State of Wisconsin
Department of Workforce Development
Madison
February 18, 2011
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Pursuant to Wis. Stat. 109.12 (2) and (3), I hereby submit the Department of Workforce Development's (DWD's) 2010 annual report on the administration and enforcement of Wis. Stat. 109.07 and 109.075. The report contains three attachments. The first attachment, Exhibit A, lists all employers in 2010 that notified DWD of business closing and mass layoffs planned in Wisconsin. The second attachment, Exhibit B, lists employers against whom DWD has received business closing or mass layoff notification complaints.
Business Closing or Mass Layoff Notification Cases
On January 1, 2010, the department had twenty-one (21) business closing or mass layoff cases pending either within DWD or at the Department of Justice (DOJ). Since January 1, 2010, seventeen (17) of those cases have been resolved. Three (3) of them were settled and two (2) were closed as uncollectible. Eleven (11) cases were closed as invalid complaints. Of the remaining four (4) cases, one (1) remains under investigation at the DWD and three (3) are at the DOJ in various stages of litigation.
During 2010, the department has received sixteen (16) new cases. Three (3) of these cases remain under investigation. Twelve (12) of these cases have been closed as invalid. One case was dismissed as uncollectible.
Overall is 2010, the departments collected more than $525,000 in increased wages for 195 employees due to a combination of employers' failure to provide employees with advance notices of business closings or mass layoffs or unpaid final wages for these employees.
Healthcare Plan Cessation Notification Cases
On January 1, 2010, the department had five (5) healthcare plan cessation notification cases pending either at DWD or DOJ. Since January 1, 2010, two (2) of these cases were closed as invalid and one (1) case was settled. The remaining two (2) cases are with the DOJ in litigation.
During 2010 the department received four (4) new cases. DWD has complete its investigation of three (3) of these cases and determined they were invalid. The remaining case is under investigation.
If you have any questions regarding the information contained in this report please contact Jim Chiolino, Acting Administrator of the Equal Rights Division, at (608) 266-3345.
Sincerely,
Manny Perez
Secretary
Referred to committee on Labor and Workforce Development.
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State of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Hospital Association
Fiscal Year 2009 Uncompensated Health Care Report
Madison
February 18, 2011
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Please find enclosed a hard copy of the Fiscal Year 2009 Uncompensated Health Care Report produced by WHA Information Center pursuant to s.
153.22, Wis. Stats. The report was posted on our website in January 2011. If you would like to download and print additional copies please go to our website at
www.whainfocenter.com and click on the tab Uncompensated Health Care Report.
If you have any questions regarding the report, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Debbie Rickelman, RHIT
Senior Director
WHA Information Center
Referred to committee on Health.
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State of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Hospital Association
2009 Wisconsin Inpatient Hospital Quality
Indicators Report
Madison
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Please find enclosed a hard copy of the 2009 Wisconsin Inpatient Hospital Quality Indicators Report produced by WHA Information Center pursuant to s.
153.22, Wis. Stats. The report was posted on our Web site in December 2010. Please feel free to download and print additional copies at
www.whainfocenter.org.
If you have any questions regarding the report you may contact me at 608-274-1820, 800-231-8340 or
drickelman@wha.org.
Sincerely,
Debbie Rickelman
Senior Director
WHA Information Center
Referred to committee on Health.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health Services
Madison
February 23, 2011
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
The Community Integration Program (CIP) for residents of State Centers was created by
1983 Wisconsin Act 27. According to s.
46.275 of the Wisconsin statutes, this program is intended:
...to relocate persons from the state centers for the developmentally disabled into appropriate community settings with the assistance of home and community-based services and with continuity of care. The intent of the program is also to minimize its impact on state employees through redeployment of employees into vacant positions.
Under Wisconsin statutes s.
46.275 (5m), the Department is required to submit an annual report to the Joint Committee on Finance and to the Chief Clerk of each house of the Legislature describing the program's impact during the prior calendar year on state employees, including the Department's efforts to redeploy employees into vacant positions and the number of employees laid off.
During calendar year 2010, Southern Wisconsin Center and Central Wisconsin Center have relocated 5 center residents into the community under the CIP program. The Department was able to reduce funding for calendar year 2010 without employee layoffs and without redeploying employees into vacant positions as the result of these placements.
Sincerely,
Dennis G. Smith
Secretary
Referred to committee on Aging and Long-Term Care.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Madison
February 28, 2011
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
This report is transmitted as required by s.
20.002 (11)(f), Wisconsin Statutes, (for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s.
13.172 (3), Wisconsin Statutes) and confirms that the Department of Administration has found it necessary to exercise the "temporary reallocation of balances" authority provided by this section in order to meet payment responsibilities and cover resulting negative cash balances during the month of January 2011.
On January 1, 2011, the General Fund cash balance closed at a negative $123.2 million (its intra-month low). This negative balance continued through January 4, 2011, when the fund's cash balance closed at a positive $814.7 million. The negative balance was due to the difference in the timing of revenues and expenditures.
On January 1, 2011, the Medical Assistance Trust Fund cash balance closed at a negative $172.4 million. This negative balance continued through January 31, 2011, when the fund's cash balance closed at a negative $204.5 million. The Medical Assistance Trust Fund cash balance reached its intra-month low of a negative $208.6 million on January 13, 2011. The negative balance was due to the difference in the timing of revenues and expenditures.
On January 1, 2011, the Police and Fire Protection Fund cash balance closed at a negative $38.8 million (its intra-month low). This negative balance continued through January 31, 2011, when the fund's cash balance closed at a negative $34.1 million. The negative balance was due to the difference in the timing of revenues and expenditures.
On January 1, 2011, the Petroleum Inspection Fund cash balance closed at a negative $1.0 million. This negative balance continued through January 20, 2011, when the fund's cash balance closed at a positive $2.1 million. The Petroleum Inspection Fund cash balance reached its intra-month low of a negative $1.6 million on January 13, 2011. The negative balance was due to the difference in the timing of revenues and expenditures.
On January 13, 2011, the Conservation Fund cash balance closed at a negative $896 thousand. This negative balance continued through January 31, 2011, when the fund's cash balance closed at a negative $12.6 million (its intra-month low). The negative balance was due to the difference in the timing of revenues and expenditures.
On January 19, 2011, the Democracy Trust Fund cash balance closed at a negative $300 thousand (its intra-month low). This negative balance continued through January 31, 2011, when the fund's cash balance closed at a negative $300 thousand. The negative balance was due to the difference in the timing of revenues and expenditures.
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The General Fund, Medical Assistance Trust Fund, Police and Fire Protection Fund, Petroleum Inspection Fund, Conservation Fund, and Democracy Trust Fund shortfalls were not in excess of the statutory interfund borrowing limitations and did not exceed the balances of the funds available for interfund borrowing.
The distribution of interest earnings to investment pool participants is based on the average daily balance in the pool and each fund's share. Therefore, the monthly calculation by the State Controller's Office will automatically reflect the use of these temporary reallocations of balance authority, and as a result, the funds requiring the use of the authority will effectively bear the interest cost.
Sincerely,
Mike Huebsch
Secretary
Referred to committee on Ways and Means and joint committee on Finance.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Public Instruction
Madison
March 1, 2011
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
The annual report on the status of the Preschool-to-Grade-Five (P-5) Program has been submitted to the Joint Committee on Finance and is submitted to you for referral to the appropriate standing committees pursuant to s.
115.45 (6)(b) and
(c), Wis. Stats.
If you have any questions, please contact my office or Kevin Ingram, Director, Wisconsin Educational Opportunity Programs and Office of Urban Education at (414) 227-4413 or
kevin.ingram@dpi.wi.gov.
Sincerely,
Tony Evers
State Superintendent
Referred to committee on Education.
