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COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Unemployment Benefits in Wisconsin

[05/06/20]

Posted on May 6, 2020 in HR Insights for Health Care

Published by: Hall Render

Under the recent Wisconsin COVID-19 relief law, 2019 Wisconsin Act 185 (effective April 17, 2020) (the “ Relief Act”), and pursuant to the Federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), temporary emergency unemployment benefits have been made available to claimants and employers in Wisconsin. The Relief Act accomplishes a number... READ MORE

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New Indiana DWD Guidance Addresses Timing of Unemployment Benefits and Employees Who Refuse to Return to Work

[05/04/20]

Posted on May 4, 2020 in HR Insights for Health Care

Published by: Hall Render

The Indiana Department of Workforce Development (“DWD”) recently published an announcement setting out when claimants can expect to receive various types of enhanced pandemic-related unemployment benefits made available under the federal CARES Act. The DWD also used the announcement as an opportunity to remind applicants that the DWD will initiate collection proceedings and potentially pursue... READ MORE

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