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COVID-19 caused an unprecedented demand for Unemployment Insurance. Due to an outdated computer system and deliberate roadblocks installed by Republicans over the past decade, our system was simply not prepared to handle the load.
COVID-19 caused an unprecedented demand for Unemployment Insurance. Due to an outdated computer system and deliberate roadblocks installed by Republicans over the past decade, our system was simply not prepared to handle the load.
Today, my Democratic colleagues and I are introducing a package of reforms to Wisconsin& #39;s UI program, designed to ease the backlog, expand eligibility, and streamline the adjudication process.
• LRB 6244: Allowing social security disability (SSDI) recipients to receive concurrent unemployment insurance benefits;
• LRB 6246: Reinstating the ability of those participating in extended occupational training to receive extended UI benefits; (I am a co-author of this bill)
• LRB 6249: Suspending the $500 wage threshold for recipients of unemployment insurance benefits temporarily;
• LRB 6254: Providing DWD the authority to determine by administrative rule what constitutes suitable work a claimant must accept if offered, and what labor market conditions to review based on the number of weeks that the claimant has received benefits;
• LRB 6256: Expanding DWD authority to promulgate rules that provider waivers for work search and job registration requirements;
• LRB 6257: Eliminating the requirement that claimants wait one week before receiving benefits;
• LRB 6265: Reduces the work search requirement from four to two per week and repealing the provision allowing DWD to require additional work searches;
and finally, LRB 6362: Eliminating the concept of substantial fault from being a disqualifying factor. I am proud to have co-authored this bill as well.
I call on my Republican colleagues to call us in for extraordinary session so we an #cleartheclaims as quickly as possible!
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