Unemployment work search requirement kicks in
Unemployment work search requirement back in effect
If you re receiving unemployment benefits from the state of Wisconsin, you must now prove you re searching for work. That requirement was waived during the coronavirus pandemic.
MADISON, Wis. - If you re receiving unemployment benefits from the state of Wisconsin, you must now prove you re searching for work. That requirement was waived during the coronavirus pandemic.
As more business owners look for people to hire, those who are unemployed must again tell the state how many jobs they ve applied for to continue to receive unemployment benefits. The requirement was re-instated by lawmakers, but for some job seekers, the requirement is not an issue. That is, if they could get their unemployment benefits approved.
After a year of low rates of payment, high rates of overpayments and long delays, a UW report says Wisconsin should look to outsource its unemployment system instead of upgrading it.
After a year fraught with unemployment payment delays, high rates of unemployment denials, call center headaches and other issues, a new University of Wisconsin report suggests the state should outsource at least a portion of its unemployment system.
The report by conservative UW economics professor Noah Williams detailed areas the state lagged behind most other states as the wave of unemployment claims swamped the state s Department of Workforce Development last year.
Williams, the director of the UW-Madison Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy, said the report shows how the state struggled to keep up with incoming claims, which put some claimants in precarious situations the program is meant to curb.