Section 1.025. Petitions for review; filing.

 

(1)  Petitions for review may be filed by mail or personal delivery. A petition for review filed by mail or personal delivery is deemed filed only when it is actually received by the commission or by the division of the department to which the petition is mailed, except that petitions for review in unemployment insurance cases under s. 108.09 or 108.10 , Stats., which are filed by mail or personal delivery are deemed filed when received or postmarked as provided for in s. LIRC 2.015 .

(2)  Except as provided for in subs. (3) and (4) , petitions for review may not be filed by e-mail or by any other method of electronic data transmission.

(3)  Petitions for review may be filed by facsimile transmission. A petition for review transmitted by facsimile is not deemed filed unless and until the petition is received and printed at the recipient facsimile machine of the commission or of the division of the department to which the petition is being transmitted. The party transmitting a petition by facsimile is solely responsible for ensuring its timely receipt. The commission is not responsible for errors or failures in transmission. Except in the case of a petition for review in fair employment and public accommodations cases under s. 106.52 or 111.39 (5) , Stats., where a facsimile transmission filed after the regular business hours of the equal rights division shall be considered filed on the next business day, a petition for review transmitted by facsimile is deemed filed on the date of transmission recorded and printed by the facsimile machine on the petition. If the commission's or department's records indicate receipt of the facsimile at a date later than that shown, then the later date shall control.

(4)  Except in the case of petitions for review in fair employment and public accommodations cases under s. 106.52 or 111.39 (5) , Stats., petitions for review may be filed electronically through the internet website of the commission, at the page found at http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/lirc/petition.htm . Successful filing of a petition for review electronically through the internet website of the commission will result in a display on the petitioner's internet browser of a message confirming that the petition has been successfully filed. A petition for review transmitted electronically through the website of the commission is not deemed filed unless and until the confirmation message is displayed. The commission is not responsible for errors in transmission that result in failure of a petition to be successfully filed electronically through the website of the commission. A petition for review filed electronically through the internet website of the commission is deemed filed on the date of filing stated on the commission's electronic record of the filing.

(5)  Petitions for review may not be filed by telephone.

History: Cr. Register, May, 1997, No. 497 , eff. 6-1-97; CR 05-092 : r. and recr. Register July 2006 No. 607 , eff. 8-1-06; CR 09-014 : am. (3) and (4) Register September 2009 No. 645 , eff. 10-1-09 .