SB327,28,2119 108.02 (4m) (a) All payments earnings for wage-earning service made which
20are paid
to an employe during his or her base period as a result of employment for
21an employer;
SB327, s. 43 22Section 43. 108.02 (4m) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
SB327,29,223 108.02 (4m) (g) All salary reduction amounts that are not wages and that
24would have been paid to an employe by an employer as salary during the employe's

1base period but for a salary reduction agreement under a cafeteria plan, within the
2meaning of 26 USC 125.
SB327, s. 44 3Section 44. 108.02 (12) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,29,84 108.02 (12) (b) (intro.) Paragraph (a) does not apply to an individual
5performing services for an employing unit other than a government unit or nonprofit
6organization
in a capacity other than as a contract operator with a carrier or as a
7skidding operator or piece cutter with a forest products manufacturer or a logging
8contractor
logger or trucker, if the employing unit satisfies the department that:
SB327, s. 45 9Section 45. 108.02 (12) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,29,1410 108.02 (12) (c) (intro.) Paragraph (a) does not apply to an individual performing
11services for a government unit or nonprofit organization, or for an any other
12employing unit in a capacity as a contract operator with a carrier or as a skidding
13operator or piece cutter with a forest products manufacturer or a logging contractor

14logger or trucker if the employing unit satisfies the department:
SB327, s. 46 15Section 46. 108.02 (15) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,29,2116 108.02 (15) (c) 1. Such service is deemed "employment" covered by this chapter
17pursuant to a reciprocal arrangement between the department and each agency
18administering the unemployment compensation insurance law of a jurisdiction in
19which part of such service is performed; or no contributions are required with respect
20to any of such service under any other unemployment compensation insurance law;
21and
SB327, s. 47 22Section 47. 108.02 (15) (dm) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,29,2423 108.02 (15) (dm) 1. Such service is not covered under the unemployment
24compensation insurance law of any other state or Canada; and
SB327, s. 48 25Section 48. 108.02 (15) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1108.02 (15) (e) In determining whether an individual's entire services shall be
2deemed "employment" subject to this chapter, under pars. (b), (c), (d), (dm) and (dn),
3the department may determine and redetermine the individual's status hereunder
4for such reasonable periods as it deems advisable, and may refund (as paid by
5mistake) any contributions which have been paid hereunder with respect to services
6duly covered under any other unemployment compensation insurance law.
SB327, s. 49 7Section 49. 108.02 (15) (gm) of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act
827
, is repealed.
SB327, s. 50 9Section 50. 108.02 (15) (i) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,30,1310 108.02 (15) (i) 2. By the spouse of such a student, if given written notice at the
11start of such service, that the work is under a program to provide financial assistance
12to the student and that the work will not be covered by any program of
13unemployment compensation insurance.
SB327, s. 51 14Section 51. 108.02 (15) (k) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,30,1715 108.02 (15) (k) 5. With respect to which unemployment compensation
16insurance is payable under the federal railroad unemployment insurance act (52
17Stat. 1094);
SB327, s. 52 18Section 52. 108.02 (15) (k) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,30,2119 108.02 (15) (k) 9. Covered by any other unemployment compensation
20insurance law pursuant to a reciprocal arrangement made by the department under
21s. 108.14 (8m);
SB327, s. 53 22Section 53. 108.02 (15) (k) 10. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,31,223 108.02 (15) (k) 10. For an employer who would otherwise be subject to this
24chapter solely because of sub. (13) (f), if and while the employer, with written notice
25to and approval by the department, duly covers under the unemployment

1compensation insurance law of another jurisdiction all services for such employer
2which would otherwise be covered under this chapter;
SB327, s. 54 3Section 54. 108.02 (15) (k) 14. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,31,154 108.02 (15) (k) 14. By an individual for an employer which is engaged in the
5processing of fresh perishable fruits or vegetables within a given calendar year if the
6individual has been employed by the employer solely within the active processing
7season or seasons, as determined by the department, of the establishment in which
8the individual has been employed by the employer, and the individual's base period
9wages with the employer are less than the wages required to start a benefit year
10under s. 108.04 (4) (a), unless the individual was paid wages of $200 or more for
11services performed in employment or other work covered by the unemployment
12compensation insurance law of any state or the federal government, other than work
13performed for the processing employer, during the 4 most recently completed
14quarters preceding the individual's first week of employment by the processing
15employer within that year;
SB327, s. 55 16Section 55. 108.02 (15) (k) 19. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,31,2117 108.02 (15) (k) 19. b. The individual has been paid or is treated as having been
18paid wages or other remuneration of $500 or more during his or her base period for
19services performed for at least one employer other than the seasonal employer which
20is subject to the unemployment compensation insurance law of any state or the
21federal government.
SB327, s. 56 22Section 56. 108.02 (18m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB327,31,2423 108.02 (18m) Logger. "Logger" means a skidding operator or piece cutter with
24a forest products manufacturer or a logging contractor.
SB327, s. 57 25Section 57. 108.02 (21) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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1108.02 (21) (a) 2. Are not subject to contributions under another
2unemployment compensation insurance law.
SB327, s. 58 3Section 58. 108.02 (21) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,32,74 108.02 (21) (b) Notwithstanding par. (a), an employer's payroll includes only
5the first $10,500 of wages paid by an employer to an individual during a calendar
6year, including any wages paid for any work covered by the unemployment
7compensation insurance law of any other state, except as authorized in s. 108.17 (5).
SB327, s. 59 8Section 59. 108.02 (25e) of the statutes is created to read:
SB327,32,109 108.02 (25e) Trucker. "Trucker" means a contract operator with a trucking
10carrier.
SB327, s. 60 11Section 60. 108.04 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,32,1712 108.04 (4) (a) A claimant is not eligible to start a benefit year unless the
13claimant has combined base period wages equal to at least 30 times the claimant's
14weekly benefit rate under s. 108.05 (1), including combined base period wages equal
15to at least 7 4 times the claimant's weekly benefit rate under s. 108.05 (1) in one or
16more quarters
outside of the quarter within the claimant's base period in which the
17claimant has the highest base period wages.
SB327, s. 61 18Section 61. 108.04 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,32,2519 108.04 (4) (c) An employe is not eligible to start a new benefit year unless,
20subsequent to the start of the employe's most recent benefit year in which benefits
21were paid to the employe, the employe has performed services and earned wages for
22those services
equal to at least 8 times the employe's latest weekly benefit rate under
23s. 108.05 (1) that was payable to the employe in the employe's most recent benefit
24year in employment or other work covered by the unemployment compensation
25insurance law of any state or the federal government.
SB327, s. 62
1Section 62. 108.04 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,33,252 108.04 (5) Discharge for misconduct. An employe whose work is terminated
3by an employing unit for misconduct connected with the employe's work is ineligible
4to receive benefits until 7 weeks have elapsed since the end of the week in which the
5discharge occurs and the employe earns wages after the week in which the discharge
6occurs equal to at least 14 times the employe's weekly benefit rate under s. 108.05
7(1) in employment or other work covered by the unemployment compensation
8insurance law of any state or the federal government. For purposes of
9requalification, the employe's weekly benefit rate shall be that rate which would
10have been paid had the discharge not occurred. The wages paid to an employe by an
11employer which terminates employment of the employe for misconduct connected
12with the employe's employment shall be excluded from the employe's base period
13wages under s. 108.06 (1) for purposes of benefit entitlement. The department shall,
14by rule, prescribe the conditions under which an employe's possession, use or
15impairment due to use of a controlled substance, as defined in s. 961.01 (4), or a
16controlled substance analog, as defined in s. 961.01 (4m), or an employe's violation
17of a work rule relating to controlled substances testing constitutes misconduct. This
18subsection does not preclude an employe who has employment with an employer
19other than the employer which terminated the employe for misconduct from
20establishing a benefit year using the base period wages excluded under this
21subsection if the employe qualifies to establish a benefit year under s. 108.06 (2) (a).
22The department shall charge to the fund's balancing account any benefits otherwise
23chargeable to the account of an employer that is subject to the contribution
24requirements under ss. 108.17 and 108.18 from which base period wages are
25excluded under this subsection.
SB327, s. 63
1Section 63. 108.04 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,34,122 108.04 (7) (a) If an employe terminates work with an employing unit, the
3employe is ineligible to receive benefits until 4 weeks have elapsed since the end of
4the week in which the termination occurs and the employe earns wages after the
5week in which the termination occurs equal to at least 4 times the employe's weekly
6benefit rate under s. 108.05 (1) in employment or other work covered by the
7unemployment compensation insurance law of any state or the federal government.
8For purposes of requalification, the employe's weekly benefit rate shall be that rate
9which would have been paid had the termination not occurred. This paragraph does
10not preclude an employe from establishing a benefit year by using the base period
11wages paid by the employer from which the employe voluntarily terminated, if the
12employe is qualified to establish a benefit year under s. 108.06 (2) (a).
SB327, s. 64 13Section 64. 108.04 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,34,2214 108.04 (7) (e) Paragraph (a) does not apply if the department determines that
15the employe accepted work which the employe could have refused failed to accept
16with good cause under sub. (8) and terminated such work with the same good cause
17and within the first 10 weeks after starting the work, or that the employe accepted
18work which the employe could have refused under sub. (9) and terminated such work
19within the first 10 weeks after starting the work. For purposes of this paragraph,
20an employe has the same good cause for voluntarily terminating work if the employe
21could have failed to accept the work under sub. (8) (d) when it was offered, regardless
22of the reason articulated by the employe for the termination.
SB327, s. 65 23Section 65. 108.04 (7) (L) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,35,324 108.04 (7) (L) (intro.) Paragraph (a) does not apply if the department
25determines that the employe terminated work to accept employment or other work

1covered by the unemployment compensation insurance law of any state or the federal
2government, and earned wages in the subsequent work equal to at least 4 times the
3employe's weekly benefit rate under s. 108.05 (1) if the work:
SB327, s. 66 4Section 66. 108.04 (7) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,35,95 108.04 (7) (p) Paragraph (a) does not apply if the department determines that
6an employe, while claiming benefits for partial unemployment, terminated work to
7accept employment or other work covered by the unemployment compensation
8insurance law of any state or the federal government, if that work offered an average
9weekly wage greater than the average weekly wage earned in the work terminated.
SB327, s. 67 10Section 67. 108.04 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,35,2511 108.04 (8) (a) If an employe fails, without good cause, to accept suitable work
12when offered, the employe is ineligible to receive benefits until 4 weeks have elapsed
13since the end of the week in which the failure occurs and the employe earns wages
14after the week in which the failure occurs equal to at least 4 times the employe's
15weekly benefit rate under s. 108.05 (1) in employment or other work covered by the
16unemployment compensation insurance law of any state or the federal government.
17For purposes of requalification, the employe's weekly benefit rate shall be that rate
18which would have been paid had the failure not occurred. This paragraph does not
19preclude an employe from establishing a benefit year during a period in which the
20employe is ineligible to receive benefits under this paragraph if the employe qualifies
21to establish a benefit year under s. 108.06 (2) (a). The department shall charge to the
22fund's balancing account any benefits otherwise chargeable to the account of an
23employer that is subject to the contribution requirements under ss. 108.17 and
24108.18 whenever an employe of that employer fails, without good cause, to accept
25suitable work offered by that employer.
SB327, s. 68
1Section 68. 108.04 (8) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,36,142 108.04 (8) (c) If an employe fails, without good cause, to return to work with
3a former employer that recalls the employe within 52 weeks after the employe last
4worked for that employer, the employe is ineligible to receive benefits until 4 weeks
5have elapsed since the end of the week in which the failure occurs and the employe
6earns wages after the week in which the failure occurs equal to at least 4 times the
7employe's weekly benefit rate under s. 108.05 (1) in employment or other work
8covered by the unemployment compensation insurance law of any state or the federal
9government. For purposes of requalification, the employe's weekly benefit rate shall
10be that rate which would have been paid had the failure not occurred. This
11paragraph does not preclude an employe from establishing a benefit year during a
12period in which the employe is ineligible to receive benefits under this paragraph if
13the employe qualifies to establish a benefit year under s. 108.06 (2) (a). If an employe
14receives actual notice of a recall to work, par. (a) applies in lieu of this paragraph.
SB327, s. 69 15Section 69. 108.04 (8) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,36,2316 108.04 (8) (d) An employe shall have good cause under par. (a) or (c), regardless
17of the reason articulated by the employe for the failure,
if the department determines
18that the failure related to involved work at a lower grade of skill or significantly lower
19rate of pay than applied to the employe on one or more recent jobs, and that the
20employe had not yet had a reasonable opportunity, in view of labor market conditions
21and the employe's degree of skill, but not to exceed 6 weeks after the employe became
22unemployed, to seek a new job substantially in line with the employe's prior job skill
23and rate of pay.
SB327, s. 70 24Section 70. 108.04 (12) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1108.04 (12) (c) Any individual who receives unemployment compensation
2insurance for a given week under any federal law through any federal agency shall
3be ineligible for benefits paid or payable for that same week under this chapter.
SB327, s. 71 4Section 71. 108.04 (12) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,37,85 108.04 (12) (d) Any individual who receives unemployment compensation
6insurance for a given week under the law of any other state (with no use of benefit
7credits earned under this chapter) shall be ineligible for benefits paid or payable for
8that same week under this chapter.
SB327, s. 72 9Section 72. 108.05 (1) (f) and (g) of the statutes are repealed.
SB327, s. 73 10Section 73. 108.05 (1) (h) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,37,2411 108.05 (1) (h) (intro.) Each eligible employe shall be paid benefits for each week
12of total unemployment which commences on or after January 5, 1997, and before
13January 4, 1998,
at the weekly benefit rate specified in this paragraph. Unless sub.
14(1m) applies, the weekly benefit rate shall equal 4% of the employe's base period
15wages which were paid during that quarter of the employe's base period in which the
16employe was paid the highest total wages, rounded down to the nearest whole dollar,
17except that if that amount is less than the minimum amount shown in the following
18schedule, no benefits are payable to the employe and if that amount is more than the
19maximum amount shown in the following schedule, the employe's weekly benefit
20rate shall be the maximum amount shown in the following schedule and except that
21if the employe's benefits are exhausted during any week under s. 108.06 (1), the
22employe shall be paid the remaining amount of benefits payable to the employe in
23lieu of the amount shown in the following schedule: [See Figure 108.05 (1) (h)
24following]
SB327, s. 74 25Section 74. 108.05 (1) (i) and (j) of the statutes are created to read:
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1108.05 (1) (i) Each eligible employe shall be paid benefits for each week of total
2unemployment which commences on or after January 4, 1998, and before January
33, 1999, at the weekly benefit rate specified in this paragraph. Unless sub. (1m)
4applies, the weekly benefit rate shall equal 4% of the employe's base period wages
5which were paid during that quarter of the employe's base period in which the
6employe was paid the highest total wages, rounded down to the nearest whole dollar,
7except that if that amount is less than the minimum amount shown in the following
8schedule, no benefits are payable to the employe and if that amount is more than the
9maximum amount shown in the following schedule, the employe's weekly benefit
10rate shall be the maximum amount shown in the following schedule and except that
11if the employe's benefits are exhausted during any week under s. 108.06 (1), the
12employe shall be paid the remaining amount of benefits payable to the employe in
13lieu of the amount shown in the following schedule: [See Figure 108.05 (1) (i)
14following]
SB327,38,16 16Figure 108.05 (1) (i):
SB327,49,142 (j) Each eligible employe shall be paid benefits for each week of total
3unemployment which commences on or after January 3, 1999, at the weekly benefit
4rate specified in this paragraph. Unless sub. (1m) applies, the weekly benefit rate
5shall equal 4% of the employe's base period wages which were paid during that
6quarter of the employe's base period in which the employe was paid the highest total
7wages, rounded down to the nearest whole dollar, except that if that amount is less
8than the minimum amount shown in the following schedule, no benefits are payable
9to the employe and if that amount is more than the maximum amount shown in the
10following schedule, the employe's weekly benefit rate shall be the maximum amount
11shown in the following schedule and except that if the employe's benefits are
12exhausted during any week under s. 108.06 (1), the employe shall be paid the
13remaining amount of benefits payable to the employe in lieu of the amount shown
14in the following schedule: [See Figure 108.05 (1) (j) following]
SB327,49,16 16Figure 108.05 (1) (j):
SB327, s. 75 2Section 75. 108.05 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,60,83 108.05 (2) (c) This chapter's maximum weekly benefit rate, as to weeks of
4unemployment in the ensuing half year, shall equal the result obtained by rounding
566-2/3% of the "average wages per average week" to the nearest multiple of one
6dollar, and the minimum weekly benefit rate shall be an amount which is 19% 15%
7of the maximum rate and adjusted, if not a multiple of one dollar, to the next lower
8multiple of one dollar.
SB327, s. 76 9Section 76. 108.05 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1108.05 (3) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), if an eligible employe earns wages
2in a given week, the first $30 of the wages shall be disregarded and the employe's
3applicable weekly benefit payment shall be reduced by 67% of the remaining
4amount, except that no such employe is eligible for benefits if the employe's benefit
5payment would be less than $5 for any week. For purposes of this paragraph, "wages"
6includes any salary reduction amounts earned that are not wages and that are
7deducted from the salary of a claimant by an employer pursuant to a salary reduction
8agreement under a cafeteria plan, within the meaning of 26 USC 125, and any

9amount that the a claimant would have earned in available work which is treated
10as wages under s. 108.04 (1) (a), but excludes any amount that the a claimant earned
11earns for services performed as a volunteer fire fighter or volunteer emergency
12medical technician. In applying this paragraph, the department shall disregard
13discrepancies of less than $2 between wages reported by employes and employers.
SB327, s. 77 14Section 77. 108.05 (3) (b) 1. a. and b. of the statutes are amended to read:
SB327,61,2315 108.05 (3) (b) 1. a. The claimant works for that employer at least 35 hours in
16that week at the same or a greater rate of pay, excluding bonuses, incentives,
17overtime or any other supplement to the earnings, as the claimant was paid by that
18employer in that quarter of the claimant's base period in which the claimant was paid
19his or her highest wages or any amount that the claimant would have earned from
20that employer in available work which is treated as wages under s. 108.04 (1) (a)
21within that week, by itself or in combination with wages earned for that week, is
22equivalent to pay for at least 35 hours of work at that same or a greater rate of pay;
23or
;
SB327,62,424 b. The claimant receives from that employer sick pay, holiday pay, vacation pay
25or termination pay which, by itself or in combination with wages earned for work

1performed in that week for that employer or any amount that the claimant would
2have earned from that employer in available work which is treated as wages under
3s. 108.04 (1) (a) within that week
, is equivalent to pay for at least 35 hours of work
4at that same or a greater rate of pay.; or
SB327, s. 78 5Section 78. 108.05 (3) (b) 1. c. of the statutes is created to read:
SB327,62,106 108.05 (3) (b) 1. c. The amount that the claimant would have earned within that
7week from that employer in available work which is treated as wages under s. 108.04
8(1) (a), by itself or in combination with the wages earned for work performed in that
9week for that employer and the pay received under subd. 1. b., is equivalent to pay
10for at least 35 hours of work at that same or a greater rate of pay.
SB327, s. 79 11Section 79. 108.05 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 108.05 (3) (b) 3.
SB327, s. 80 12Section 80. 108.05 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
SB327,62,1613 108.05 (3) (b) 2. For the purposes of this paragraph, "wages" includes any
14salary reduction amounts earned that are not wages and that are deducted from the
15salary of a claimant by an employer pursuant to a salary reduction agreement under
16a cafeteria plan, within the meaning of 26 USC 125.
SB327, s. 81 17Section 81. 108.06 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,63,218 108.06 (2) (d) A claimant may, in writing, request that the department to set
19aside a benefit year by filing a written, verbal or electronic request in the manner
20that the department prescribes by rule
. The department shall grant the request and
21cancel the benefit year if the request is voluntary, benefits have not been paid to the
22claimant and at the time the department acts upon the request for that benefit year
23the claimant's benefit eligibility is not suspended. If the claimant does not meet
24these requirements, the department shall not set aside the benefit year unless the
25department defines by rule exceptional circumstances in which a claimant may be

1permitted to set aside a request to establish a benefit year and the claimant qualifies
2to make such a request under the circumstances described in the rule.
SB327, s. 82 3Section 82. 108.06 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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