AB68-SSA1,866,1715 108.05 (7m) (a) The intent of the legislature in enacting this paragraph
16subsection is to prevent the payment of duplicative government benefits for the
17replacement of lost earnings or income, regardless of an individual's ability to work.

AB68-SSA1,866,2018 (b) In this paragraph subsection, “ social security disability insurance payment"
19means a payment of social security disability insurance benefits under 42 USC ch.
207 subch. II.

1108.05 (1) (am) On or before June 30 of each year, the department shall
2calculate, from quarterly wage reports under s. 108.205 for the prior calendar year,
3the state's annual average weekly wage in employment covered under this chapter.

AB68-SSA1,867,65 108.05 (1) (cm) The department shall set the maximum weekly benefit amount
6as follows:

AB68-SSA1,867,87 1. For benefits paid for a week of total unemployment that commences on or
8after January 5, 2014, but before January 2, 2022, $370.

AB68-SSA1,867,109 2. For benefits paid for a week of total unemployment that commences on or
10after January 2, 2022, but before January 1, 2023, $409.

AB68-SSA1,867,1311 3. For benefits paid for a week of total unemployment that commences on or
12after January 1, 2023, but before January 7, 2024, $409 or 50 percent of the state's
13annual average weekly wage, rounded up to the nearest dollar, whichever is greater.

AB68-SSA1,867,1714 4. For benefits paid for a week of total unemployment that commences on or
15after January 7, 2024, the department shall set an annual maximum weekly benefit
16amount that takes effect on the 1st Sunday in January of each calendar year and that
17is equal to the greater of the following:

AB68-SSA1,867,1918 a. Seventy-five percent of the state's annual average weekly wage, rounded up
19to the nearest dollar.

AB68-SSA1,867,2020 b. The maximum benefit amount in effect in the previous calendar year.

AB68-SSA1,868,523 108.05 (1) (r) (intro.) Except as provided in s. 108.062 (6) (a), each eligible
24employee shall be paid benefits for each week of total unemployment that
25commences on or after January 5, 2014, at the a weekly benefit rate specified in this

1paragraph. Unless sub. (1m) applies, the weekly benefit rate shall equal to 4 percent
2of the employee's base period wages that were paid during that quarter of the
3employee's base period in which the employee was paid the highest total wages,
4rounded down to the nearest whole dollar, except that, if that amount as provided
5under sub. (1m), and unless one of the following applies:

AB68-SSA1,868,7 61. If the employee's weekly benefit rate calculated under this paragraph is less
7than $54, no benefits are payable to the employee and, if that amount.

AB68-SSA1,868,10 82. If the employee's weekly benefit rate is more than $370 the maximum weekly
9benefit amount under par. (cm), the employee's weekly benefit rate shall be $370 and
10except that, if the maximum weekly benefit amount under par. (cm).

AB68-SSA1,868,13 113. If the employee's benefits are exhausted during any week under s. 108.06 (1),
12the employee shall be paid the remaining amount of benefits payable to the employee
13under s. 108.06 (1).

AB68-SSA1,868,16 14(s) The department shall publish on its Internet site a weekly benefit rate
15schedule of quarterly wages and the corresponding weekly benefit rates as
16calculated in accordance with this paragraph subsection.

AB68-SSA1,869,718 108.05 (3) (a) Except as provided in pars. (c) , and (d) and (dm) and s. 108.062,
19if an eligible employee earns wages in a given week, the first $30 of the wages shall
20be disregarded and the employee's applicable weekly benefit payment shall be
21reduced by 67 percent of the remaining amount, except that no such employee is
22eligible for benefits if the employee's benefit payment would be less than $5 for any
23week. For purposes of this paragraph, “wages" includes any salary reduction
24amounts earned that are not wages and that are deducted from the salary of a
25claimant by an employer pursuant to a salary reduction agreement under a cafeteria

1plan, within the meaning of 26 USC 125, and any amount that a claimant would have
2earned in available work under s. 108.04 (1) (a) which is treated as wages under s.
3108.04 (1) (bm), but excludes any amount that a claimant earns for services
4performed as a volunteer fire fighter, volunteer emergency medical services
5practitioner, or volunteer emergency medical responder. In applying this paragraph,
6the department shall disregard discrepancies of less than $2 between wages reported
7by employees and employers.

AB68-SSA1,869,1010 108.05 (7m) (title) Social security disability insurance payments.

AB68-SSA1,869,1511 (c) If a monthly social security disability insurance payment is issued to a
12claimant, the department shall reduce benefits otherwise payable to the claimant for
13a given week in accordance with par. (d). This subsection does not apply to a lump
14sum social security disability insurance payment in the nature of a retroactive
15payment or back pay.