Section 149.02. Confidentiality of records.

 

(1)  Unemployment insurance records made or maintained by the department are confidential and not open to public inspection or disclosure, except as provided in subs. (2) and (3) .

(2)  The department may disclose the following unemployment insurance records if the disclosure is in the interest of the unemployment insurance program and does not interfere with the efficient administration of the program:

(a) Public domain information.

(b) Appeals records and decisions with social security numbers redacted as provided in s. DWD 140.09 .

(c) Any unemployment insurance record that has been screened to prevent identification of the individual or employing unit that is the subject of the record or which could foreseeably be combined with other publicly available information to reveal any identifying particulars of an individual or employing unit.

(d) Unemployment insurance records as provided in ss. DWD 149.03 and 149.05 .

(3)  The department shall disclose unemployment records as provided in s. DWD 149.04 .

(4)  The department shall notify every claimant at the time of application and periodically thereafter that confidential unemployment insurance information pertaining to the claimant may be requested and used for other governmental purposes, including verification of eligibility for other government programs.

(5)  The department shall notify every employer subject to ch. 108 , Stats. , annually that wage information and other confidential unemployment insurance information may be requested and used for other governmental purposes, including verification of an individual's eligibility for other government programs.

History: Cr. Register, May, 1993, No. 449 , eff. 6-1-93; CR 08-019 : r. and recr. Register July 2008 No. 631 , eff. 8-1-08.