SB45,1716 Section 1716. 108.04 (5g) of the statutes is repealed.

SB45,1717 Section 1717. 108.04 (5m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,916,18 108.04 (5m) Discharge for use of marijuana. (a) Notwithstanding sub. (5), “misconduct,” for purposes of sub. (5), does not include the employee’s use of marijuana off the employer’s premises during nonworking hours or a violation of the employer’s policy concerning such use, unless termination of the employee because of that use is permitted under s. 111.35.

SB45,916,22 (b) Notwithstanding sub. (5g), “substantial fault,” for purposes of sub. (5g), does not include the employee’s use of marijuana off the employer’s premises during nonworking hours or a violation of the employer’s policy concerning such use, unless termination of the employee because of that use is permitted under s. 111.35.

SB45,1718 Section 1718. 108.04 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,917,9 108.04 (7) (e) Paragraph (a) does not apply if the department determines that the employee accepted work that the employee could have failed to accept under sub. (8) and terminated the work on the same grounds and within the first 30 calendar days 10 weeks after starting the work, or that the employee accepted work that the employee could have refused under sub. (9) and terminated the work within the first 30 calendar days 10 weeks after starting the work. For purposes of this paragraph, an employee has the same grounds for voluntarily terminating work if the employee could have failed to accept the work under sub. (8) (d) to (em) when it was offered, regardless of the reason articulated by the employee for the termination.

SB45,1719 Section 1719. 108.04 (7) (t) 1. of the statutes is repealed.

SB45,1720 Section 1720. 108.04 (7) (t) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,917,14 108.04 (7) (t) 2. The employee’s spouse was required by the U.S. armed forces his or her employing unit to relocate to a place to which it is impractical for the employee to commute.

SB45,1721 Section 1721. 108.04 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,918,7 108.04 (8) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), if If an employee fails, without good cause, to accept suitable work when offered, the employee is ineligible to receive benefits until the employee earns wages after the week in which the failure occurs equal to at least 6 times the employee’s weekly benefit rate under s. 108.05 (1) in employment or other work covered by the unemployment insurance law of any state or the federal government. For purposes of requalification, the employee’s weekly benefit rate shall be that rate which would have been paid had the failure not occurred. This paragraph does not preclude an employee from establishing a benefit year during a period in which the employee is ineligible to receive benefits under this paragraph if the employee qualifies to establish a benefit year under s. 108.06 (2) (a). Except as provided in par. (b), the The department shall charge to the fund’s balancing account any benefits otherwise chargeable to the account of an employer that is subject to the contribution requirements under ss. 108.17 and 108.18 whenever an employee of that employer fails, without good cause, to accept suitable work offered by that employer.

SB45,1722 Section 1722. 108.04 (8) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

SB45,1723 Section 1723. 108.04 (8) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,918,12 108.04 (8) (d) (intro.) With respect to the first 6 10 weeks after the employee became unemployed, “suitable work,” for purposes of par. (a), means work to which all of the following apply:

SB45,1724 Section 1724. 108.04 (8) (dm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,918,19 108.04 (8) (dm) With respect to the 7th 11th week after the employee became unemployed and any week thereafter, “suitable work,” for purposes of par. (a), means any work that the employee is capable of performing, regardless of whether the employee has any relevant experience or training, that pays wages that are above the lowest quartile of wages for similar work in the labor market area in which the work is located, as determined by the department.

SB45,1725 Section 1725. 108.04 (11) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,919,6 108.04 (11) (bm) The department shall apply any ineligibility under par. (be) against benefits and weeks of eligibility for which the claimant would otherwise be eligible after the week of concealment and within 6 years after the date of an initial determination issued under s. 108.09 finding that a concealment occurred. The claimant shall not receive waiting period credit under sub. (3) for the period of ineligibility applied under par. (be). If no benefit rate applies to the week for which the claim is made, the department shall use the claimant’s benefit rate for the claimant’s next benefit year beginning after the week of concealment to determine the amount of the benefit reduction.

SB45,1726 Section 1726. 108.04 (12) (f) 1m. and 2m. of the statutes are renumbered 108.05 (7m) (a) and (b) and amended to read:

SB45,919,11 108.05 (7m) (a) The intent of the legislature in enacting this paragraph subsection is to prevent the payment of duplicative government benefits for the replacement of lost earnings or income, regardless of an individual’s ability to work.

SB45,919,14 (b) In this paragraph subsection, “social security disability insurance payment” means a payment of social security disability insurance benefits under 42 USC ch. 7 subch. II.

SB45,1727 Section 1727. 108.04 (12) (f) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

SB45,1728 Section 1728. 108.04 (12) (f) 4. of the statutes is renumbered 108.05 (7m) (e).

SB45,1729 Section 1729. 108.05 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,919,19 108.05 (1) (cm) For purposes of par. (r), the department shall set the maximum weekly benefit amount as follows:

SB45,919,21 1. For benefits paid for a week of total unemployment that commences on or after January 5, 2014, but before January 4, 2026, $370.

SB45,919,23 2. For benefits paid for a week of total unemployment that commences on or after January 4, 2026, but before January 3, 2027, $497.

SB45,920,3 3. For benefits paid for a week of total unemployment that commences on or after January 3, 2027, the department shall set the maximum weekly benefit amount as provided under sub. (2).

SB45,1730 Section 1730. 108.05 (1) (r) of the statutes is renumbered 108.05 (1) (r) (intro.) and amended to read: