Section DWD 133.02 - Employment relationship(1) CONTINUATION OF EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP. When an assignment ends, the employment relationship between an employer and an employee shall be considered a continuing relationship if all of the following conditions are met: (a) Before the end of the second full business day after the end of the assignment, the employee contacts the employer, or the employer contacts the employee, and informs the other that the assignment has ended or will end on a certain date. The department may waive the requirement for the deadline or notice, or both, if it determines that the employee's failure to so contact the employer was for good cause and the employer and employee have otherwise acted in a manner consistent with the continuation of the employment relationship.(b) Before the end of the second full business day after the end of the assignment, or prior to the end of the first full business day after the date notice was given under par. (a) if the deadline for the notice was waived, the employer informs the employee that the employer will provide a new assignment that will begin within 7 days and any of the following occur: 1. The employer provides a new assignment that begins within 7 days of the date of the notice.2. A new assignment does not begin within the 7-day period specified in par. (b) (intro.), but within that same 7-day period, the employer notifies the employee that the start of the assignment will be delayed for a period not to exceed an additional 7 days. The delayed assignment begins within 7 days of the date that the employer notified the employee of the delay.3. A new assignment does not begin within the 7-day period specified in par. (b) (intro.), but within that same 7-day period, the employer notifies the employee that the employer will provide another assignment that will begin within 7 days. This assignment begins within 7 days of the date that the employer notified the employee of the assignment.(c) The assignment offered by the employer meets the conditions under which the individual offered to work, including the type of work, rate of pay, days and hours of availability, distance willing to travel to work, and available modes of transportation, as set forth in the individual's written application for employment with the employer submitted before the first assignment, or as subsequently amended by mutual agreement. The employer shall have the burden of proof to show that the assignment meets the requirements of this paragraph. If the employer offers an assignment that does not conform to the requirements of this paragraph, the employment relationship ends under sub. (2).(2) SEPARATION OF EMPLOYMENT BY EMPLOYER. If the employment relationship does not continue under sub. (1), the employment shall be considered separated by the employer unless the employee has voluntarily separated from the employment under sub. (3). (3) SEPARATION OF EMPLOYMENT BY EMPLOYEE. (a) An employee voluntarily separates from the employment when any of the following occur: 1. The employee fails to notify the employer that an assignment has ended if the employer's policy requires the notification prescribed by sub. (1) (a) and the employee had notice of this policy prior to the end of the assignment, provided that the employer is not aware that the assignment has ended, and provided that the notice requirement was not waived under sub. (1) (a).2. The employee refuses an assignment while the employment relationship continues.3. The employee fails to respond to an offer of work by the employer within a reasonable time period, while the employment relationship continues.4. The employer is unable to communicate an offer of work to the employee because of the employee's failure to provide the employer with his or her correct address, telephone number, or other contact information while the employment relationship continues.(b) Nothing in this chapter shall preclude the application of other provisions of ch. 108, Stats., to determine whether the employee separated from the employment.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Workforce Development DWD 133.02
CR 06-032: cr. Register July 2007 No. 619, eff. 8-1-07.Amended by, CR 18-033: am. (1), (a), (b) (intro.), (c) Register May 2019 No. 761, eff. 6/1/2019