Source: https://dwd.wisconsin.gov/wioa/policy/08/08.2.2.201.htm
Timestamp: 2020-02-21 13:26:37
Document Index: 204527034

Matched Legal Cases: ['§680', '§108', 'art5', '§680', '§680', '§680', '§680']

﻿ Previous Policy - 8.2.2
Previous Policy - 8.2.2
Effective date: October 15, 2018 - September 22, 2019
are 18 years of age or older;1
Note: Career planners should keep expiration dates of work authorization documents in mind when scheduling services. If a participant's authorization to work in the U.S. will expire before the planned close date for a service, the participant should renew his or her work authorization before beginning the service. If that is not possible, services must be scheduled so that they can be completed before the work authorization expires.
DWD-DET and the local WDBs may not add eligibility criteria, including, but not limited to, criteria related to income or county or state of residence. 4
Dislocated Worker status is fixed at the time of eligibility determination. Individuals remain eligible for the Dislocated Worker Program even if there are changes in the circumstances that made them eligible. For example, individuals remain eligible even if they quit after receiving a notice of termination or layoff, or the layoff or termination does not take place. The only exception is that individuals will become ineligible for the Dislocated Worker Program if they lose authorization to work in the U.S.
is eligible for or has exhausted unemployment payments stemming from the layoff used for program eligibility (see Note, below);
Note: An individual who has received notice of termination or layoff meets the requirement in (c) to be eligible for unemployment payments if s/he has filed an initial claim application and been approved. In Wisconsin, workers cannot lose their right to collect unemployment payments,8 via a severance agreement or any other method.
Eligibility for unemployment payments is complex and only the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Program can determine if someone can receive payments. Dislocated workers may file initial claims even if they are receiving severance pay or believe they are not eligible for unemployment payments. Dislocated workers should keep in mind that the timing of the initial UI claim will determine their base period and could affect the total benefit amount they can receive. The date of the initial UI claim will also affect the start and end dates of the benefit year. Dislocated workers should contact UI for help with any questions.9
Category 2 – Permanent Closure or Mass Layoff 10
has been terminated or laid off, or has received a notice of termination or layoff, because of a permanent closure of any size or a layoff of 25 or more workers from a physical employment site or from a virtual enterprise; 11
Category 3 – Separating or Separated Members of the U.S. Armed Forces 12
Note: It is appropriate to provide services to imminently separating service members, if their discharge is expected to be anything other than dishonorable. Separating service members are required to participate in the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) to ensure they are prepared for civilian employment. During the TAP program, separating service members and their spouses are encouraged to contact job centers. 13
Category 4 – Self-employed 13
Category 5 – Displaced Homemaker 14
Category 6 – Military Spouse 15
2Participants who lose authorization to work in the United States become ineligible for the WIOA Adult Program as of the date the authorization was lost. WIOA Sec. 188(a)(5); TEGL 02-14, p.2
3WIOA Sec. 189(h); 50 USC App. 453
481 FR 56220; Email from DOL to DWD-DET, 4/25/2017
5TEGL 11-11, Change 2, p.4
6WIOA Sec. 3(15)(A); 20 CFR §680.130
7Wisconsin Statute §108.12
8https://dwd.wisconsin.gov/uiben/handbook/english/contentspart5.htm#base_period
9WIOA Sec. 3(15)(B); 20 CFR §680.130
10WIOA Sec. 3(15)(B)(i); 20 CFR §680.130. DWD-DET, consistent with 20 CFR §680.130(b), has defined the scope of a "mass layoff" (aka "substantial layoff") as a layoff event (phased or on one day) that affects 25 or more workers.
1120 CFR §680.660
12WIOA Final Rule Fact Sheet Veterans and Spouses
13WIOA Sec. 3(15)(C)
14WIOA Sec. 3(15)(D)
15WIOA Sec. 3(15)(E)