Update (21 May 2021): The Department has announced on its job search FAQ that the four job search actions per week will NOT apply to claimants receiving PUA benefits. Note: If your PUA eligibility changes or the circumstances connected to … Continue reading
On May 7th, Sen. Nass announced in a press release: The Department of Workforce Development has the power to end the emergency rule early on its own authority. Unfortunately, Governor Evers and his administration is ignoring the critical shortage of … Continue reading
Wisconsin news is in a tizzy about pandemic unemployment benefits leading to shortages of job applicants. News reports in Wisconsin feature retail establishments, and the outcry about worker shortages from the restaurant lobby has been non-stop. Sen. Nass even wants … Continue reading
At the 13 April 2016 Advisory Council meeting, the Council received two letters from state residents concerning the limitations on work search waivers that took effect this past winter. The first, a 31 March 2016 e-mail message (originally sent to … Continue reading
Effective 23 August 2015, the Department of Workforce Development is implementing a new job search verification requirement. Weekly Work Search Log Requirement Changes When Filing Weekly Claims By Telephone The following changes take effect Sunday, August 23, 2015 for all … Continue reading
DWD announced today that: Effective June 1, 2015, Secretary Reginald Newson of the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD), determined that DWD has the technological ability to implement the changes made by Clearinghouse Rule No. 13-081 to s. DWD 127.02 … Continue reading
Back in August 2014 I described the lack of information available to claimants about one of the new requirements instituted by 2013 Wis. Act 20 — that former employees of temp agencies need to contact those temp agencies once a … Continue reading
The Department of Workforce Development has recently updated the employer’s handbook about how former employees of temp agencies need to contact those temp agencies on a weekly basis as one of their four weekly job searches: AC. Work Search and … Continue reading
For six or more months now, the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) has new job search requirements. There are both new regulations and forms for tracking your job search efforts. Yet, at the jobs group where I volunteer, numerous folks … Continue reading
The Legislative Reference Bureau just published new emergency regulations for job search and job registration. These emergency regulations significantly alter DWD 126, 127, and 129. A slight change is also made to DWD 128.01(2)(a). Job registration changes Weekly claim certifications … Continue reading
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