DWD 149.001(2)(d)(d) “Public official” means an official, agency, or public entity within the executive branch of the federal, state, Indian tribal, or local government with responsibility for administering or enforcing a law, or an elected official in federal, state, Indian tribal, or local government and includes the meaning specified in 20 CFR 603.2 (d) (2) to (5).

DWD 149.001 Note(2) Public postsecondary educational institutions established and governed under the laws of the State. These include the following:

DWD 149.001 Note(i) Institutions that are part of the State’s executive branch. This means the head of the institution must derive his or her authority from the Governor, either directly or through a State WDB (Workforce Development Board), commission, or similar entity established in the executive branch under the laws of the State.

DWD 149.001 Note(ii) Institutions which are independent of the executive branch. This means the head of the institution derives his or her authority from the State’s chief executive officer for the State education authority or agency when such officer is elected or appointed independently of the Governor.

DWD 149.001 Note(3) Performance accountability and customer information agencies designated by the Governor of a State to be responsible for coordinating the assessment of State and local education or workforce training program performance and/or evaluating education or workforce training provider performance.

DWD 149.001 Note(4) The chief elected official of a local area as defined in WIOA (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act) sec. 3(9).

DWD 149.001 Note(5) A State educational authority, agency, or institution as those terms are used in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, to the extent they are public entities.

DWD 149.001(2)(e)(e) “Wage information” means information in the department’s unemployment insurance records about wages paid to an individual; the individual’s social security number; and name, address, state, and federal employer identification number of the employing unit that paid the wages to the individual.

DWD 149.001 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, May, 1993, No. 449, eff. 6-1-93, r. (intro.), (1), (2), (3) and (4), cr. (1), renum. (5) to (2) and am., renum. (6) and (7) to 100.02 (47) and (67), Register, September, 1995, No. 477, eff. 10-1-95; CR 08-019: r. and recr. (2) Register July 2008 No. 631, eff. 8-1-08; CR 18-033: am. (2) (d) Register May 2019 No. 761, eff. 6-1-19; CR 22-010: am. (2) (c) 1. Register June 2022 No. 798, eff. 7-1-22.

DWD 149.01DWD 149.01 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to implement s. 108.14 (7), Stats., and to comply with 20 CFR Part 603. Under s. 108.14 (7), Stats., the unemployment insurance records made or maintained by the department are confidential and shall be open to public inspection or disclosure only to the extent that the department permits in the interest of the unemployment insurance program. This chapter specifies the conditions and circumstances under which the department may permit unemployment insurance records to be disclosed. This chapter shall be interpreted and applied consistently with the requirements of 20 CFR Part 603.

DWD 149.01 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, May, 1993, No. 449, eff. 6-1-93; CR 08-019: am. Register July 2008 No. 631, eff. 8-1-08.

DWD 149.02DWD 149.02 Confidentiality of records.

DWD 149.02(1)(1) Unemployment insurance records made or maintained by the department are confidential and not open to public inspection or disclosure, except as provided in subs. (2) and (3).

DWD 149.02(2)(2) The department may disclose the following unemployment insurance records if the disclosure is in the interest of the unemployment insurance program and does not interfere with the efficient administration of the program:

DWD 149.02(2)(b)(b) Appeals records and decisions with personally identifiable information, as defined in s. 19.62 (5), Stats., redacted as provided in s. DWD 140.09.

DWD 149.02(2)(c)(c) Any unemployment insurance record that has been screened to prevent identification of the individual or employing unit that is the subject of the record or which could foreseeably be combined with other publicly available information to reveal any identifying particulars of an individual or employing unit.

DWD 149.02(4)(4) The department shall notify every claimant at the time of application and periodically thereafter that confidential unemployment insurance information pertaining to the claimant may be requested and used for other governmental purposes, including verification of eligibility for other government programs.

DWD 149.02(5)(5) The department shall notify every employer subject to ch. 108, Stats., annually that wage information and other confidential unemployment insurance information may be requested and used for other governmental purposes, including verification of an individual’s eligibility for other government programs.

DWD 149.02 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, May, 1993, No. 449, eff. 6-1-93; CR 08-019: r. and recr. Register July 2008 No. 631, eff. 8-1-08; CR 18-033: am. (2) (b) Register May 2019 No. 761, eff. 6-1-19.

DWD 149.03DWD 149.03 Disclosure of records to individuals, employing units, their agents, and authorized third parties.

DWD 149.03(1)(1) Claimants and employing units. Except as otherwise provided under s. DWD 140.09, the department shall make the following records available to the following persons upon request:

DWD 149.03(1)(b)(b) An unemployment insurance record concerning an individual’s work for an employing unit is available to that employing unit.

DWD 149.03(1)(c)(c) An unemployment insurance record concerning a determination to which an employing unit is identified as a party of interest under s. 108.09, Stats., is available to that employing unit.