Liability of reimbursable employers for identity theft

Wis. Stat. § 108.155 — under UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND RESERVES.

Wis. Stat. § 108.155

108.155 (1) (b). d. In the case of a claim for regular benefits that is a combined wage claim, as defined in s. 108.04 (13) (g) 1. a., subd. 1. applies only with respect to this state’s share of benefits. e. Subdivision 1. does not apply with respect to work-share benefits under s. 108.062 (6). f. Subdivision 1. does not apply to benefits chargeable as provided in sub. (7). 3. Charges for benefits to which subd. 1. applies shall, notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, be paid or reimbursed as follows: a. For employers subject to the contribution requirements of ss. 108.17 and 108.18, the benefits shall be charged to the fund’s balancing account. b. For reimbursable employers, as defined in s. 108.155 (1) (b), the benefits shall be paid in the manner provided under par. (am) 1. (5m) Whenever benefits are paid to a claimant based in part on employment by a seasonal employer by which the claimant was employed for a period of less than 90 days during the season of the seasonal employer, as determined under s. 108.066 (4), and that season includes any portion of the claimant’s base period, and the claimant has been paid or is treated as having been paid base period wages or other remuneration of $500 or more during his or her base period for services performed for at least one employer other than the seasonal employer which is subject to the unemployment insurance law of any state or the federal government, the department shall charge to the fund’s balancing account the benefits which would otherwise be chargeable to the account of the seasonal employer. (6) The department may initially charge benefits otherwise chargeable to the administrative account under this section to the fund’s balancing account, and periodically reimburse the charges to the balancing account from the administrative account. (7) Whenever benefits are chargeable under sub. (1) or (2) based on federal employment, the department shall charge the benefits to the federal government. History: 1971 c. 53; 1975 c. 343; 1979 c. 110 s. 60 (11); 1983 a. 17; 1987 a. 38, 255; 1989 a. 77; 1991 a. 89; 1993 a. 373; 1995 a. 118; 1997 a. 39; 2013 a. 36; 2019 a. 185; 2021 a. 4.

108.08

Notification. (1) To receive benefits for any given

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week of unemployment, a claimant shall give notice to the department with respect to such week of unemployment within such time and in such manner as the department may by rule prescribe. (2) The department may require from any or each employer notification of the partial or total unemployment of the employer’s employees, within such time, in such form, and in accordance with such rules as the department may prescribe. History: 1985 a. 17; 1993 a. 492. Cross-reference: See also ch. DWD 129, Wis. adm. code.