DWD 127.02(7)
(7) The claimant is enrolled in and satisfactorily participating in a course of approved training under s.
108.04 (16), Stats.
DWD 127.02(8)
(8) The claimant has not made a search for suitable work because of an error made by personnel of the department.
DWD 127.02(9)
(9) The claimant was not aware of the work search requirement and the claimant's most recent employer failed to post and maintain the notice on claiming unemployment benefits that was supplied to the employer under
s. DWD 120.01.
DWD 127.02(10)
(10) The claimant reasonably expected to perform work during the week but did not receive timely notice from the employer that work would not be available so as to allow the claimant sufficient time to comply with the search for suitable work requirement in that week.
DWD 127.02(11)
(11) The claimant has been determined, pursuant to a profiling system established by the department, to be likely to exhaust regular unemployment insurance benefits and to need reemployment services in order to make a successful transition to new employment, and
DWD 127.02(11)(a)
(a) The claimant has been referred for and is participating in reemployment services by complying with department directions regarding such services;
DWD 127.02(11)(b)
(b) The claimant has been referred for reemployment services and is enrolled and satisfactorily participating in educational and training programs which were recommended based on a reemployment services assessment; or
DWD 127.02(11)(d)
(d) The claimant has been referred for reemployment services and is not participating in such services, but has justifiable cause for his or her failure to participate. Justifiable cause includes, but is not limited to, the following:
DWD 127.02(11)(d)2.
2. The claimant is enrolled and satisfactorily participating in a course of training approved by the department;
DWD 127.02(11)(d)5.
5. The claimant is unable to participate due to circumstances which the department determines are beyond the claimant's control.
DWD 127.02 History
History: Cr.
Register, July, 1984, No. 343, eff. 8-1-84;
CR 06-072: (6) to (11) renum. from DWD 127.03 (1) to (6) and am. (9), am. (intro.) and (3) (intro.), r. and recr. (2),
Register December 2006 No. 612, eff. 1-1-07.
DWD 127.02 Note
DWD 127.03 Mandatory waiver of work search requirements. History: Cr.
Register, July, 1984, No. 343, eff. 8-1-84; correction in (4) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register, July, 1993, No. 451; cr. (6),
Register, October, 1994, No. 466, eff. 11-1-94; am. (6) (intro.), r. (6) (a) and renum. (6) (b) and (c) to be (6) (a) and (b),
Register, September, 2000, No. 537, eff. 10-1-00;
CR 06-072: renum. to be DWD 127.02 (6) to (11)
Register December 2006 No. 612, eff. 1-1-07.
DWD 127.04
DWD 127.04
Claimants to present evidence of work search efforts. DWD 127.04(1)(1) The department may require a claimant to present evidence of his or her work search efforts to the department for any time period up to and including the 8-week period prior to the date that the department makes the request. The department may also notify the claimant that evidence will be required for a future week. The department may verify the evidence submitted. Evidence which a claimant customarily would be expected to submit includes the following:
DWD 127.04(1)(a)
(a) In the case of employer contacts: the date on which the claimant made an employer contact; the name and address of the employer and the name of the employer representative contacted; the type of work applied for; and the results of the contact;
DWD 127.04(1)(b)
(b) In the case of civil service examinations: the date on which the claimant took an examination and the type of work applied for;
DWD 127.04(1)(c)
(c) In the case of registration with a union referral or hiring hall, professional organization or educational placement facility or private employment agency: the date on which the claimant registered and the type of work for which the claimant is registered; and
DWD 127.04(1)(d)
(d) Evidence of any other action which the claimant took during a given week to seek work including, but not limited to, any responses to advertisements for suitable work and submission of personal resumes to prospective employers.
DWD 127.04(2)
(2) The department may disqualify a claimant for benefits in any week for which the evidence of work search efforts is insufficient to establish that the claimant made a reasonable search for suitable work.
DWD 127.04 History
History: Cr.
Register, July, 1984, No. 343, eff. 8-1-84;
CR 06-072: am. (1) (intro.)
Register December 2006 No. 612, eff. 1-1-07.
DWD 127.05
DWD 127.05
Certification as to work search. The department may require any claimant to certify that a work search was made each week as part of the claim filing procedure under
ch. DWD 129.
DWD 127.05 History
History: Cr.
Register, July, 1984, No. 343, eff. 8-1-84;
CR 06-072: r. (2) and (3)
Register December 2006 No. 612, eff. 1-1-07.
DWD 127.06
DWD 127.06
Added efforts to secure work. DWD 127.06(1)
(1) The department may require any claimant whose employment history or conduct indicates that he or she may not be genuinely interested in accepting new work to make a minimum number of weekly in-person applications for work with employers and may also require the claimant to comply with any of the provisions under
s. DWD 127.01 (2). The department shall provide each claimant with instructions as to how to comply with the requirements under this section. A claimant shall be ineligible for benefits for any week in which the claimant has failed, without good cause, to comply with any requirements imposed by the department under this subsection.
DWD 127.06(2)
(2) After a claimant has been unemployed for 4 or more consecutive weeks, the department may require the claimant to develop a work search plan for approval by the department. A claimant shall be ineligible for benefits in any week in which the department determines that the claimant failed, without good cause, either to develop or comply with the work search plan.
DWD 127.06(3)
(3) A claimant who is claiming extended benefits under s.
108.141, Stats., shall, in addition to complying with the requirements for extended benefits, comply with any requirements imposed by the department under
subs. (1) and
(2). A claimant who fails to comply with the requirements under this subsection shall be ineligible for benefits until the claimant has again worked within at least 4 subsequent weeks and earned wages equal to at least 4 times his or her extended weekly benefit rate.
DWD 127.06 History
History: Cr.
Register, July, 1984, No. 343, eff. 8-1-84; emerg. r. (3) eff. 3-6-93; r. (3),
Register, July, 1993, No. 451, eff. 8-1-93; cr. (3),
Register, October, 1994, No. 466, eff. 11-1-94.
DWD 127.07(1)
(1) The department may require a claimant to participate in a public employment office workshop which offers instruction in improving the claimant's skills for finding and obtaining employment. The claimant shall be ineligible for benefits for any week for which the department determines that the claimant failed, without good cause, to participate in such a workshop.
DWD 127.07(2)
(2) A claimant may not be disqualified from benefits under this section if:
DWD 127.07(2)(a)
(a) The claimant is required to pay a participation fee of any kind for the workshop; or
DWD 127.07 History
History: Cr.
Register, July, 1984, No. 343, eff. 8-1-84.
DWD 127.08
DWD 127.08
Further disqualifications; retroactivity. DWD 127.08(1)(1) A claimant shall be ineligible for benefits in any week for which the claimant knowingly makes a false statement or conceals or misrepresents any information pertaining to his or her work search efforts.
DWD 127.08(2)
(2) The department may not disqualify a claimant under
ss. DWD 127.01 and
127.04 for any week for which a benefit check has been mailed prior to the date of an initial determination resolving an eligibility issue under the aforementioned sections. The department may disqualify a claimant under
ss. DWD 127.05,
127.06 and
127.07 and
sub. (1) whether or not a benefit check has been mailed for a given week.
DWD 127.08 History
History: Cr.
Register, July, 1984, No. 343, eff. 8-1-84; corrections in (2) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register December 2006 No. 612.
