AB40-ASA1,1710 13Section 1710. 101.45 of the statutes is renumbered 16.956.
AB40-ASA1,1710m 14Section 1710m. 101.575 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,936,1815 101.575 (4) (a) 1. The department determines that the city, village, town or fire
16department is in substantial compliance with sub. (6) and s. ss. 101.14 (2) and
17101.141 (1) and (2)
. The department shall establish by rule the meaning of
18"substantial compliance" for purposes of this subdivision.
AB40-ASA1,1710r 19Section 1710r. 101.575 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,937,220 101.575 (4) (a) 2. The city, village or town has submitted a form which is signed
21by the clerk of the city, village or town and by the chief of the fire department
22providing fire protection to that city, village or town, which is provided by the
23department by rule and which certifies that the fire department is in substantial
24compliance with this section or the department has audited the city, village, town or
25fire department and determined that it is in substantial compliance with sub. (6) and

1s. ss. 101.14 (2) and 101.141 (1) and (2). The department shall establish by rule the
2meaning of "substantial compliance" for purposes of this subdivision.
AB40-ASA1,1711 3Section 1711. 101.653 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,937,74 101.653 (2m) Rules for administration. The department shall promulgate
5rules for the administration of construction site erosion control under this
6subchapter by counties, cities, villages and towns, including provisions regarding the
7issuance of building permits and the collection and distribution of fees.
AB40-ASA1,1712 8Section 1712. 101.653 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,937,109 101.653 (8) Inapplicability. This section does not apply to a construction site
10that has a land disturbance area that is one acre or more in area.
AB40-ASA1,1712g 11Section 1712g. 101.983 (2) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,937,1212 101.983 (2) (title) Operation; inspections.
AB40-ASA1,1712m 13Section 1712m. 101.983 (2) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,937,1514 101.983 (2) (e) Exemption. This subsection does not apply to elevators or
15dumbwaiters that serve individual residential dwelling units.
AB40-ASA1,1712r 16Section 1712r. 101.983 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,937,2317 101.983 (3) Inspections; individual residential dwelling units. No owner of
18a residence may sell or otherwise transfer an individual residential dwelling unit
19that is served by a dumbwaiter or an elevator unless the owner provides the
20purchaser or transferee, prior to the sale or transfer of the property, with an
21inspection report from an elevator inspector licensed under s. 101.985 (3) that
22indicates that the dumbwaiter or elevator complies with this subchapter and any
23applicable rules promulgated under this subchapter.
AB40-ASA1,1713 24Section 1713. 102.07 (17m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,938,3
1102.07 (17m) A participant in a trial employment match program job under s.
249.147 (3) is an employee of any employer under this chapter for whom the
3participant is performing service at the time of the injury.
AB40-ASA1,1714 4Section 1714. 102.75 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,938,95 102.75 (1m) The moneys collected under sub. (1) and under ss. 102.28 (2) and
6102.31 (7), together with all accrued interest, shall constitute a separate nonlapsible
7fund designated as the worker's compensation operations fund. Moneys in the fund
8may be expended only as provided in s. 20.445 (1) (ra), (rb), and (rp) and (2) (ra) and
9may not be used for any other purpose of the state.
AB40-ASA1,1714d 10Section 1714d. 106.32 of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,938,11 11106.32 Veteran employment grants. (1) Definitions. In this section:
AB40-ASA1,938,1412 (a) "Disabled veteran" means a veteran who is verified by the department of
13veterans affairs to have a service-connected disability rating of at least 50 percent
14under 38 USC 1114 or 1134.
AB40-ASA1,938,1715 (b) "Full-time job" means a regular, nonseasonal full-time position in which
16an individual, as a condition of employment, is required to work at least 2,080 hours
17per year, including paid leave and holidays.
AB40-ASA1,938,2018 (c) "Part-time job" means a regular, nonseasonal part-time position in which
19an individual, as a condition of employment, is required to work fewer than 2,080
20hours per year, including paid leave and holidays.
AB40-ASA1,938,2421 (d) "Veteran" means a person who is verified by the department of veterans
22affairs to have served on active duty under honorable conditions in the U.S. armed
23forces, in forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces, in the national guard,
24or in a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces.
AB40-ASA1,939,4
1(2) Grants. (a) Beginning on the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB
2inserts date], from the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (1) (q), the department
3shall award a grant in any of the following amounts to any person who hires a
4disabled veteran to work at a business in this state:
AB40-ASA1,939,85 1. For each disabled veteran the person hires in the calendar year to work a
6full-time job at the person's business in this state, $4,000 in the calendar year in
7which the disabled veteran is hired and $2,000 in each of the 3 calendar years
8following the calendar year in which the disabled veteran is hired.
AB40-ASA1,939,129 2. Subject to sub. (3) (c), for each disabled veteran the person hires in the
10calendar year to work a part-time job at the person's business in this state, $2,000
11in the calendar year in which the disabled veteran is hired and $1,000 in each of the
123 calendar years following the calendar year in which the disabled veteran is hired.
AB40-ASA1,939,1413 (b) A person shall apply for a grant under this section in the manner prescribed
14by the department.
AB40-ASA1,939,17 15(3) Limitations. (a) The department shall not pay a grant to an applicant in
16any calendar year in which the disabled veteran voluntarily or involuntarily leaves
17his or her employment with the applicant.
AB40-ASA1,939,2218 (b) The department shall pay a grant under this section only for hiring a
19disabled veteran who has received unemployment compensation benefits for at least
20one week prior to being hired by the applicant, who was receiving such benefits at
21the time that he or she was hired by the applicant, and who was eligible to receive
22such benefits at the time the benefits were paid.
AB40-ASA1,939,2423 (c) The department shall determine the amount of the grant under sub. (2) (a)
242. as follows:
AB40-ASA1,940,2
11. Divide the number of hours that the disabled veteran worked for the
2applicant during the calendar year by 2,080.
AB40-ASA1,940,43 2. Multiply the amount of the grant under sub. (2) (a) 2., as appropriate, by the
4number determined under subd. 1.
AB40-ASA1,1714t 5Section 1714t. 108.02 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,940,76 108.02 (3) Alcohol beverages. "Alcohol beverages" has the meaning given in
7s. 125.02 (1).
AB40-ASA1,1714u 8Section 1714u. 108.02 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,940,109 108.02 (9) Controlled substance. "Controlled substance" has the meaning
10given in s. 961.01 (4).
AB40-ASA1,1714um 11Section 1714um. 108.02 (9m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,940,1312 108.02 (9m) Controlled substance analog. "Controlled substance analog"
13has the meaning given in s. 961.01 (4m).
AB40-ASA1,1714w 14Section 1714w. 108.02 (15m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,940,1615 108.02 (15m) Family corporation. (intro.) Except as provided in s. 108.04 (7)
16(r), "family
"Family corporation" means:
AB40-ASA1,1715 17Section 1715. 108.02 (21e) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,940,2518 108.02 (21e) Professional employer organization. (intro.) "Professional
19employer organization" means any person who is currently registered as a
20professional employer organization with the department of safety and professional
21services
financial institutions in accordance with subch. III of ch. 461 202, who
22contracts to provide the nontemporary, ongoing employee workforce of more than one
23client under a written leasing contract, the majority of whose clients are not under
24the same ownership, management, or control as the person other than through the
25terms of the contract, and who under contract and in fact:
AB40-ASA1,1716
1Section 1716. 108.04 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin
2Act 11
, is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,941,43 108.04 (2) (a) 2. Except as provided in s. 108.062 (10m), as of that week, the
4individual has registered for work as directed by the department; and
AB40-ASA1,1717 5Section 1717. 108.04 (2) (a) 3. (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2013
6Wisconsin Act 11
, is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,941,197 108.04 (2) (a) 3. (intro.) The individual conducts a reasonable search for
8suitable work during that week, unless the search requirement is waived under par.
9(b) or s. 108.062 (10m). The search for suitable work must include 2 at least 4 actions
10per week that constitute a reasonable search as prescribed by rule of the department.
11In addition, the department may, by rule, require an individual to take more than
124 reasonable work search actions in any week. The department shall require a
13uniform number of reasonable work search actions for similar types of claimants.

14This subdivision does not apply to an individual if the department determines that
15the individual is currently laid off from employment with an employer but there is
16a reasonable expectation of reemployment of the individual by that employer. In
17determining whether the individual has a reasonable expectation of reemployment
18by an employer, the department shall request the employer to verify the individual's
19employment status and shall also consider other factors, including:
AB40-ASA1,1717b 20Section 1717b. 108.04 (2) (i) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,941,2421 108.04 (2) (i) 1. There is a rebuttable presumption that a claimant who is
22subject to the requirement under par. (a) 3. to conduct a reasonable search for
23suitable work has not conducted a reasonable search for suitable work in a given
24week if all of the following apply:
AB40-ASA1,941,2525 a. The claimant was last employed by a temporary help company.
AB40-ASA1,942,4
1b. The temporary help company required the claimant to contact the temporary
2help company about available assignments weekly, or less often as prescribed by the
3temporary help company, and the company gave the claimant written notice of that
4requirement at the time the claimant was initially employed by the company.
AB40-ASA1,942,75 c. During that week, the claimant was required to contact the temporary help
6company about available assignments and the claimant did not contact the
7temporary help company about available assignments.
AB40-ASA1,942,108 d. The temporary help company submits a written notice to the department
9within 10 business days after the end of that week reporting that the claimant did
10not contact the company about available assignments.
AB40-ASA1,942,1211 2. A claimant may only rebut the presumption under subd. 1. if the claimant
12demonstrates one of the following to the department for a given week:
AB40-ASA1,942,1413 a. That the claimant did contact the temporary help company about available
14assignments during that week.
AB40-ASA1,942,1815 b. That the claimant was not informed by the temporary help company of the
16requirement to contact the temporary help company or had other good cause for his
17or her failure to contact the temporary help company about available assignments
18during that week.
AB40-ASA1,942,2219 3. If a claimant who was last employed by a temporary help company contacts
20the temporary help company during a given week about available assignments, that
21contact constitutes one action that constitutes a reasonable search for suitable work,
22for purposes of par. (a) 3.
AB40-ASA1,1717d 23Section 1717d. 108.04 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 108.04 (5) (intro.) and
24amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,944,3
1108.04 (5) Discharge for misconduct. (intro.) Unless sub. (5g) results in
2disqualification, an An employee whose work is terminated by an employing unit for
3misconduct by the employee connected with the employee's work is ineligible to
4receive benefits until 7 weeks have elapsed since the end of the week in which the
5discharge occurs and the employee earns wages after the week in which the
6discharge occurs equal to at least 14 times the employee's weekly benefit rate under
7s. 108.05 (1) in employment or other work covered by the unemployment insurance
8law of any state or the federal government. For purposes of requalification, the
9employee's weekly benefit rate shall be that the rate which that would have been paid
10had the discharge not occurred. The wages paid to an employee by an employer
11which terminates employment of the employee for misconduct connected with the
12employee's employment shall be excluded from the employee's base period wages
13under s. 108.06 (1) for purposes of benefit entitlement. This subsection does not
14preclude an employee who has employment with an employer other than the
15employer which terminated the employee for misconduct from establishing a benefit
16year using the base period wages excluded under this subsection if the employee
17qualifies to establish a benefit year under s. 108.06 (2) (a). The department shall
18charge to the fund's balancing account any benefits otherwise chargeable to the
19account of an employer that is subject to the contribution requirements under ss.
20108.17 and 108.18 from which base period wages are excluded under this subsection.
21For purposes of this subsection, "misconduct" means one or more actions or conduct
22evincing such willful or wanton disregard of an employer's interests as is found in
23deliberate violations or disregard of standards of behavior which an employer has a
24right to expect of his or her employees, or in carelessness or negligence of such degree
25or recurrence as to manifest culpability, wrongful intent, or evil design of equal

1severity to such disregard, or to show an intentional and substantial disregard of an
2employer's interests, or of an employee's duties and obligations to his or her
3employer. In addition, "misconduct" includes:
AB40-ASA1,1717f 4Section 1717f. 108.04 (5) (a) to (g) of the statutes are created to read:
AB40-ASA1,944,75 108.04 (5) (a) A violation by an employee of an employer's reasonable written
6policy concerning the use of alcohol beverages, or use of a controlled substance or a
7controlled substance analog, if the employee:
AB40-ASA1,944,88 1. Had knowledge of the alcohol beverage or controlled substance policy; and
AB40-ASA1,944,139 2. Admitted to the use of alcohol beverages or a controlled substance or
10controlled substance analog or refused to take a test or tested positive for the use of
11alcohol beverages or a controlled substance or controlled substance analog in a test
12used by the employer in accordance with a testing methodology approved by the
13department.
AB40-ASA1,944,1814 (b) Theft of an employer's property or services with intent to deprive the
15employer of the property or services permanently, theft of currency of any value,
16felonious conduct connected with an employee's employment with his or her
17employer, or intentional or negligent conduct by an employee that causes substantial
18damage to his or her employer's property.
AB40-ASA1,944,2119 (c) Conviction of an employee of a crime or other offense subject to civil
20forfeiture, while on or off duty, if the conviction makes it impossible for the employee
21to perform the duties that the employee performs for his or her employer.
AB40-ASA1,944,2322 (d) One or more threats or acts of harassment, assault, or other physical
23violence instigated by an employee at the workplace of his or her employer.
AB40-ASA1,945,524 (e) Absenteeism by an employee on more than 2 occasions within the 120-day
25period before the date of the employee's termination, unless otherwise specified by

1his or her employer in an employment manual of which the employee has
2acknowledged receipt with his or her signature, or excessive tardiness by an
3employee in violation of a policy of the employer that has been communicated to the
4employee, if the employee does not provide to his or her employer both notice and one
5or more valid reasons for the absenteeism or tardiness.
AB40-ASA1,945,76 (f) Unless directed by an employee's employer, falsifying business records of the
7employer.
AB40-ASA1,945,148 (g) Unless directed by the employer, a willful and deliberate violation of a
9written and uniformly applied standard or regulation of the federal government or
10a state or tribal government by an employee of an employer that is licensed or
11certified by a governmental agency, which standard or regulation has been
12communicated by the employer to the employee and which violation would cause the
13employer to be sanctioned or to have its license or certification suspended by the
14agency.
AB40-ASA1,1717h 15Section 1717h. 108.04 (5g) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB40-ASA1,946,216 108.04 (5g) Discharge for substantial fault. (a) An employee whose work is
17terminated by an employing unit for substantial fault by the employee connected
18with the employee's work is ineligible to receive benefits until 7 weeks have elapsed
19since the end of the week in which the termination occurs and the employee earns
20wages after the week in which the termination occurs equal to at least 14 times the
21employee's weekly benefit rate under s. 108.05 (1) in employment or other work
22covered by the unemployment insurance law of any state or the federal government.
23For purposes of requalification, the employee's benefit rate shall be the rate that
24would have been paid had the discharge not occurred. For purposes of this
25paragraph, "substantial fault" includes those acts or omissions of an employee over

1which the employee exercised reasonable control and which violate reasonable
2requirements of the employee's employer but does not include any of the following:
AB40-ASA1,946,43 1. One or more minor infractions of rules unless an infraction is repeated after
4the employer warns the employee about the infraction.
AB40-ASA1,946,55 2. One or more inadvertent errors made by the employee.
AB40-ASA1,946,76 3. Any failure of the employee to perform work because of insufficient skill,
7ability, or equipment.
AB40-ASA1,946,118 (b) The department shall charge to the fund's balancing account the cost of any
9benefits paid to an employee that are otherwise chargeable to the account of an
10employer that is subject to the contribution requirements under ss. 108.17 and
11108.18 if the employee is discharged by the employer and paragraph (a) applies.
AB40-ASA1,1717j 12Section 1717j. 108.04 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,946,2313 108.04 (7) (a) If an employee terminates work with an employing unit, the
14employee is ineligible to receive benefits until 4 weeks have elapsed since the end
15of the week in which the termination occurs and
the employee earns wages after the
16week in which the termination occurs equal to at least 4 6 times the employee's
17weekly benefit rate under s. 108.05 (1) in employment or other work covered by the
18unemployment insurance law of any state or the federal government. For purposes
19of requalification, the employee's weekly benefit rate shall be that rate which would
20have been paid had the termination not occurred. This paragraph does not preclude
21an employee from establishing a benefit year by using the base period wages paid by
22the employer from which the employee voluntarily terminated, if the employee is
23qualified to establish a benefit year under s. 108.06 (2) (a).
AB40-ASA1,1717L 24Section 1717L. 108.04 (7) (d), (g), (j), (k), (m), (n), (o), (p) and (r) of the statutes
25are repealed.
AB40-ASA1,1717n
1Section 1717n. 108.04 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,947,112 108.04 (7) (e) Paragraph (a) does not apply if the department determines that
3the employee accepted work which the employee could have failed to accept with good
4cause under sub. (8) and terminated such work with the same good cause and within
5the first 10 weeks 30 calendar days after starting the work, or that the employee
6accepted work which the employee could have refused under sub. (9) and terminated
7such work within the first 10 weeks 30 calendar days after starting the work. For
8purposes of this paragraph, an employee has the same good cause for voluntarily
9terminating work if the employee could have failed to accept the work under sub. (8)
10(d) when it was offered, regardless of the reason articulated by the employee for the
11termination.
AB40-ASA1,1717p 12Section 1717p. 108.04 (7) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,947,1713 108.04 (7) (h) The department shall charge to the fund's balancing account
14benefits paid to an employee that are otherwise chargeable to the account of an
15employer that is subject to the contribution requirements of ss. 108.17 and 108.18
16if the employee voluntarily terminates employment with that employer and par. (a),
17(c), (d), (e), (k), (L), (o), (p), (q), (s), or (t) applies.
AB40-ASA1,1717r 18Section 1717r. 108.04 (7) (L) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,947,2319 108.04 (7) (L) (intro.) Paragraph (a) does not apply if the department
20determines that the employee terminated work to accept employment or other work
21covered by the unemployment insurance law of any state or the federal government,
22and earned wages in the subsequent work equal to at least 4 times the employee's
23weekly benefit rate under s. 108.05 (1)
if the work:
AB40-ASA1,1717t 24Section 1717t. 108.04 (7) (t) of the statutes is renumbered 108.04 (7) (t) (intro.)
25and amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,948,2
1108.04 (7) (t) (intro.) Paragraph (a) does not apply if the department
2determines that the all of the following apply to an employee:
AB40-ASA1,948,4 31. The employee's spouse changed his or her place of employment is a member
4of the U.S. armed forces on active duty.
AB40-ASA1,948,6 52. The employee's spouse was required by the U.S. armed forces to relocate to
6a place to which it is impractical for the employee to commute and the.
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