealment and within 6 years after the date of an initial
7determination issued under s. 108.09 finding that a concealment occurred. The
8claimant shall not receive waiting period credit under s. 108.04 (3) for the period of
9ineligibility applied under par. (be).
If no benefit rate applies to the week for which
10the claim is made, the department shall use the claimant's benefit rate for the
11claimant's next benefit year beginning after the week of concealment to determine
12the amount of the benefit reduction.
AB68-SSA1,1797 13Section 1797. 108.04 (12) (f) 1m. and 2m. of the statutes are renumbered
14108.05 (7m) (a) and (b) and amended to read: