Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Workforce Development
DWD 100-150 - Unemployment Insurance
Chapter DWD 149 - Disclosure Of Unemployment Insurance Records
Section DWD 149.03 - Disclosure of records to individuals, employing units, their agents, and authorized third parties
Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง DWD 149.03
Current through February 26, 2024
(1) CLAIMANTS AND EMPLOYING UNITS. Except as otherwise provided under s. DWD 140.09, the department shall make the following records available to the following persons upon request:
(a) An unemployment insurance record
concerning an individual is available to that individual.
(b) An unemployment insurance record
concerning an individual's work for an employing unit is available to that
employing unit.
(c) An unemployment
insurance record concerning a determination to which an employing unit is
identified as a party of interest under s.
108.09,
Stats., is available to that employing unit.
(d) An unemployment insurance record
concerning an employing unit's status or liability under ch. 108, Stats., is
available to that employing unit.
(2) AGENTS AND ATTORNEYS.
(a) The department may disclose an
unemployment insurance record to an attorney or agent of an individual or
employing unit under sub. (1), only if the attorney or agent furnishes a
written statement from the individual or employing unit authorizing release of
the record or if the department verifies that the attorney or agent represents
the individual or employing unit.
(b) An elected official or the elected
official's staff assistant is an agent when acting in response to a
constituent's inquiry about an unemployment insurance issue. The department may
release only that portion of the records relating solely to the requesting
constituent's case.
(c) A union
representative is an agent when acting for a claimant.
(3) AUTHORIZED THIRD PARTIES.
(a) The department may disclose an
unemployment insurance record to an authorized third party that is not an agent
of an individual or employing unit if the third party provides a written
release signed by the individual or employing unit to whom the information
pertains. The release shall contain the following information:
1. The specific information sought.
2. The purpose for which the information is
sought.
3. All parties who may
receive the information.
4. A
statement that the information obtained under the release will be used only for
the purpose provided under subd. 2.
5. A statement that the department's
unemployment insurance files will be accessed to obtain the
information.
(b) The
department may disclose an unemployment insurance record under this subsection
only if the purpose specified under par. (a) 2. is limited to one or more of
the following:
1. Providing a service to the
individual such that the individual expects to receive a benefit as a result of
signing the release.
2. Carrying
out administration or evaluation of a public program to which the release
pertains.
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