By James Briggs Changes coming to the administration of a 5-year-old executive order from Gov. Jim Doyle could cause problems for contractors as early as next month. Executive Order 108, which took effect in January 2006, requires contractors to use ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin falls far behind the federal standard for promptly handling unemployment compensation appeals. The state Department of Workforce Development completed 9.6 percent of its cases within 30 days of the filing date. The U.S. Department of ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — If you tried to file an unemployment compensation claim electronically Sunday, you were out of luck. According to the state Department of Workforce Development, its main computer crashed, keeping the claims system down all day until ...

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — The state of Wisconsin is hiring more staff to deal with a backlog of appeals of unemployment insurance claims. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports the state Department of Workforce Development will soon hire four or five administrative ...

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By Paul Snyder Nonunion contractors either are scrambling to prepare monthly and, in some cases, overdue state prevailing wage reports or congratulating themselves for following the correct hunch. Steven Janke, president of Athens-based Janke General Contractors Inc., said he continued ...

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By Paul Snyder Construction companies in Wisconsin are not convinced a revised prevailing wage reporting spreadsheet from the state will make their jobs any easier. The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development has pared down what had been a 50-field spreadsheet ...

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By Paul Snyder The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development’s stated goal of helping the industry navigate prevailing wage reporting does little for a payroll administrator in Fennimore who still is waiting for help. On Feb. 3, with the Feb. 7 ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state has begun notifying more than 100,000 people that their unemployment benefits will run out at the end of April unless Congress intervenes. Department of Workforce Development spokesman John Dipko said the state started sending ...

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Wis. Corrections Dept. defends vaccine for inmates MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Responding to a state lawmaker’s complaints about inmates receiving swine-flu vaccine while other citizens wait, Wisconsin Department of Corrections officials said most of the vaccine was going to staff, ...

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