{"id":2386,"date":"2023-04-26T04:10:36","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T04:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=2386"},"modified":"2023-04-26T04:14:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T04:14:01","slug":"assembly-republicans-look-to-unemployment-reforms-democrats-say-they-wont-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=2386","title":{"rendered":"Assembly Republicans Look to Unemployment Reforms, Democrats Say They Won\u2019t Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/assembly-republicans-look-to-unemployment-reforms-democrats-say-they-wont-help\/\">https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/assembly-republicans-look-to-unemployment-reforms-democrats-say-they-wont-help\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/wisconsin-150x150-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Unemployment Reforms Wisconsin\u2019s Professional Licensing Bail Reform Amendment wisconsin covid-19\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Unemployment Reforms\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another package of reforms from Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin is likely doomed.<\/p>\n<p>Assembly Republicans on Tuesday turned their focus to unemployment reforms they say are designed to help people get back to work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a workforce problem,\u201d Assembly Speaker Robin Vos told reporters before Tuesday\u2019s votes. \u201cThere are only so many strategies that the state can employ, but the one that\u2019s the most obvious \u2013 which is why we are here today \u2013 is to make sure that every single able-bodied person is able to be in the workforce and they\u2019re not sitting on the sidelines because they are able to either game the system or utility programs that are meant to be a safety net.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among the legislation the Assembly Republicans support are to tie unemployment benefits to Wisconsin\u2019s unemployment rate, which would limit the amount of time people can collect unemployment when the jobless rate is low. As well as plans to require anyone on unemployment to look for work and show up if they\u2019re offered a job, as well as a proposal that would force people to prove they are still eligible for BadgerCare.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEighty percent-or-so of the state said that able-bodied, childless adults should be in the workforce, and that\u2019s what this package of bills [does],\u201d Assembly Majority Leader Tyler August, R-Lake Geneva said.<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin voters overwhelmingly supported a non-binding referendum on a work requirement for public benefits in the state. Republican lawmakers say they are simply following through.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats in the Assembly said instead of requiring more from people on unemployment, the legislature should be expanding benefits like BadgerCare and state-supported child care payments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe could have talked about other supports that are needed for our workers to get to work and stay working. Like access to transit, and affordable housing,\u201d Rep. Katrina Shankland, D-Stevens Point, said. \u201cBut unfortunately the bills brought forward today\u2026are going to do the opposite of solve the workforce crisis. They will exacerbate it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s vote in the Assembly is likely just perfunctory. Gov. Tony Evers vetoed some of the same plans last year and is expected to do so again this year.<\/p>\n<p>Speaker Vos said he shouldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI heard Gov. Evers say in his inauguration that \u2018the will of the people should be the law of the land,\u2019 so here\u2019s a prime example,\u201d Vos said Tuesday. \u201cHopefully Gov. Evers looks at the results of what happened around the state [with the April referendum], realizes that he should have signed them before.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/assembly-republicans-look-to-unemployment-reforms-democrats-say-they-wont-help\/ Another package of reforms from Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":2388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wi-right-now"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2386"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2389,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386\/revisions\/2389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}