Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Employee Trust Funds
Chapter ETF 11 - Appeals
Section ETF 11.105 - Board member conflict of interest

(1) No board member or employee of the department may participate in any appeal directly related to a specific benefit, credit, claim or application of the person.

(2) No board member may participate in deciding an appeal to which the board member is a party. No board member who is the director of the office of state employment relations, or the director's designee, may participate in deciding an appeal to which the office of state employment relations is a party. No board member who is the chief executive, chairperson or member of the governing body of a participating employer may participate in deciding an appeal in which that particular participating employer is a party. A board member barred under this subsection from participating in the board's decision of an appeal shall not make any ex parte communications to the board or another board member concerning that appeal and shall not participate in any way in the board's quasi-judicial deliberations.