Content Contact
Website: Admin Services
Email: DWD Webmasters
About Us
Divisions
Attached Units
About the Department of Workforce Development
DWD Mission & Vision
Mission: Advancing Wisconsin’s economy and business climate by empowering and supporting the workforce.
Vision: Wisconsin - the Workforce of Choice
The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) is a state agency charged with building and strengthening Wisconsin's workforce in the 21st century and beyond.
The Department's primary responsibilities include providing job services, training and employment assistance to people looking for work, at the same time as it works with employers on finding the necessary workers to fill current job openings.
Under the DWD umbrella, a wide variety of employment programs can be found which range from securing jobs for people with disabilities, assisting former welfare recipients as they make a transition into work, Promoting employment in the state through Wisconsin Job Centers, linking youth with jobs of tomorrow, protecting and enforcing worker's rights, processing unemployment claims and ensuring workers compensation claims are paid in accordance with the law.
There are six divisions with the Department which is headed by a Secretary appointed by the Governor.
DWD - Six Divisions:
Reggie Newson - Secretary
Email Secretary Newson | View Secretary Newson's Bio
Jonathan Barry - Deputy Secretary
Email Deputy Secretary Barry | View Deputy Secretary
Barry's Bio
John Fandrich - Executive Assistant
Email Executive Assistant Fandrich
Kathleen Reed -
Administrator
Provides various administrative support services to the program divisions.
Lisa Boyd -
Administrator
The Division of Employment & Training develops and maintains employment-focused programs that enable
employers to hire and retain the workforce they need and that provide individuals and families with
services that enable them to achieve financial well being as members of Wisconsin's workforce. It delivers services
through public-private partnerships and a statewide network of Job Centers.
Joseph W. Handrick -
Administrator
Administers laws prohibiting discrimination in employment, housing and
public accommodations, and the state’s family and medical leave law.
Enforces laws pertaining to minimum wage, overtime pay, timely payment of
wages, employment of minors, and notification of business closings or mass
layoffs. Also sets and enforces prevailing wage rates that must be paid on
state and municipal construction projects.
Robert A. Rodriguez -
Administrator
Collects employer payroll taxes, pays benefits to eligible unemployed
workers, adjudicates disputes, detects fraud; collects benefit overpayments,
and administers the New Hire Reporting program.
Michael Greco
- Administrator
A federal/state program designed to obtain, maintain, and improve employment for people with disabilities by working with VR consumers, employers, and other partners.
John Metcalf - Administrator
Ensures the prompt payment of benefits by private insurance companies and
self-insured employers to workers who sustain work-related injuries or
illnesses, resolves appeals regarding claims.
Office Location
STREET ADDRESS
201 E. Washington Avenue, Madison WI 53703
MAILING ADDRESS
P.O. Box 7946, Madison, WI 53707-7946
PHONE NUMBER
(608) 266-3131
FAX NUMBER
(608) 266-1784
Need help finding DWD? Driving directions, downtown Madison map and building access information.