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Notice of Meeting

Unemployment Insurance Advisory Council

Date:  Thursday, March 15, 2018
Time:  10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Place:  Department of Workforce Development
GEF-1 Building
Room F305
201 East Washington Avenue
Madison, Wisconsin

Agenda Items and Tentative Schedule

  1. Call to Order and Introductions
  2. Approval of Minutes of the January 18, 2018 Council Meeting
  3. Department Update
  4. Open Records Training - Ernest Jones
  5. Annual Fraud Report - Joe Handrick & Janell Knutson
  6. Update on Legislation
    • UIAC Agreed Bill (SB 399/AB 516)
    • Increased Criminal Penalties for UI Benefit Fraud (SB 542/AB 710)
    • Methods for Filing UI Claims (SB 772)
    • Legalization of Marijuana (AB 482)
    • THC Testing (AB 1005)
    • Mobility Grants for UI Claimants (AB 243)
    • Social Security Disability and UI Benefits (HR 2031)
    • Ensuring Quality in the UI Program (EQUIP) Act (HR 3330)
  7. Update on Court Cases
    • DWD v. LIRC, Valarie Beres & Mequon Jewish Campus, Inc.
  8. Draft of Proposed Amendments to Administrative Rules
  9. Research Request
  10. Future Meeting Dates
  11. Adjourn

Notice:

  • The Council may not address all agenda items or follow the agenda order.
  • The Council may take up action items at a time other than that listed.
  • The Council may discuss other items, including those on any attached lists.
  • Some or all of the Council members may attend the meeting by telephone.
  • The employee members and/or the employer members of the Council may convene in closed session at any time during the meeting to deliberate any matter for potential action and/or items posted in this agenda, pursuant to sec. 19.85(1)(ee), Stats. The employee members and/or the employer members of the Council may thereafter reconvene again in open session after completion of the closed session.
  • This location is handicap accessible.
  • If you have a disability and need assistance (such as an interpreter or information in an alternate format), please contact Robin Gallagher, Unemployment Insurance Division, at 608-267-1405 or dial 7-1-1 for Wisconsin Relay Service.
  • Today's meeting materials will be available online at 10:00 a.m. at http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/uibola/uiac/meetings.htm