Wisconsin State Senator Devin Lemahieu
The backlog of appeals by Wisconsinites seeking unemployment benefits during the pandemic was created by “a pattern of mismanagement and failed leadership” according to Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu of Oostburg. His comments followed release of an audit by the Legislative Audit Bureau that found that the Department of Workforce Development failed to comply with federal Unemployment Insurance regulations.
Those regulations require that 80 percent of appeals be resolved within 45 days. The audit found Wisconsin’s DWD met that threshold in only 17-1/2 percent of cases, and took an average 67 days to issue a decision on appeals. That’s 22 days longer than what the federal government allows.
LeMahieu blamed Governor Evers and his appointees for the problem, saying that “For over a year, multiple Evers appointees have disastrously botched the delivery of relief when people needed it most.”
More than 14,500 Wisconsinites are still awaiting an appeal decision from DWD adjudicators.
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