SB 219

Current law requires the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) to

provide a job center network throughout the state through which job seekers may

receive comprehensive career planning, job placement, and job training information.

Current law also requires DWD to publicize and maintain on its job center Internet

site information relating to the trial job program under the Wisconsin Works

program so that employers and individuals seeking employment (job seekers) may

obtain information about the trial job program.

This bill prohibits DWD from requiring a job seeker to furnish his or her social

security number to DWD as a precondition to using the services of the job center

network, including using the job center network Internet site. That prohibition,

however, does not apply to a job seeker who, as a condition for the receipt of

unemployment insurance benefits, is required to furnish his or her social security

number to DWD.

Under the bill, if a job seeker declines to furnish DWD with his or her social

security number as permitted under the bill, DWD may assign to the job seeker a

unique identification number that is not identical to and that does not incorporate

the job seeker's social security number.