2021 WISCONSIN ACT
An Act to renumber and amend 108.04 (2) (a) 4., 108.04 (15) (a) 2., 108.05 (3) (a) and 108.13 (4) (a) 4.; to consolidate, renumber and amend 108.04 (15) (a) (intro.) and 1.; to amend 20.445 (1) (aL), 20.445 (1) (gd), 20.445 (1) (nd), 40.02 (22) (b) 3., 40.65 (5) (b) 2., 49.147 (3) (ac) 2., 49.163 (3) (a) 3. c., 71.67 (7) (title), 105.01 (1) (b) 1., 105.115 (2) (b), 105.115 (2) (c), 105.115 (3) (a) 1., 105.115 (4) (b) 1., 105.115 (4) (b) 3., 106.11, 106.13 (2), 106.38 (3) (c) 3., 108.04 (2) (a) 3., 108.04 (12) (b), 108.133 (2) (a) (intro.), 108.133 (2) (am), 108.14 (1), 108.141 (1) (b) 3., 108.142 (1) (h) 3., 108.19 (1m), 111.39 (4) (c), 230.43 (4), 230.85 (3) (d) and 779.01 (2) (am); to repeal and recreate chapter 108 (title); and to create 15.223 (2), 106.113, 106.28, 108.01 (2m), 108.013, 108.02 (21r), 108.04 (2) (a) 4. c., 108.04 (2) (a) 5., 108.04 (15) (a) 2. b., 108.04 (15) (am), (an) and (ao), 108.05 (3) (a) 3., 108.14 (8o) and 108.14 (30) of the statutes; relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law, a grant program for hiring qualified long-term unemployment recipients, allocation of federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 funding for certain purposes, the state plan under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, federal Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment grants, employment outcome data reporting, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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Section 1
. 15.223 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
15.223 (2) Division of reemployment assistance. There is created in the department of workforce development a division of reemployment assistance.
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Section 2
. 20.445 (1) (aL) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.445 (1) (aL) Unemployment insurance Reemployment assistance administration; controlled substances testing and substance abuse treatment. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for conducting screenings of applicants, testing applicants for controlled substances, the provision of substance abuse treatment to applicants and claimants, and related expenses under s. 108.133. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (b), the unencumbered balance on June 30 of each odd-numbered year shall be transferred to the unemployment reemployment assistance program integrity fund.
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Section 3
. 20.445 (1) (gd) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.445 (1) (gd) Unemployment Reemployment assistance; interest and penalty payments. All moneys received as interest and penalties collected under ss. 108.04 (11) (c) and (cm) and (13) (c) and 108.22 except interest and penalties deposited under s. 108.19 (1q), and forfeitures under s. 103.05 (5), all moneys not appropriated under par. (gg) and all moneys transferred to this appropriation account from the appropriation account under par. (gh) for the payment of benefits specified in s. 108.07 (5) and 1987 Wisconsin Act 38, section 132 (1) (c), for the payment of interest to employers under s. 108.17 (3m), for research relating to the condition of the unemployment reserve fund under s. 108.14 (6), for administration of the unemployment insurance
reemployment assistance program and federal or state unemployment insurance reemployment assistance programs authorized by the governor under s. 16.54, for satisfaction of any federal audit exception concerning a payment from the unemployment reserve fund or any federal aid disallowance concerning the unemployment insurance reemployment assistance program, for assistance to the department of justice in the enforcement of ch. 108, for the payment of interest due on advances from the federal unemployment account under title XII of the social security act to the unemployment reserve fund, and for payments made to the unemployment reserve fund to obtain a lower interest rate or deferral of interest payments on these advances, except as otherwise provided in s. 108.20.
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Section 4
. 20.445 (1) (nd) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.445 (1) (nd) Unemployment Reemployment assistance administration; apprenticeship and other employment services. From the moneys received from the federal government under section 903 (d) of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, the amounts in the schedule, as authorized by the governor under s. 16.54, to be used for administration by the department of apprenticeship programs under subch. I of ch. 106 and for administration and service delivery of employment and workforce information services, including the delivery of reemployment assistance services to unemployment insurance reemployment assistance claimants. All moneys transferred from par. (n) for this purpose shall be credited to this appropriation account. No moneys may be expended from this appropriation unless the treasurer of the unemployment reserve fund determines that such expenditure is currently needed for the purposes specified in this paragraph.
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Section 5
. 40.02 (22) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
40.02 (22) (b) 3. Unemployment insurance or reemployment assistance benefits.
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Section 6
. 40.65 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
40.65 (5) (b) 2. Any unemployment insurance or reemployment assistance benefit payable to the participant because of his or her work record.
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Section 7
. 49.147 (3) (ac) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.147 (3) (ac) 2. State and federal unemployment reemployment assistance contributions or federal unemployment taxes.
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Section 8
. 49.163 (3) (a) 3. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.163 (3) (a) 3. c. State reemployment assistance contributions and federal unemployment insurance contributions or taxes, if any.
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Section 9
. 71.67 (7) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
71.67 (7) (title) Withholding from
unemployment compensation insurance reemployment assistance.
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Section 10
. 105.01 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
105.01 (1) (b) 1. The person employing the individuals in addition to wages or salaries pays federal social security taxes, state reemployment assistance contributions, and federal unemployment contributions or taxes, carries worker's compensation insurance as required by state law, and maintains liability insurance covering the acts of its employees while rendering services to, for or under the direction of a 3rd person; and
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Section 11
. 105.115 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
105.115 (2) (b) A statement of the employment status of the home care worker, specifically, whether the home care worker is an employee of the home care placement agency or of the home care consumer or is an independent contractor and a statement identifying which party is responsible for paying the wages or salary of the home care worker, paying federal social security taxes and state reemployment assistance contributions and federal unemployment contributions or taxes with respect to the home care worker, and procuring worker's compensation or liability insurance covering injury to the home care worker.
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Section 12
. 105.115 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
105.115 (2) (c) A statement that, notwithstanding the employment status of the home care worker specified in the notice, the home care consumer may be determined to be the employer of the home care worker for purposes of certain state and federal labor laws and that, if that is the case, the home care consumer may be held responsible for paying the wages or salary of the home care worker, paying federal social security taxes and state reemployment assistance contributions and federal unemployment contributions or taxes with respect to the home care worker, procuring worker's compensation or liability insurance covering injury to the home care worker, and complying with various other state and federal labor laws.
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Section 13
. 105.115 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
105.115 (3) (a) 1. A statement identifying which party is responsible for paying the wages or salary of the home care worker, paying federal social security taxes and state reemployment assistance contributions and federal unemployment contributions or taxes with respect to the home care worker, and procuring worker's compensation or liability insurance covering injury to the home care worker.
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Section 14
. 105.115 (4) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
105.115 (4) (b) 1. If the department finds that a home care placement agency has failed to provide a home care consumer with the notice required under sub. (2) and that the home care consumer is liable for the payment of federal social security taxes or state reemployment assistance contributions or federal unemployment contributions or taxes with respect to the home care worker, for the provision of worker's compensation or liability insurance covering injury to the home care worker, for the payment of any fine or penalty imposed on the home care consumer for noncompliance with any state or federal labor law with respect to the home care worker, or for any injury to the home care worker, the department may recover from the home care placement agency, on behalf of the home care consumer, an amount equal to the total cost of those liabilities.
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Section 15
. 105.115 (4) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
105.115 (4) (b) 3. In the case of a home care consumer who commences an action in circuit court under par. (a), if the circuit court finds that the home care placement agency has failed to provide the home care consumer with the notice required under sub. (2) and that the home care consumer is liable for the payment of federal social security taxes or state reemployment assistance contributions or federal unemployment contributions or taxes with respect to the home care worker, for the provision of worker's compensation or liability insurance covering injury to the home care worker, for the payment of any fine or penalty imposed on the home care consumer for noncompliance with any state or federal labor law with respect to the home care worker, or for any injury to the home care worker, the court may order the home care placement agency to pay to the home care consumer an amount equal to the total cost of those liabilities, together with costs under ch. 814 and, notwithstanding s. 814.04 (1), reasonable attorney fees.
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Section 16
. 106.11 of the statutes is amended to read:
106.11 Workforce investment programs. The department shall cooperate with the federal government in carrying out the purposes of the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, 29 USC 2801 to 2945 Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, 29 USC 3101 to 3361. In administering the programs authorized by that act the department shall, in cooperation with other state agencies, with the council on workforce investment established under 29 USC 3111, and with local workforce development boards established under 29 USC 2832 3122, establish a statewide workforce investment system to meet the employment, training, and educational needs of persons in this state. If a local workforce development board anticipates that there may be a business closing or mass layoff under s. 109.07 in the area served by that board, the board may prepare a list of resources available in that area that provide career planning, job search, job skills training, and other support services for affected employees, as defined in s. 109.07 (1) (a), including contact information for those resources, for distribution to those employees under s. 109.07 (1m) (a).
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Section 17
. 106.113 of the statutes is created to read:
106.113 Workforce innovation plan. The department shall submit a combined state plan under 29 USC 3113 that includes the programs listed under 29 USC 3113 (a) (2) (G).
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Section 18
. 106.13 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
106.13 (2) The council on workforce investment established under 29 USC 2821 3111, the technical college system board, and the department of public instruction shall assist the department in providing the youth apprenticeship program under sub. (1).
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Section 19
. 106.28 of the statutes is created to read:
106.28 Grant program for employers who hire long-term unemployed. (1) In this section:
(a) “Period of qualifying employment” means employment at 30 or more hours per week for 8 weeks, each of which begins on or after September 5, 2021, and ends on or before December 28, 2024.
(b) “Qualifying employee” means an employee who satisfies all of the following:
1. The individual was a qualified long-term unemployment recipient, as defined in 26 USC 51 (d) (15).
2. The individual became unemployed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as determined by the department.
(2) The department shall develop and administer a grant program to provide payments to employing units in this state for hiring qualifying employees, to compensate those employing units for wages, training, benefits, and other employment costs, subject to all of the following:
(a) 1. An employing unit shall be entitled to a first payment under this section for one period of qualifying employment by the employing unit of a qualifying employee.
2. An employing unit shall be entitled to a 2nd payment under this section for 2 nonoverlapping periods of qualifying employment by the employing unit of a qualifying employee.
(b) In order to receive a payment under par. (a) 1. or 2., an employing unit shall submit documentation of the employment of the employee, as required by the department by rule.
(c) Each payment under par. (a) 1. or 2. shall be limited to $1,000.
(d) An employing unit may receive no more than 2 payments under par. (a) per qualifying employee.
(e) There is no limit to the number of qualifying employees for which an employing unit may receive payments under this subsection, except that no more than one employing unit may receive payments for employing a given qualifying employee.
(3) Of the moneys the governor accepts from the federal government under s. 16.54 pursuant to section 602 of the federal Social Security Act as amended by the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 117-2, the governor shall allocate sufficient moneys for costs associated with the grant program under this section.
(4) The department may use the procedure under s. 227.24 to promulgate rules for the grant program under this section. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a) and (3), the department is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2), rules under this subsection may remain in effect until December 31, 2024.
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Section 20
. 106.38 (3) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
106.38 (3) (c) 3. State reemployment assistance contributions and federal unemployment insurance contributions or taxes, if any.
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Section 21
. Chapter 108 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
