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 of the statutes is repealed.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:

SB45,920,13 108.05 (1) (r) (intro.) Except as provided in s. 108.062 (6) (a), each eligible employee shall be paid benefits for each week of total unemployment that commences on or after January 5, 2014, at the a weekly benefit rate specified in this paragraph. Unless sub. (1m) applies, the weekly benefit rate shall equal to 4 percent of the employee’s base period wages that were paid during that quarter of the employee’s base period in which the employee was paid the highest total wages, rounded down to the nearest whole dollar, except that, if that amount as provided under sub. (1m) and except as follows:

SB45,920,15 1. If the employee’s weekly benefit rate calculated under this paragraph is less than $54, no benefits are payable to the employee and, if that amount.

SB45,920,19 2. If the employee’s weekly benefit rate is more than $370 the maximum weekly benefit amount specified in par. (cm), the employee’s weekly benefit rate shall be $370 and except that, if the maximum weekly benefit amount specified in par. (cm).

SB45,920,22 3. If the employee’s benefits are exhausted during any week under s. 108.06 (1), the employee shall be paid the remaining amount of benefits payable to the employee under s. 108.06 (1).

SB45,921,2 (s) The department shall publish on its Internet site a weekly benefit rate schedule of quarterly wages and the corresponding weekly benefit rates as calculated in accordance with this paragraph subsection.

SB45,1731 Section 1731. 108.05 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,921,7 108.05 (2) Indexing. (a) For benefits paid or payable for a week that commences on or after January 3, 2027, the department shall set the maximum weekly benefit amount under sub. (1) (cm) 3. and the wage limitation under sub. (3) (dm) 2. c. by doing the following:

SB45,921,12 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., calculating the percentage difference between the consumer price index for the 12-month period ending on July 31 of the prior year and the consumer price index for the 12-month period ending on July 31 of the year before the prior year, adjusting the prior year’s amount or limitation by that percentage difference, and rounding that result to the nearest whole dollar.

SB45,921,16 2. If the consumer price index for the 12-month period ending on July 31 of the prior year has not increased over the consumer price index for the 12-month period ending on July 31 of the year before the prior year, setting the amount or limitation at the same amount or limitation that was in effect in the previous year.

SB45,921,19 (b) An adjustment under this subsection of the maximum weekly benefit amount under sub. (1) (cm) 3. and the wage limitation under sub. (3) (dm) 2. c. shall take effect on the 1st Sunday in January of each calendar year.

SB45,1732 Section 1732. 108.05 (3) (dm) of the statutes is renumbered 108.05 (3) (dm) 1. and amended to read:

SB45,922,5 108.05 (3) (dm) 1. Except when otherwise authorized in an approved work- share program under s. 108.062, a claimant is ineligible to receive any benefits for a week if the claimant receives or will receive from one or more employers wages earned for work performed in that week, amounts treated as wages under s. 108.04 (1) (bm) for that week, sick pay, holiday pay, vacation pay, termination pay, bonus pay, back pay, or payments treated as wages under s. 108.04 (12) (e), or any combination thereof, totalling more than $500 the amount specified in subd. 2.

SB45,1733 Section 1733. 108.05 (3) (dm) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,922,8 108.05 (3) (dm) 2. The department shall set the wage limitation under subd. 1. as follows:

SB45,922,9 a. For a week of unemployment that commences before January 4, 2026, $500.