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6Section
271. 106.29 of the statutes is created to read:
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7106.29 Workforce innovation grant program. (1) Workforce innovation
8grants. The department shall, from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (bw),
9establish and operate a program to provide grants to regional organizations to design
10and implement plans to address their region's workforce challenges that arose
11during or were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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12(2) Implementation. (a)
Duties. To implement this section, the department
13shall receive and review applications for grants under sub. (1) and prescribe the
14form, nature, and extent of the information that must be contained in an application
15for a grant under sub. (1).
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(b)
Powers. In addition to the duties described in par. (a), the department shall
17have all other powers necessary and convenient to implement this section, including
18the power to audit and inspect the records of grant recipients.
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19Section
272. 106.54 (11) of the statutes is created to read:
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106.54
(11) The division shall receive complaints under s. 103.135 (1) (a) and
21(2) (a) to (c) and shall process the complaints in the same manner that employment
22discrimination complaints are processed under s. 111.39.
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23Section
273. 108.04 (2) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
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108.04
(2) (h) A claimant shall, when the claimant first files a claim for benefits
25under this chapter and during each subsequent week the claimant files for benefits
1under this chapter, inform the department whether he or she is receiving social
2security disability insurance payments, as defined in
sub. (12) (f) 2m s. 108.05 (7m)
3(b). If the claimant is receiving social security disability insurance payments, the
4claimant shall, in the manner prescribed by the department, report to the
5department the amount of the social security disability insurance payments.
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6Section
274. 108.04 (12) (f) 1m. and 2m. of the statutes are renumbered 108.05
7(7m) (a) and (b) and amended to read:
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108.05
(7m) (a) The intent of the legislature in enacting this
paragraph 9subsection is to prevent the payment of duplicative government benefits for the
10replacement of lost earnings or income, regardless of an individual's ability to work.
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(b) In this
paragraph subsection, “
social security disability insurance payment"
12means a payment of social security disability insurance benefits under
42 USC ch.
137 subch. II.
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14Section
275. 108.04 (12) (f) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
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15Section
276. 108.04 (12) (f) 4. of the statutes is renumbered 108.05 (7m) (e).
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16Section
277. 108.05 (7m) (title), (c) and (d) of the statutes are created to read:
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108.05
(7m) (title)
Social security disability insurance payments.
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(c) If a monthly social security disability insurance payment is issued to a
19claimant, the department shall reduce benefits otherwise payable to the claimant for
20a given week in accordance with par. (d). This subsection does not apply to a lump
21sum social security disability insurance payment in the nature of a retroactive
22payment or back pay.
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(d) The department shall allocate a monthly social security disability insurance
24payment by allocating to each week the fraction of the payment attributable to that
25week.
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1Section
278. 108.05 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
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108.05
(9) Rounding of benefit amounts. Notwithstanding sub. (1), benefits
3payable for a week of unemployment as a result of applying sub. (1m), (3)
or, (7)
, or
4(7m) or s. 108.04 (11) or (12), 108.06 (1), 108.13 (4) or (5) or 108.135 shall be rounded
5down to the next lowest dollar.
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6Section
279. 108.05 (10) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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108.05
(10) Deductions from benefit payments. (intro.) After calculating the
8benefit payment due to be paid for a week under subs. (1) to
(7) (7m), the department
9shall make deductions from that payment to the extent that the payment is sufficient
10to make the following payments in the following order:
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11Section
280. 108.221 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 108.221 (1) (a)
12(intro.) and amended to read:
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108.221
(1) (a) (intro.) Any employer
described in s. 108.18 (2) (c) or engaged
14in the painting or drywall finishing of buildings or other structures who knowingly
15and intentionally provides false information to the department for the purpose of
16misclassifying or attempting to misclassify an individual who is an employee of the
17employer as a nonemployee shall, for each incident, be assessed a penalty by the
18department
as follows:
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191. For each act occurring before the date of the first determination of a violation
20of this subsection, the employer shall be assessed a penalty in the amount of $500
21for each employee who is misclassified
, but not to exceed $7,500 per incident.
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281. 108.221 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
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1108.221
(1) (a) 2. For each act occurring after the date of the first determination
2of a violation of this subsection, the employer shall be assessed a penalty in the
3amount of $1,000 for each employee who is misclassified.
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4Section
282. 108.221 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 108.221 (2) (intro.) and
5amended to read:
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108.221
(2) (intro.) Any employer
described in s. 108.18 (2) (c) or engaged in the
7painting or drywall finishing of buildings or other structures who, through coercion,
8requires an individual to adopt the status of a nonemployee shall be assessed a
9penalty by the department
as follows:
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10(a) For each act occurring before the date of the first determination of a
11violation of this subsection, the employer shall be assessed a penalty in the amount
12of $1,000 for each individual so coerced
, but not to exceed $10,000 per calendar year.