AB255,15,169 71.28 (3w) (b) 2. Determine the claimant's average zone payroll by dividing
10total wages for full-time employees whose annual wages are greater than $20,000
11in a tier I county or municipality or greater than
$30,000 in a tier II county or
12municipality
and who the claimant employed in the enterprise zone in the taxable
13year by the number of full-time employees whose annual wages are greater than
14$20,000 in a tier I county or municipality or greater than $30,000 in a tier II county
15or municipality
and who the claimant employed in the enterprise zone in the taxable
16year.
AB255, s. 29 17Section 29. 71.28 (3w) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB255,15,2118 71.28 (3w) (b) 3. Subtract For employees in a tier I county or municipality,
19subtract $20,000 from the amount determined under subd. 2. and for employees in
20a tier II county or municipality, subtract
$30,000 from the amount determined under
21subd. 2.
AB255, s. 30 22Section 30. 71.28 (3w) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB255,15,2523 71.28 (3w) (b) 5. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 4. by the
24percentage determined by the department of commerce under s. 560.799, not to
25exceed
7 percent.
AB255, s. 31
1Section 31. 71.28 (3w) (bm) of the statutes is renumbered 71.28 (3w) (bm) 1.
2and amended to read:
AB255,16,123 71.28 (3w) (bm) 1. In addition to the credit credits under par. (b) and subd. 2.,
4and subject to the limitations provided in this subsection and s. 560.799, a claimant
5may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.23 an amount equal to a
6percentage, as determined by the department of commerce, not to exceed 100
7percent, of the amount the claimant paid in the taxable year to upgrade or improve
8the job-related skills of any of the claimant's full-time employees, to train any of the
9claimant's full-time employees on the use of job-related new technologies, or to
10provide job-related training to any full-time employee whose employment with the
11claimant represents the employee's first full-time job. This subdivision does not
12apply to employees who do not work in an enterprise zone.
AB255, s. 32 13Section 32. 71.28 (3w) (bm) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB255,17,214 71.28 (3w) (bm) 2. In addition to the credits under par. (b) and subd. 1., and
15subject to the limitations provided in this subsection and s. 560.799, a claimant may
16claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.23 an amount equal to the
17percentage, as determined by the department of commerce under s. 560.799, not to
18exceed 7 percent, of the claimant's zone payroll paid in the taxable year to all of the
19claimant's full-time employees whose annual wages are greater than $20,000 in a
20tier I county or municipality, not including the wages paid to the employees
21determined under par. (b) 1., or greater than $30,000 in a tier II county or
22municipality, not including the wages paid to the employees determined under par.
23(b) 1., and who the claimant employed in the enterprise zone in the taxable year, if
24the total number of such employees is equal to or greater than the total number of

1such employees in the base year. A claimant may claim a credit under this
2subdivision for no more than 5 consecutive taxable years.
AB255, s. 33 3Section 33. 71.47 (3w) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB255,17,74 71.47 (3w) (a) 3. "Full-time employee" means an individual who is employed
5in a regular, nonseasonal job and who, as a condition of employment, is required to
6work at least 2,080 hours per year, including paid leave and holidays
a full-time
7employee, as defined in s. 560.799 (1) (am)
.
AB255, s. 34 8Section 34. 71.47 (3w) (a) 5d. of the statutes is created to read:
AB255,17,109 71.47 (3w) (a) 5d. "Tier I county or municipality" means a tier I county or
10municipality, as determined by the department of commerce under s. 560.799.
AB255, s. 35 11Section 35. 71.47 (3w) (a) 5e. of the statutes is created to read:
AB255,17,1312 71.47 (3w) (a) 5e. "Tier II county or municipality" means a tier II county or
13municipality, as determined by the department of commerce under s. 560.799.
AB255, s. 36 14Section 36. 71.47 (3w) (b) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB255,17,2115 71.47 (3w) (b) 1. a. The number of full-time employees whose annual wages
16are greater than $20,000 in a tier I county or municipality or greater than $30,000
17in a tier II county or municipality and who the claimant employed in the enterprise
18zone in the taxable year, minus the number of full-time employees whose annual
19wages were greater than $20,000 in a tier I county or municipality or greater than
20$30,000 in a tier II county or municipality and who the claimant employed in the area
21that comprises the enterprise zone in the base year.
AB255, s. 37 22Section 37. 71.47 (3w) (b) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB255,18,423 71.47 (3w) (b) 1. b. The number of full-time employees whose annual wages
24are greater than $20,000 in a tier I county or municipality or greater than $30,000
25in a tier II county or municipality and who the claimant employed in the state in the

1taxable year, minus the number of full-time employees whose annual wages were
2greater than $20,000 in a tier I county or municipality or greater than $30,000 in a
3tier II county or municipality
and who the claimant employed in the state in the base
4year.
AB255, s. 38 5Section 38. 71.47 (3w) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB255,18,136 71.47 (3w) (b) 2. Determine the claimant's average zone payroll by dividing
7total wages for full-time employees whose annual wages are greater than $20,000
8in a tier I county or municipality or greater than
$30,000 in a tier II county or
9municipality
and who the claimant employed in the enterprise zone in the taxable
10year by the number of full-time employees whose annual wages are greater than
11$20,000 in a tier I county or municipality or greater than $30,000 in a tier II county
12or municipality
and who the claimant employed in the enterprise zone in the taxable
13year.
AB255, s. 39 14Section 39. 71.47 (3w) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB255,18,1815 71.47 (3w) (b) 3. Subtract For employees in a tier I county or municipality,
16subtract $20,000 from the amount determined under subd. 2. and for employees in
17a tier II county or municipality, subtract
$30,000 from the amount determined under
18subd. 2.
AB255, s. 40 19Section 40. 71.47 (3w) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB255,18,2220 71.47 (3w) (b) 5. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 4. by the
21percentage determined by the department of commerce under s. 560.799, not to
22exceed
7 percent.
AB255, s. 41 23Section 41. 71.47 (3w) (bm) of the statutes is renumbered 71.47 (3w) (bm) 1.
24and amended to read:
AB255,19,10
171.47 (3w) (bm) 1. In addition to the credit credits under par. (b) and subd. 2.,
2and subject to the limitations provided in this subsection and s. 560.799, a claimant
3may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.43 an amount equal to a
4percentage, as determined by the department of commerce, not to exceed 100
5percent, of the amount the claimant paid in the taxable year to upgrade or improve
6the job-related skills of any of the claimant's full-time employees, to train any of the
7claimant's full-time employees on the use of job-related new technologies, or to
8provide job-related training to any full-time employee whose employment with the
9claimant represents the employee's first full-time job. This subdivision does not
10apply to employees who do not work in an enterprise zone.
AB255, s. 42 11Section 42. 71.47 (3w) (bm) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB255,19,2412 71.47 (3w) (bm) 2. In addition to the credits under par. (b) and subd. 1., and
13subject to the limitations provided in this subsection and s. 560.799, a claimant may
14claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.43 an amount equal to the
15percentage, as determined by the department of commerce under s. 560.799, not to
16exceed 7 percent, of the claimant's zone payroll paid in the taxable year to all of the
17claimant's full-time employees whose annual wages are greater than $20,000 in a
18tier I county or municipality, not including the wages paid to the employees
19determined under par. (b) 1., or greater than $30,000 in a tier II county or
20municipality, not including the wages paid to the employees determined under par.
21(b) 1., and who the claimant employed in the enterprise zone in the taxable year, if
22the total number of such employees is equal to or greater than the total number of
23such employees in the base year. A claimant may claim a credit under this
24subdivision for no more than 5 consecutive taxable years.
AB255, s. 43 25Section 43. 79.05 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB255,20,9
179.05 (2) (c) Its municipal budget; exclusive of principal and interest on
2long-term debt and exclusive of revenue sharing payments under s. 66.0305 and,
3recycling fee payments under s. 289.645, and expenditures from moneys received
4pursuant to P.L. 111-5
; for the year of the statement under s. 79.015 increased over
5its municipal budget as adjusted under sub. (6); exclusive of principal and interest
6on long-term debt and exclusive of revenue sharing payments under s. 66.0305 and,
7recycling fee payments under s. 289.645, and expenditures from moneys received
8pursuant to P.L. 111-5
; for the year before that year by less than the sum of the
9inflation factor and the valuation factor, rounded to the nearest 0.10%.
AB255, s. 44 10Section 44. 108.04 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB255,20,1911 108.04 (7) (c) Paragraph (a) does not apply if the department determines that
12the employee terminated his or her work but had no reasonable alternative because
13the employee was unable to do his or her work, or that the employee terminated his
14or her work
because of the health verified illness or disability of a member of his or
15her immediate family and the verified illness or disability reasonably necessitates
16the care of the family member for a period of time that is longer than the employer
17is willing to grant leave
; but if the department determines that the employee is
18unable to work or unavailable for work, the employee is ineligible to receive benefits
19while such inability or unavailability continues.
AB255, s. 45 20Section 45. 108.04 (7) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB255,20,2521 108.04 (7) (h) The department shall charge to the fund's balancing account
22benefits paid to an employee that are otherwise chargeable to the account of an
23employer that is subject to the contribution requirements of ss. 108.17 and 108.18
24if the employee voluntarily terminates employment with that employer and par. (a),
25(c), (d), (e), (k), (L), (o), (p), (q), or (s), or (t) applies.
AB255, s. 46
1Section 46. 108.04 (7) (s) 1. a. and b. of the statutes are amended to read:
AB255,21,72 108.04 (7) (s) 1. a. "Domestic abuse" means physical abuse, including a
3violation of s. 940.225 (1), (2) or (3), or a threat of physical abuse by an adult family
4or adult household member against another family or household member; by an
5adult person against his or her spouse or former spouse; or by an adult person against
6a person with whom the person has a child in common; or by an adult person against
7an unrelated adult person with whom the person has had a personal relationship
.
AB255,21,98 b. "Family member" means a spouse, parent, child or person related by
9consanguinity blood or adoption to another person.
AB255, s. 47 10Section 47. 108.04 (7) (s) 1. bn., d. and e. of the statutes are created to read:
AB255,21,1211 108.04 (7) (s) 1. bn. "Health care professional" has the meaning given in s.
12180.1901 (1m).
AB255,21,1413 d. "Law enforcement agency" has the meaning given in s. 165.83 (1) (b) and
14includes a tribal law enforcement agency as defined in s. 165.83 (1) (e).
AB255,21,1615 e. "Protective order" means a temporary restraining order or an injunction
16issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.
AB255, s. 48 17Section 48. 108.04 (7) (s) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB255,21,2118 108.04 (7) (s) 2. a. Terminates his or her work due to domestic abuse, concerns
19about personal safety or harassment, concerns about the safety or harassment of his
20or her family members who reside with the employee or concerns about the safety or
21harassment of other household members; and
AB255, s. 49 22Section 49. 108.04 (7) (s) 2. b. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB255,22,223 108.04 (7) (s) 2. b. Provides to the department a protective order relating to the
24domestic abuse or concerns about personal safety or harassment issued by a court
25of competent jurisdiction, a report by a law enforcement agency documenting the

1domestic abuse or concerns, or evidence of the domestic abuse or concerns provided
2by a health care professional or an employee of a domestic violence shelter.
AB255, s. 50 3Section 50. 108.04 (7) (s) 2. c. of the statutes is repealed.
AB255, s. 51 4Section 51. 108.04 (7) (t) of the statutes is created to read:
AB255,22,85 108.04 (7) (t) Paragraph (a) does not apply if the department determines that
6the employee's spouse changed his or her place of employment to a place to which it
7is impractical to commute and the employee terminated his or her work to
8accompany the spouse to that place.
AB255, s. 52 9Section 52. 108.06 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB255,22,1910 108.06 (1) Except as provided in sub. subs. (6) and (7) and ss. 108.141 and
11108.142, no claimant may receive total benefits based on employment in a base
12period greater than 26 times the claimant's weekly benefit rate under s. 108.05 (1)
13or 40% of the claimant's base period wages, whichever is lower. Except as provided
14in sub. subs. (6) and (7) and ss. 108.141 and 108.142, if a claimant's base period wages
15are reduced or canceled under s. 108.04 (5) or (18), or suspended under s. 108.04 (1)
16(f), (10) (a), or (17), the claimant may not receive total benefits based on employment
17in a base period greater than 26 times the claimant's weekly benefit rate under s.
18108.05 (1) or 40% of the base period wages not reduced, canceled or suspended which
19were paid or payable to the claimant, whichever is lower.
AB255, s. 53 20Section 53. 108.06 (2) (c) and (cm), (3) and (6) (intro.) of the statutes are
21amended to read:
AB255,22,2422 108.06 (2) (c) No benefits are payable to a claimant for any week of
23unemployment not occurring during the claimant's benefit year except under sub. (7)
24and
ss. 108.141 and 108.142.
AB255,23,4
1(cm) If an employee qualifies to receive benefits using the base period described
2in s. 108.02 (4) (b), the wages used to compute the employee's benefit entitlement are
3not available for use in any subsequent benefit computation for the same employee,
4except under sub. (7) and s. 108.141 or 108.142.
AB255,23,9 5(3) There shall be payable to an employee, for weeks ending within the
6employee's benefit year, only those benefits computed for that benefit year based on
7the wages paid to the employee in the immediately preceding base period. Wages
8used in a given benefit computation are not available for use in any subsequent
9benefit computation except under sub. (7) and s. 108.141.
AB255,23,18 10(6) (intro.) If a claimant has established a benefit year prior to the effective date
11of any increase in the maximum weekly benefit rate provided under s. 108.05 (1), the
12claimant has not exhausted his or her total benefit entitlement under sub. (1) for that
13benefit year on that effective date, and the claimant was entitled to receive the
14maximum weekly benefit rate under s. 108.05 (1) that was in effect prior to that
15effective date, the limitation on the total benefits authorized to be paid to a claimant
16under sub. (1) does not apply to that claimant in that benefit year. Unless sub. (7)
17or
s. 108.141 or 108.142 applies, the claimant's remaining benefit entitlement in that
18benefit year for the period beginning on that effective date shall be computed by:
AB255, s. 54 19Section 54. 108.06 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
AB255,23,2020 108.06 (7) (a) In this subsection:
AB255,23,2421 1. "Applicable benefit year" means, with respect to a claimant, the claimant's
22current benefit year if at the time an initial claim for benefits under this subsection
23is filed the claimant has an unexpired benefit year or, in any other case, the
24claimant's most recent benefit year.
AB255,23,2525 2. "Training program" means any program of a type specified in s. 108.04 (16).
AB255,24,4
1(b) Except as provided in pars. (f) and (g), a claimant who is otherwise eligible
2for benefits and who is currently enrolled in a training program is eligible, while
3enrolled in that training program, for additional benefits under this subsection
4provided that the claimant:
AB255,24,95 1. Has exhausted all rights to regular benefits, Wisconsin supplemental
6benefits, federal emergency compensation benefits under P.L. 110-252 and P.L.
7110-449, as amended, extended benefits under s. 108.141, and the federal trade act
8of 1974 (P.L. 93-618), or any other similar state or federal program of additional
9benefits;
AB255,24,1210 2. If not in a current benefit year, has a benefit year that ended no earlier than
1152 weeks prior to the week for which the claimant first claims benefits under this
12subsection;
AB255,24,1413 3. Except as provided in par. (e), is first enrolled in a training program within
14the claimant's applicable benefit year;
AB255,24,1615 4. Is not receiving similar stipends or other training allowances for nontraining
16costs;
AB255,24,2017 5. Was separated from employment in a declining occupation or involuntarily
18separated from employment as a result of a permanent reduction in operations by
19his or her employing unit, if the separation occurred no earlier than the beginning
20of the base period for the claimant's applicable benefit year; and
AB255,24,2121 6. Is being trained for entry into a high-demand occupation.
AB255,24,2422 (c) The weekly benefit rate payable to a claimant under this subsection for a
23week of total unemployment is an amount equal to the most recent weekly benefit
24rate in the claimant's applicable benefit year as determined under s. 108.05 (1).
AB255,25,3
1(d) No claimant may receive total benefits under this subsection greater than
226 times the claimant's weekly benefit rate that applied to the claimant's applicable
3benefit year.
AB255,25,94 (e) A claimant who is otherwise eligible for benefits under par. (b) and whose
5applicable benefit year ends in a week in which benefits are payable in this state
6under s. 108.141 or 108.142, or P.L. 110-252 or P.L. 110-449, as amended, or another
7similar state or federal program of additional benefits, is also eligible for benefits
8under this subsection if the claimant is first enrolled in a training program within
952 weeks after the end of the claimant's applicable benefit year.
AB255,25,1210 (f) No benefits may be paid to a claimant under this subsection for weeks
11beginning more than 52 weeks after the first week for which the claimant received
12benefits under this subsection.
AB255,25,1613 (g) Except when the result would be inconsistent with the other provisions of
14this subsection, the provisions of this chapter that apply to claims for, or the payment
15of, regular benefits apply to claims for, and the payment of, benefits under this
16subsection.
AB255,25,1817 (h) The occupations that qualify as declining or high-demand for purposes of
18this subsection shall be determined by the department.
AB255,25,2119 (i) The restrictions on benefit reductions and disqualifications in s. 108.04 (16)
20apply to a claimant in a training program who is entitled to receive benefits under
21this subsection.
AB255,25,2322 (j) The department shall charge benefits paid under this subsection in the same
23manner as benefits are charged under s. 108.04 (16).
AB255, s. 55 24Section 55. 108.14 (8n) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB255,26,14
1108.14 (8n) (e) The department shall charge this state's share of any benefits
2paid under this subsection to the account of each employer by which the employee
3claiming benefits was employed in the applicable base period, in proportion to the
4total amount of wages he or she earned from each employer in the base period, except
5that if s. 108.04 (1) (f), (5), (7) (a), (c), (d), (e), (k), (L), (o), (p) or, (q), (s), or (t), (7m) or
6(8) (a) or 108.07 (3), (3r), (5) (b) or (8) would have applied to employment by such an
7employer who is subject to the contribution requirements of ss. 108.17 and 108.18,
8the department shall charge the share of benefits based on employment with that
9employer to the fund's balancing account, or, if s. 108.04 (1) (f) or (5) or 108.07 (3)
10would have applied to an employer that is not subject to the contribution
11requirements of ss. 108.17 and 108.18, the department shall charge the share of
12benefits based on that employment in accordance with s. 108.07 (5) (a) and (b). The
13department shall also charge the fund's balancing account with any other state's
14share of such benefits pending reimbursement by that state.
AB255, s. 56 15Section 56. 108.141 (1) (a) and (b) 2. of the statutes are amended to read:
AB255,27,316 108.141 (1) (a) "Eligibility period" of an individual means the period consisting
17of the weeks each week in the individual's benefit year which begin begins in an
18extended benefit period and, if the individual's benefit year ends within such that
19extended benefit period, any weeks each week thereafter which begin begins in such
20a period. For weeks of unemployment beginning on or after February 17, 2009, and
21ending before June 1, 2010, or the last week for which federal sharing is authorized
22by section 2005 (a) of P.L. 111-5 and any amendments thereto, whichever is later,
23"eligibility period" also means the period consisting of each week during which an
24individual is eligible for emergency unemployment compensation under P.L.
25110-252 and P.L. 110-449, or any amendments thereto, and if that week begins in

1an extended benefit period or if an individual's eligibility for benefits under P.L.
2110-252 and P.L. 110-449, or any amendment thereto, ends within an extended
3benefit period, each week thereafter which begins in that extended benefit period.
AB255,27,64 (b) 2. His or her benefit year having expired in the extended benefit period and
5prior to such week, lacks base period wages on the basis of which he or she could
6establish a benefit year under s. 108.06; and or
AB255, s. 57 7Section 57. 108.141 (1) (b) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB255,27,148 108.141 (1) (b) 2m. For weeks of unemployment beginning after February 17,
92009, and ending before June 1, 2010, or with the last week for which federal sharing
10is authorized by section 2005 (a) of P.L. 111-5 and any amendments thereto,
11whichever is later, has exhausted federal emergency unemployment compensation
12under P.L. 110-252 and P.L. 110-449, and any amendments thereto, within an
13extended benefit period that began in a week during or before which the individual
14has exhausted that emergency unemployment compensation; and
AB255, s. 58 15Section 58. 108.141 (1) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB255,27,1816 108.141 (1) (dm) "High unemployment period" means a period during which
17an extended benefit period would be in effect if par. (f) 3. a. were applied by
18substituting an average rate of total unemployment that equals or exceeds 8 percent.
AB255, s. 59 19Section 59. 108.141 (1) (e) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act
201
, is repealed and recreated to read:
AB255,27,2321 108.141 (1) (e) There is a Wisconsin "off" indicator for a week if, for the period
22consisting of that week and the immediately preceding 12 weeks, there is not a
23Wisconsin "on" indicator.
AB255, s. 60 24Section 60. 108.141 (1) (f) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB255,27,2525 108.141 (1) (f) There is a Wisconsin "on" indicator for a week if:
AB255,28,4
11. The rate of insured unemployment for the period consisting of that week and
2the immediately preceding 12 weeks equaled or exceeded 120 percent of the average
3of such rates for the corresponding 13-week period ending in each of the preceding
42 calendar years, and equaled or exceeded 5 percent; or
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