Section 52.24. Required reporting by duty disability recipients; failure to submit.

 

(1)   Monthly earnings from employment. A person receiving duty disability benefits shall keep records of all earnings received, including profits from self-employment, during each month beginning with the effective date, whether paid by the employer under whom the duty disability occurred or from any other employer. The department shall request the records at least annually and, upon request, the person shall supply the records to the department. As used in this subsection and in s. 40.65 (5) (b) 6. , Stats., the terms "earnings" and "employer" have their broad, plain meaning and are not limited to the definitions in s. 40.02 (22) and (28) , Stats.

(2)   Duty to report receipt. A person receiving duty disability benefits shall respond within 30 days to any request for income information from the department and, regardless of any requests, shall disclose in writing, within 30 days after receipt, any retroactive or other lump sum payment of any Social Security, worker's compensation, unemployment compensation, disability or retirement benefit or employment earnings, including sums received in lieu of earnings, such as an award for lost earnings, which is received on any date after the participant's duty disability benefit effective date.

(3)   Duty to report known errors. A person receiving duty disability benefits shall disclose in writing to the department any error known to the person with regard to the amounts by which the department is reducing the participant's monthly duty disability benefits due to the participant's receipt of Social Security, worker's compensation, unemployment compensation, disability or retirement benefit or earnings, including sums received in lieu of earnings.

Cr. Register, September, 1998, No. 513 , eff. 10-1-98.