49.162 Transitional jobs demonstration project.
49.162
49.162 Transitional jobs demonstration project.49.162(1)
(1) In this section, "Wisconsin Works" has the meaning given in s. 49.141 (1) (p).49.162(2)
(2) Subject to sub. (3) (b), the department shall conduct a demonstration project, beginning on January 1, 2010, that offers transitional jobs to low-income adults. To be eligible to participate in the demonstration project, an individual must satisfy all of the following criteria:49.162(2)(a)
(a) Be at least 21 but not more than 64 years of age.49.162(2)(b)
(b) Be ineligible for Wisconsin Works.49.162(2)(c)
(c) Have an annual household income that is below 150 percent of the poverty line.49.162(2)(d)
(d) Be unemployed for at least 4 weeks.49.162(2)(e)
(e) Be ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits.49.162(3)
(3)49.162(3)(a)
(a) The department shall provide transitional jobs under the demonstration project.49.162 - ANNOT.
NOTE: Par. (a) is amended by 2009 Wis. Act 333, s. 10, effective the date stated in the notice published by the department of children and families under Act 333, s. 20 (2), to read:49.162 - ANNOT.
(a) The department shall provide up to 2,500 transitional jobs under the demonstration project. The jobs shall be allocated among Milwaukee County, Dane County, Racine County, Kenosha County, Rock County, Brown County, and other regions of the state, as determined by the department, in the same proportion as the total number of Wisconsin Works participants are allocated among those counties and other regions as of June 30, 2009.49.162(3)(am)
(am) The demonstration project shall include all of the following features and requirements:49.162(3)(am)1.
1. The department shall pay a wage subsidy to any employer that employs an individual under this section for a minimum of 20 hours per week at a location in this state. The wage subsidy shall equal the amount of wages that the employer actually pays the individual, up to 40 hours per week at minimum wage.49.162(3)(am)2.
2. An employer that employs an individual under this section shall pay the individual for hours actually worked, up to 40 hours per week, at not less than minimum wage.49.162(3)(am)3.
3. An individual may participate in the demonstration project for a maximum of 1,040 hours actually worked.49.162(3)(am)4.
4. The employment of an individual under this section may not do any of the following:49.162(3)(am)4.a.
a. Have the effect of filling a vacancy created by an employer terminating a regular employee or otherwise reducing its work force for the purpose of hiring an individual under this section.49.162(3)(am)4.b.
b. Fill a position when any other person is on layoff or strike from the same or a substantially equivalent job within the same organizational unit.49.162(3)(am)4.c.
c. Fill a position when any other person is engaged in a labor dispute regarding the same or a substantially equivalent job within the same organizational unit.49.162 - ANNOT.
NOTE: Par. (am) is repealed by 2009 Wis. Act 333, s. 12, effective the date stated in the notice published by the department of children and families under Act 333, s. 20 (2).49.162(3)(b)
(b) The department shall seek federal funds to pay for the cost of operating the demonstration project, and may conduct the project only to the extent that the department obtains federal funds.49.162(3)(c)
(c) The department shall promulgate rules for the operation of the demonstration project under this section.49.162(3)(d)
(d) Within 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter, the department shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance that outlines the department's progress in implementing the demonstration project as described in par. (am) and that identifies the employers participating in the demonstration project. The report under this paragraph may be combined with the report under s. 49.147 (3) (dm).49.162 - ANNOT.
NOTE: Par. (d) is repealed by 2009 Wis. Act 333, s. 14, effective the date stated in the notice published by the department of children and families under Act 333, s. 20 (2).49.162 - ANNOT.
History: 2009 a. 28, 333.