Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that amends and updates Wisconsin laws outlining the conditions for people to be fired from their jobs for misconduct, and temporarily eliminating them from unemployment benefit eligibility.

Highlights:

• Amends various state laws outlining the conditions for people to be fired from their jobs for misconduct, and temporarily eliminating them from unemployment benefit eligibility (Sec. 2).

• Repeals the requirement that employees must have intent to deprive the employer of the property or services permanently (Sec. 4).

• Specifies the intentional or negligent conduct of an employee that causes the destruction of an employer's records and unauthorized possession of an employer’s property, theft, or distribution of confidential information as misconduct (Sec. 5).

• Specifies that misconduct shall also include violation of an employer’s reasonable policy, including a social media use, and that covers absenteeism, tardiness, or both, and if no policy is in place, then more than 2 violations within the first 120 days (Sec. 7).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that amends and updates Wisconsin laws outlining the conditions for people to be fired from their jobs for misconduct, and temporarily eliminating them from unemployment benefit eligibility.

Highlights:

• Amends various state laws outlining the conditions for people to be fired from their jobs for misconduct, and temporarily eliminating them from unemployment benefit eligibility (Sec. 2).

• Repeals the requirement that employees must have intent to deprive the employer of the property or services permanently (Sec. 4).

• Specifies the intentional or negligent conduct of an employee that causes the destruction of an employer's records and unauthorized possession of an employer’s property, theft, or distribution of confidential information as misconduct (Sec. 5).

• Specifies that misconduct shall also include violation of an employer’s reasonable policy, including a social media use, and that covers absenteeism, tardiness, or both, and if no policy is in place, then more than 2 violations within the first 120 days (Sec. 7).

Full Bill Text