Employment — unemployment benefits — voluntary termination
2011AP690 Piontek v. Labor & Industry Review Commission, et al.
View ArticleBLAWG LOG: McLeod on ‘Are unemployment insurance benefits taxable?’
It's tax time, and workers who collected unemployment in Wisconsin in 2012 are wondering whether they owe any taxes on their benefit payments. In short, they do.
View ArticleJudge: No jobless benefits for fired officer
A judge has upheld an order that a fired Neenah police officer repay unemployment benefits provided by the city.
View ArticleEmployment — unemployment benefits — voluntary termination
2011AP690 Piontek v. Labor & Industry Review Commission, et al.
View ArticleBLAWG LOG: McLeod on ‘Are unemployment insurance benefits taxable?’
It's tax time, and workers who collected unemployment in Wisconsin in 2012 are wondering whether they owe any taxes on their benefit payments. In short, they do.
View ArticleJudge: No jobless benefits for fired officer
A judge has upheld an order that a fired Neenah police officer repay unemployment benefits provided by the city.
View ArticleLaid-off workers could be looking at stricter jobless-benefits rules
Stricter rules for those collecting jobless benefits could soon be coming down the road. The state Senate Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform held a public hearing this week on a bill that would...
View ArticlePanel gives green light to stricter jobless-benefits rules
A panel of lawmakers has given preliminary approval to a bill that contains stricter jobless-benefits rules.
View ArticleBill ratcheting up penalties for jobless benefits fraud heads to Senate
The Wisconsin Assembly has given its blessing to a bill that would increase the criminal penalties for unemployment claimants who fraudulently obtain jobless benefits.
View ArticleBill ratcheting up penalties for jobless benefits fraud heads to Gov. Walker
A bill that would increase the criminal penalties for claimants who fraudulently obtain unemployment benefits has cleared the Wisconsin Senate and is on its way to Gov. Scott Walker’s desk.
View ArticleDWD predicts jobless benefits taxes to remain steady in 2019
State officials are predicting that the current surplus in the state’s unemployment-benefits trust fund will help keep payroll taxes low for employers.
View ArticleWisconsin Assembly OKs virus bill in first virtual session
The Wisconsin Assembly overwhelmingly approved a sweeping coronavirus relief bill Tuesday during a virtual session, the first time state lawmakers have gathered since the pandemic began in the United...
View ArticleEvers signs pandemic relief package despite misgivings (UPDATE)
The Wisconsin state Senate passed a sweeping coronavirus relief package during a messy virtual session Wednesday and sent the bill on to Gov. Tony Evers to sign.
View ArticleHearing to focus on state’s handling of unemployment claims
Wisconsin has a new system in place to speed up the payment of $600 weekly federal unemployment benefits, the head of the state Department of Workforce Development said Wednesday, before a legislative...
View Article‘It doesn’t look like there’s an end in sight to this’: Pandemic drags on as...
Will Cioci Wisconsin Watch Amy Moreland, a bartender in Madison who has been out of work since mid-March, immediately applied for state unemployment insurance after losing her job and eventually...
View ArticleFollowing denials, laid-off Wisconsin workers with disabilities now eligible...
By Bram Sable-Smith Wisconsin Public Radio Possibly hundreds of laid-off Wisconsin workers with disabilities can now obtain the sort of federal aid that other unemployed workers have been able to...
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