2015 ASSEMBLY BILL 416

[midnight]

This bill would deal with unemployment benefits.

"Work?share programs
Under current law, any employer may create a work?share program, defined as a program approved by DWD under which the hours of work of employees in a work unit are reduced in lieu of the layoffs of two or more employees in the work unit."

http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2015/related/proposals/ab416.pdf

[Half-Century Man]

1. As I read it. I am not a lawyer. Where doid I go wrong?

Lots of stuff said in a confusing manner, lots of stuff cut out and some language replaced, and lots of stuff not said.

In the case of a determination of overpayments of UI to claimants, tax returns can be garnished to recoup losses. (Okay, that happens now).
In the same paragraph, right after talking about the above; it says that UI debts owed by Employers, cannot be collected the same way. It does not mention what type of UI debts. Is the inclusion of claimants repayment for overpayment a distraction for freeing all UI debts by Employers?
There is a federal law that mandates an attempt to collect debts related to UI after one year, the new law allows the DWD (Department of Workforce Development) to ofset such payments from Employers.

Current state law allows DWD to recoup certain UI benefit overpayments made
to claimants by offsetting the amount of an overpayment against a federal tax refund
through the federal Treasury Offset Program (TOP), but does not permit DWD to
similarly recoup UI debts owed by employers. Under current federal law, however,
a state must act to recover through the TOP certain UI?related debts that remain
uncollected for one year or more, including those of both employers and claimants.
This bill allows DWD to offset a UI debt found to be due to DWD by an employer
against a federal tax refund through the TOP.

It also appears to stop benefits for "spontaneous" part timers.

Current law also provides, however, that an employee included under a
work?share program who would otherwise be paid benefits for any week under the
UI law’s partial benefits formula (partial benefits) must instead receive a benefit
payment for that week in the amount payable to the employee under that formula,
if that amount is higher than the work?share benefits amount.
Under this bill, employees included under a work?share program may only be
paid work?share benefits, and not partial benefits.