WI AB652

Increases the maximum weekly unemployment insurance benefit rate from $370 to $395 for weeks of unemployment beginning on or after December 28, 2025

Allows employers to report to DWD when individuals decline job interviews, decline job offers, miss scheduled interviews, or fail to report for their first day of work, which can result in benefit ineligibility for that week

Changes treatment of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) recipients from complete UI benefit ineligibility to a 50% reduction of UI benefits by the allocated weekly SSDI amount

Requires mandatory electronic filing, payments, and reporting for employers and employer agents unless they demonstrate good cause (limited internet access, digital literacy limitations, communication barriers, or other circumstances)

Mandates DWD implement identity-proofing measures meeting NIST IAL2 and AAL2 standards and compare benefit applicants against national databases tracking death records, employment, prison records, and citizenship/immigration status to detect fraud