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Unemployment Benefits Cannot Be Denied Based on Eight Cash Transaction Inadvertent Errors Out of 80,000 Transactions in a 21-Month Period

Posted on May 22, 2017 by Ruder Ware Alumni
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has interpreted the meaning of “substantial fault” in an unemployment insurance case, which will be applicable in worker’s compensation cases, as well.  The case is Operton v. Labor and Industry Review Commission, 2017 WL 1743039.  In doing so the Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, which […]

Repeated Inadvertent Errors Do Not Constitute “Substantial Fault” For Unemployment Insurance (Or For Worker’s Compensation)

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Ruder Ware Alumni
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“Substantial fault” is a new concept that may determine whether a terminated employee is eligible for unemployment insurance benefits.  In 2013 the Wisconsin Legislature amended the unemployment insurance eligibility statute to create “substantial fault” as a basis to deny benefits; the new law took effect on January 5, 2014.  On April 14, 2016, the Wisconsin […]

Denying Unemployment Benefits is Starting to Work

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Ruder Ware Alumni
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The definition of misconduct under the Wisconsin Unemployment Compensation Law was changed as of the first of the year. We are now starting to see decisions under this new standard that limit employees from receiving unemployment benefits when being terminated from employment due to inappropriate conduct. For many years, an employer was not able to […]