Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Joint Resolution 5
Relating to: the life and public service of Jerome J. Kleczka.
By Representatives Sinicki, Richards and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senator Plale
.
Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Joint Resolution 7
Relating to: the life and public service of Judge Ted E. Wedemeyer, Jr.
By Representatives Kessler, Staskunas, Pocan, A. Williams, Hebl, Pasch, Cullen, Fields, Grigsby and Barca; cosponsored by Senators Lehman, Sullivan, Coggs, Miller, Wirch and Plale.
Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Joint Resolution 18
Relating to: the life and public service of Rebecca Young.
By Representatives Berceau, Black, Ziegelbauer, Sinicki, Sherman, Pasch, Hebl, Roys, Grigsby, Turner, Mursau, Richards, Staskunas, A. Ott, Cullen, Zepnick, Nass, Townsend, Gunderson, Bernard Schaber and Pope-Roberts; cosponsored by Senators Risser, Erpenbach, Vinehout, Holperin, Olsen, Plale, Carpenter, Lehman, Cowles, Coggs, Decker, Taylor, Lassa and Miller.
Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Joint Resolution 21
Relating to: celebrating March 1, 2009, as St. David's Day.
By Representative
Davis
.
Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
__________________
Read and referred:
Senate Joint Resolution 16
Relating to: limiting the provisions that may be considered by the committee of conference.
By
Senators
Harsdorf, Schultz, Kedzie, Darling, Leibham and Grothman; cosponsored by Representatives Zipperer, Kerkman, Vos, Gottlieb, Murtha, J. Ott, Bies, LeMahieu, Roth, Spanbauer, Gundrum, Townsend, Mursau and Kleefisch.
To committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 85
Relating to: eligibility for tuition fee remission for certain veterans and their spouses, surviving spouses, and children.
By
Senators
Leibham, Hopper, Plale, Darling and S. Fitzgerald; cosponsored by Representatives Rhoades, Schneider, Bies, Brooks, Lothian, A. Ott, Spanbauer, Suder and Townsend.
To committee on Agriculture and Higher Education.
Senate Bill 86
Relating to: school conference and activities leave.
S87
By
Senators
Carpenter, Lassa, Lehman, Plale, Taylor, Erpenbach, Miller and Hansen; cosponsored by Representatives Black, A. Ott, Smith, Zigmunt, Sinicki, Benedict, Parisi, Pope-Roberts, Pocan, Grigsby, A. Williams, Young, Cullen, Fields, Zepnick, Pasch, Berceau and Soletski.
To committee on Children and Families and Workforce Development.
Senate Bill 87
Relating to: increasing the maximum annual loan amount under the property tax deferral loan program of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.
By
Senators
Lassa, Hansen, Vinehout, Lehman, Darling, Coggs, Taylor and Robson; cosponsored by Representatives Berceau, Hebl, Hintz, A. Ott, Fields, Young and A. Williams.
To committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue.
Senate Bill 88
Relating to: purchase of creditable service under the Wisconsin Retirement System for active service in the U.S. armed forces.
By
Senators
Leibham, Hopper, Plale, Darling, Harsdorf and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Petersen, Bies, Gunderson, Kerkman, Kestell, LeMahieu, Lothian, A. Ott, Spanbauer and Suder.
To joint survey committee on Retirement Systems.
Senate Bill 89
Relating to: requirements for pupils enrolled in five-year-old kindergarten.
By
Senators
Coggs, Lehman, Carpenter, Vinehout, Plale and Robson; cosponsored by Representatives Smith, Pope-Roberts, Berceau, Richards, Soletski, Colon, Sinicki, Mason, Pasch, Fields, Hebl, Benedict, Hixson, Milroy, Clark, Zigmunt, Bernard Schaber and A. Ott.
To committee on Education.
Senate Bill 90
Relating to: the registration of antique snowmobiles.
By
Senators
Holperin, Cowles, A. Lasee, Lehman, Hansen, Taylor, Plale, Olsen and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Vruwink, Sherman, Garthwaite, Milroy, Zepnick, A. Ott, Nygren, Gunderson, Townsend, Petrowski, Molepske Jr., Steinbrink, Ziegelbauer, Benedict, Mursau and Kaufert.
To committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
__________________
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Strachota added as a cosponsor of
Senate Bill
64
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator S. Fitzgerald added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill
51
.
__________________
State of Wisconsin
Department of Workforce Development
February 25, 2009
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to 109.12(2) and (3), Wis. Stats., I hereby submit the Department of Workforce Development's (DWD) 2008 annual report on the administration and enforcement of 109.07 and 109.075, Wis. Stats. The report contains three sections. The first section lists all employers in 2008 that notified DWD of business closings and mass layoffs planned in Wisconsin. The second section of the report lists employers against whom DWD has received business closing or mass layoff notification complaints and the current status or outcome of those complaints. The third section of the report lists employers against whom DWD has received healthcare cessation notification complaints, DWD's actions and the current status or outcome of those complaints.
Business Closing or Mass Layoff Notification Cases:
On January 1, 2008 the department had 24 business closing or mass layoff cases pending either within the department [DWD] or at the Department of Justice [DOJ}. Since January 1, 2008, 15 of those cases have been resolved. Seven cases were settled. Eight cases were closed as invalid complaints. Of the remaining nine cases, eight remain with the DOJ in various stages of litigation and one has an invalid initial determination but is still in the appeal process.
During 2008 and thus far in 2009 the department has received 30 new cases. Eleven of these cases remain under investigation. Eighteen cases have been closed as invalid. One case has been referred to DOJ for litigation.
Overall in 2008 the departments collected more than $636,000 in increased wages for 288 employees due to a combination of employers' failures to provide employees with advance notices of business closings or mass layoffs and unpaid final wages for these employees.
Healthcare Plan Cessation Notification Cases:
On January 1, 2008 the department had nine healthcare plan cessation notification cases pending either at DWD or DOJ. Since January 1, 2008 one of these cases was settled. Four cases were closed as invalid. One has an invalid initial determination but is still in the appeal process. The remaining three cases are pending litigation by DOJ. The amount of money collected in the settlement of the above case is included in the $636,000 listed as collected under the business closing cases.
In 2008 four new healthcare plan cessation notification cases were filed. DWD has completed its investigation of three of these cases and determined they were invalid. The other case was referred to DOJ for litigation.
If you have any questions regarding the information contained in this report, please contact Jennifer Ortiz, Administrator of the Equal Rights Division, at (608) 266-0946.
Sincerely,
roberta gassman
Secretary
Referred to committee on Labor, Elections, and Urban Affairs.
__________________
Relating to the Wisconsin lists of endangered and threatened species.
Submitted by Department of Natural Resources.
Report received from Agency, February 23, 2009.
Referred to committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources, February 25, 2009.
