Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Workforce Development
DWD 100-150 - Unemployment Insurance
Chapter DWD 113 - Settlement Of Disputes And Compromise Of Liabilities
Section DWD 113.001 - Definitions

(a) "Action" means a circuit court proceeding for judicial review of a commission decision or an appeal to either the court of appeals or the supreme court.

(ar) "Bureau of legal affairs" means legal counsel in the unemployment insurance division within the department.

(bm) "Compromise" means department agreement to accept payment of less than the full amount of contributions, payments in lieu of contributions, interest, penalties and costs, as applicable, owed by an employer, former employer, or a person liable for an employing unit's liabilities, in complete fulfillment of the outstanding liability.

(c) "Determination" means an initial determination issued under s. 108.10(1), Stats.

(d) "Employer", in addition to the meaning specified in s. 108.02(13), Stats., includes an employing unit which was formerly an employer under s. 108.02(13), Stats.

(e) "Same business or operation" means operation under the same unemployment insurance employer account, including any account transferred under s. 108.16(8), Stats., with no intervening final determination of account termination under s. 108.02(13) (i), Stats., provided that "same business or operation" shall not be deemed to extend beyond the date the account would have been terminated under s. 108.02(13) (i), Stats., and s. DWD 110.09 but for an unpaid liability, unless the account was reopened under s. DWD 110.10.

(f) "Settle" means to resolve a pending determination, decision or action by agreement.