SB21-SSA1,917,2 21104.12 Complaints. Any person may register with the department a
22complaint that the wages paid to an employee for whom a living minimum wage has
23been established under s. 104.035 are less than that living minimum wage, and the
24department shall investigate the matter and take all proceedings necessary to
25enforce the payment of a that minimum wage that is not less than the living wage.

1Section 111.322 (2m) applies to discharge and other discriminatory acts arising in
2connection with any proceeding under this section.
SB21-SSA1,3081d 3Section 3081d. 106.13 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,917,54 106.13 (1) The department shall provide a youth apprenticeship program that
5includes the grant programs under subs. (3m) and (4) program under sub. (3m).
SB21-SSA1,3082 6Section 3082. 106.13 (3m) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 106.13 (3m) (a)
7(intro.) and amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,917,88 106.13 (3m) (a) (intro.) In this subsection, " local partnership":
SB21-SSA1,917,13 91. "Local partnership" means one or more school districts, or any combination
10of one or more school districts, other public agencies, as defined in sub. (4) (a) 2.,
11nonprofit organizations, as defined in sub. (4) (a) 1r., individuals, or other persons,
12who have agreed to be responsible for implementing and coordinating a local youth
13apprenticeship program.
SB21-SSA1,3083 14Section 3083. 106.13 (3m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,917,2515 106.13 (3m) (b) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (e) (b), the
16department shall may award grants to applying local partnerships for the
17implementation and coordination of local youth apprenticeship programs. A local
18partnership shall include in its grant application the identity of each public agency,
19nonprofit organization, individual, and other person who is a participant in the local
20partnership, a plan to accomplish the implementation and coordination activities
21specified in subds. 1. to 6., and the identity of a fiscal agent who shall be responsible
22for receiving, managing, and accounting for the grant moneys received under this
23paragraph. Subject to par. (c), a local partnership that is awarded a grant under this
24paragraph may use the grant moneys awarded for any of the following
25implementation and coordination activities:
SB21-SSA1,3084
1Section 3084. 106.13 (4) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,3085 2Section 3085. 106.13 (4) (a) 1d. of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,3086 3Section 3086. 106.13 (4) (a) 1r. of the statutes is renumbered 106.13 (3m) (a)
41r.
SB21-SSA1,3087 5Section 3087. 106.13 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 106.13 (3m) (a)
62.
SB21-SSA1,3088 7Section 3088. 106.13 (4) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,3089 8Section 3089. 106.13 (4) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,3090 9Section 3090. 106.13 (4) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,3097 10Section 3097. 106.32 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 45.435 (title).
SB21-SSA1,3098 11Section 3098. 106.32 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 45.435 (1)
12(intro.).
SB21-SSA1,3099 13Section 3099. 106.32 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 45.435 (1) (a) and
14amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,918,1715 45.435 (1) (a) "Disabled veteran" means a veteran who is verified by the
16department of veterans affairs to have a service-connected disability rating of at
17least 50 percent under 38 USC 1114 or 1134.
SB21-SSA1,3100 18Section 3100. 106.32 (1) (b) and (c) of the statutes are renumbered 45.435 (1)
19(b) and (c).
SB21-SSA1,3101 20Section 3101. 106.32 (1) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,3102 21Section 3102. 106.32 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 45.435 (2), and 45.435
22(2) (a) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,919,223 45.435 (2) (a) (intro.) Beginning on July 2, 2013, from From the appropriation
24account under s. 20.445 (1) 20.485 (2) (q), the department shall award a grant in any

1of the following amounts to any person who hires a disabled veteran to work at a
2business in this state:
SB21-SSA1,3103 3Section 3103. 106.32 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 45.435 (3), and 45.435
4(3) (b), as renumbered, is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,919,95 45.435 (3) (b) The department shall pay a grant under this section only for
6hiring a disabled veteran who has received unemployment compensation insurance
7benefits for at least one week prior to being hired by the applicant, who was receiving
8such benefits at the time that he or she was hired by the applicant, and who was
9eligible to receive such benefits at the time the benefits were paid.
SB21-SSA1,3104e 10Section 3104e. 106.36 of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,919,12 11106.36 Offender reentry initiative. (1) In this section, "offender" has the
12meaning given in 29 USC 3102 (38).
SB21-SSA1,919,16 13(2) The department shall align its workforce development activities under the
14federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, 29 USC 3101 to 3361, with the
15department of corrections' initiatives to reintegrate offenders into the community by
16doing all of the following:
SB21-SSA1,919,1917 (a) Training staff of the department of corrections in the use of assessment tools
18to assess the educational and vocational needs and skills of offenders who are
19incarcerated.
SB21-SSA1,919,2320(b) Providing in its guidelines for the development of local plans under 29 USC
213123
a specific requirement that local workforce development boards established
22under 29 USC 3122 outline in their local plans how they will work with local and
23statewide offender reentry initiatives supported by the department of corrections.
SB21-SSA1,920,424 (c) Appointing a representative of the department of corrections to serve on any
25subcommittee of the state workforce development board established under 29 USC

13111 that is responsible for the planning and operation of, and other issues relating
2to, the state workforce development system to ensure that workforce development
3programs made available through that system provide workforce development
4activities serving offenders.
SB21-SSA1,920,85 (d) Integrating offender reentry initiatives supported by the department of
6corrections with the job center network under s. 106.14 (1) to ensure that offenders
7are aware of the comprehensive career planning, job placement, job training, and
8other resources available to them through the job center network.
SB21-SSA1,3105 9Section 3105. 106.52 (1) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,920,1110 106.52 (1) (d) 1. A bed and breakfast establishment, as defined in s. 254.61 (1)
1197.01 (1g).
SB21-SSA1,3106 12Section 3106. 106.52 (1) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,920,1313 106.52 (1) (d) 2. A hotel, as defined in s. 254.61 (3) 97.01 (7).
SB21-SSA1,3107 14Section 3107. 106.52 (1) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,920,1515 106.52 (1) (d) 3. A tourist rooming house, as defined in s. 254.61 (6) 97.01 (15k).
SB21-SSA1,3110 16Section 3110. 108.02 (24g) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,920,1817 108.02 (24g) Suitable work. "Suitable work" has the meaning specified by the
18department by rule under s. 108.14 (27).
SB21-SSA1,3111 19Section 3111. 108.04 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,921,920 108.04 (8) (a) If Except as provided in par. (b), if an employee fails, without good
21cause, to accept suitable work when offered, the employee is ineligible to receive
22benefits until the employee earns wages after the week in which the failure occurs
23equal to at least 6 times the employee's weekly benefit rate under s. 108.05 (1) in
24employment or other work covered by the unemployment insurance law of any state
25or the federal government. For purposes of requalification, the employee's weekly

1benefit rate shall be that rate which would have been paid had the failure not
2occurred. This paragraph does not preclude an employee from establishing a benefit
3year during a period in which the employee is ineligible to receive benefits under this
4paragraph if the employee qualifies to establish a benefit year under s. 108.06 (2) (a).
5The Except as provided in par. (b), the department shall charge to the fund's
6balancing account any benefits otherwise chargeable to the account of an employer
7that is subject to the contribution requirements under ss. 108.17 and 108.18
8whenever an employee of that employer fails, without good cause, to accept suitable
9work offered by that employer.
SB21-SSA1,3112 10Section 3112. 108.04 (8) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,922,911 108.04 (8) (b) There is a rebuttable presumption that an employee has failed,
12without good cause, to accept suitable work when offered if the department
13determines, based on a report submitted by an employing unit in accordance with s.
14108.133 (4), that the employing unit required, as a condition of an offer of
15employment, that the employee submit to a test for the presence of controlled
16substances and withdrew the conditional offer after the employee either declined to
17submit to such a test or tested positive for one or more controlled substances without
18evidence of a valid prescription for each controlled substance for which the employee
19tested positive. In the case of the employee declining to submit to such a test, the
20employee shall be ineligible for benefits until the employee again qualifies for
21benefits in accordance with the rules promulgated under this paragraph. In the case
22of the employee testing positive in such a test without evidence of a valid
23prescription, the employee shall be ineligible for benefits until the employee again
24qualifies for benefits in accordance with the rules promulgated under this
25paragraph, except that the employee may maintain his or her eligibility for benefits

1in same manner as is provided in s. 108.133 (3) (d). The department shall promulgate
2rules identifying a period of ineligibility that must elapse or a requalification
3requirement that must be satisfied, or both, in order for an employee who becomes
4ineligible for benefits as provided in this paragraph to again qualify for benefits and
5specifying how a claimant may overcome the presumption in this paragraph. The
6department shall charge to the fund's balancing account any benefits otherwise
7chargeable to the account of an employer that is subject to the contribution
8requirements under ss. 108.17 and 108.18 whenever an employee of that employer
9fails, without good cause, to accept suitable work as described in this paragraph.
SB21-SSA1,3113 10Section 3113. 108.04 (11) (bh) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,922,1511 108.04 (11) (bh) In addition to ineligibility for benefits resulting from
12concealment as provided in par. (be), the department shall assess a penalty against
13the claimant in an amount equal to 15 40 percent of the benefit payments erroneously
14paid to the claimant as a result of one or more acts of concealment described in pars.
15(a) and (b).
SB21-SSA1,3115 16Section 3115. 108.133 of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,922,18 17108.133 Testing for controlled substances. (1) Definitions. In this
18section:
SB21-SSA1,922,2019 (a) Notwithstanding s. 108.02 (9), "controlled substance" has the meaning
20given in 21 USC 802.
SB21-SSA1,922,2221 (b) "Job skills assessment" means an assessment conducted by the department
22under sub. (2) (d).
SB21-SSA1,922,2523 (c) "Occupation that regularly conducts drug testing" means an occupation
24identified in the regulations issued by the federal secretary of labor under 42 USC
25503
(l) (1) (A) (ii).
SB21-SSA1,923,2
1(d) "Screening" means the screening process created by the department under
2sub. (2) (a) 3.
SB21-SSA1,923,43 (e) "Substance abuse treatment program" means the program provided under
4sub. (2) (c).
SB21-SSA1,923,65 (f) "Valid prescription" means a prescription, as defined in s. 450.01 (19), for a
6controlled substance that has not expired.
SB21-SSA1,923,10 7(2) Drug testing program. The department shall establish a program to test
8claimants who apply for regular benefits under this chapter for the presence of
9controlled substances in accordance with this section and shall, under the program,
10do all of the following:
SB21-SSA1,923,1211 (a) Promulgate rules to establish the program. The department shall do all of
12the following in the rules promulgated under this paragraph:
SB21-SSA1,923,1513 1. Identify a process for testing claimants for the presence of controlled
14substances. The department shall ensure that the process adheres to any applicable
15federal requirements regarding drug testing.
SB21-SSA1,923,2416 2. Identify the parameters for a substance abuse treatment program for
17claimants who engage in the unlawful use of controlled substances and specify
18criteria that a claimant must satisfy in order to be considered in full compliance with
19requirements of the substance abuse treatment program. If the rules require that
20a claimant enrolled in the substance abuse treatment program submit to additional
21tests for the presence of controlled substances following the initial test conducted
22under sub. (3) (c), the rules shall allow the claimant to have at least one more positive
23test result following the initial test without, on that basis, being considered not to be
24in full compliance with the requirements of the substance abuse treatment program.
SB21-SSA1,924,2
13. Create a screening process for determining whether there is a reasonable
2suspicion that a claimant has engaged in the unlawful use of controlled substances.
SB21-SSA1,924,63 4. Identify the parameters for a job skills assessment for claimants who engage
4in the unlawful use of controlled substances and specify criteria that a claimant must
5satisfy in order to be considered in full compliance with the requirements of the job
6skills assessment.
SB21-SSA1,924,97 5. Identify a period of ineligibility that must elapse or a requalification
8requirement that must be satisfied, or both, in order for a claimant to again qualify
9for benefits after becoming ineligible for benefits under sub. (3) (a) or (c).
SB21-SSA1,924,1210 (am) Promulgate rules identifying occupations for which drug testing is
11regularly conducted in this state. The department shall notify the U.S. department
12of labor of any rules promulgated under this paragraph.
SB21-SSA1,924,1413 (b) When a claimant applies for regular benefits under this chapter, do all of
14the following:
SB21-SSA1,924,1615 1. Determine whether the claimant is an individual for whom suitable work is
16only available in an occupation that regularly conducts drug testing.
SB21-SSA1,924,1817 2. Determine whether the claimant is an individual for whom suitable work is
18only available in an occupation identified in the rules promulgated under par. (am).
SB21-SSA1,924,2119 3. If the claimant is determined by the department under subd. 1. to be an
20individual for whom suitable work is only available in an occupation that regularly
21conducts drug testing, conduct a screening on the claimant.
SB21-SSA1,924,2522 4. If the claimant is determined by the department under subd. 2. to be an
23individual for whom suitable work is only available in an occupation identified in the
24rules promulgated under par. (am), conduct a screening on the claimant if a
25screening is not already required under subd. 3.
SB21-SSA1,925,4
15. If a screening conducted as required under subd. 3. or 4. indicates a
2reasonable suspicion that the claimant has engaged in the unlawful use of controlled
3substances, require that the claimant submit to a test for the presence of controlled
4substances.
SB21-SSA1,925,75 (c) Create and provide, or contract with an entity or another agency to provide,
6a substance abuse treatment program in accordance with the rules promulgated
7under par. (a) 2.
SB21-SSA1,925,98 (d) Create and conduct job skills assessments in accordance with the rules
9promulgated under par. (a) 4.
SB21-SSA1,925,14 10(3) Drug testing; substance abuse treatment. (a) If a claimant is required
11under sub. (2) (b) 5. to submit to a test for the presence of controlled substances and
12the claimant declines to submit to such a test, the claimant is ineligible for benefits
13under this chapter until the claimant is again eligible for benefits as provided in the
14rules promulgated under sub. (2) (a) 5.
SB21-SSA1,925,2115 (b) If a claimant who is required under sub. (2) (b) 5. to submit to a test for the
16presence of controlled substances submits to the test and does not test positive for
17any controlled substance or the claimant presents evidence satisfactory to the
18department that the claimant possesses a valid prescription for each controlled
19substance for which the claimant tests positive, the claimant may receive benefits
20under this chapter if otherwise eligible and may not be required to submit to any
21further test for the presence of controlled substances until a subsequent benefit year.
SB21-SSA1,926,322 (c) If a claimant who is required under sub. (2) (b) 5. to submit to a test for the
23presence of controlled substances submits to the test and tests positive for one or
24more controlled substances without presenting evidence satisfactory to the
25department that the claimant possesses a valid prescription for each controlled

1substance for which the claimant tested positive, the claimant is ineligible for
2benefits under this chapter until the claimant is again eligible for benefits as
3provided in the rules promulgated under sub. (2) (a) 5., except as provided in par. (d).
SB21-SSA1,926,114 (d) A claimant who tests positive for one or more controlled substances without
5presenting evidence of a valid prescription as described in par. (c) may maintain his
6or her eligibility for benefits under this chapter by enrolling in the substance abuse
7treatment program and undergoing a job skills assessment. Such a claimant
8remains eligible for benefits under this chapter, if otherwise eligible, for each week
9the claimant is in full compliance with any requirements of the substance abuse
10treatment program and job skills assessment, as determined by the department in
11accordance with the rules promulgated under sub. (2) (a) 2. and 4.
SB21-SSA1,926,1512 (e) All information relating to a claimant's enrollment in the substance abuse
13treatment program shall, subject to and in accordance with any rules promulgated
14by the department, be confidential and not subject to the right of inspection or
15copying under s. 19.35 (1).
SB21-SSA1,926,1916 (f) The department shall charge to the fund's balancing account the cost of
17benefits paid to an individual that are otherwise chargeable to the account of an
18employer that is subject to the contribution requirements of ss. 108.17 and 108.18
19if the individual receives benefits based on the application of par. (d).
SB21-SSA1,927,6 20(4) Preemployment drug testing. (a) An employing unit may, in accordance
21with the rules promulgated by the department under par. (b), voluntarily submit to
22the department the results of a test for the presence of controlled substances that was
23conducted on an individual as a condition of an offer of employment or notify the
24department that an individual declined to submit to such a test, along with
25information necessary to identify the individual. Upon receipt of any such results

1of a test conducted and certified in a manner approved by the department or
2notification that an individual declined to submit to such a test, the department shall
3determine whether the individual is a claimant receiving benefits. If the individual
4is a claimant receiving benefits, the department shall, in accordance with rules
5promulgated by the department under par. (b), use that information for purposes of
6determining eligibility for benefits under s. 108.04 (8) (b).
SB21-SSA1,927,77 (b) The department shall promulgate rules necessary to implement par. (a).
SB21-SSA1,927,13 8(5) Application of this section. (a) Notwithstanding subs. (2) (b) 1., 3., and
95., (c), and (d) and (3), subs. (2) (b) 1., 3., and 5., (c), and (d) and (3) do not apply until
10the rules required under sub. (2) (a) take effect. The department shall submit to the
11legislative reference bureau for publication in the Wisconsin administrative register
12a notice identifying the date on which subs. (2) (b) 1., 3., and 5., (c), and (d) and (3)
13will be implemented.
SB21-SSA1,927,1814 (b) Notwithstanding sub. (2) (b) 2. and 4., sub. (2) (b) 2. and 4. do not apply until
15the rules required under sub. (2) (am) take effect. The department shall submit to
16the legislative reference bureau for publication in the Wisconsin administrative
17register a notice identifying the date on which sub. (2) (b) 2. and 4. will be
18implemented.
SB21-SSA1,927,2319 (c) Notwithstanding sub. (4) (a) and s. 108.04 (8) (b), sub. (4) (a) and s. 108.04
20(8) (b) do not apply until the rules required under sub. (4) (b) take effect. The
21department shall submit to the legislative reference bureau for publication in the
22Wisconsin administrative register a notice identifying the date on which sub. (4) (a)
23and s. 108.04 (8) (b) will be implemented.
SB21-SSA1,928,324 (d) The secretary may waive compliance with any provision under this section
25and s. 108.04 (8) (b) if the secretary determines that waiver of the provision is

1necessary to permit continued certification of this chapter for grants to this state
2under Title III of the federal Social Security Act or for maximum credit allowances
3to employers under the federal Unemployment Tax Act.
SB21-SSA1,3116 4Section 3116. 108.14 (8n) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,928,185 108.14 (8n) (e) The department shall charge this state's share of any benefits
6paid under this subsection to the account of each employer by which the employee
7claiming benefits was employed in the applicable base period, in proportion to the
8total amount of wages he or she earned from each employer in the base period, except
9that if s. 108.04 (1) (f), (5), (7) (a), (c), (e), (L), (q), (s), or (t), (7m) or (8) (a) or (b), 108.07
10(3), (3r), or (5) (b), or 108.133 (3) (f) would have applied to employment by such an
11employer who is subject to the contribution requirements of ss. 108.17 and 108.18,
12the department shall charge the share of benefits based on employment with that
13employer to the fund's balancing account, or, if s. 108.04 (1) (f) or (5) or 108.07 (3)
14would have applied to an employer that is not subject to the contribution
15requirements of ss. 108.17 and 108.18, the department shall charge the share of
16benefits based on that employment in accordance with s. 108.07 (5) (a) and (b). The
17department shall also charge the fund's balancing account with any other state's
18share of such benefits pending reimbursement by that state.
SB21-SSA1,3117 19Section 3117. 108.14 (27) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,928,2420 108.14 (27) The department shall promulgate a rule to define what constitutes
21suitable work for claimants, which shall specify different levels of suitable work
22based upon the number of weeks that a claimant has received benefits in a given
23benefit year. The rule promulgated under this subsection may not affect the ability
24of an employee to fail to accept suitable work pursuant to s. 108.04 (8) (d).
SB21-SSA1,3118 25Section 3118. 108.141 (3g) (a) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,929,2
1108.141 (3g) (a) 3. (intro.) Work Notwithstanding s. 108.02 (24g), work is
2suitable within the meaning of subd. 2. if:
SB21-SSA1,3119 3Section 3119. 108.141 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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