But rather than allow Catholic Charities to also receive the exemption, AG Kaul went back to the state Supreme Court and asked them to remove the UIT exemption for all religious organizations .
Wisconsin law exempts religious organizations from this tax, which means their employees would not qualify for state unemployment benefits if they were fired or laid off.
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The Leftist Wisconsin Supreme just handed Catholic Charities a massive win, and dealt a blow to Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul and his reelection campaign in the process.
In2016,CatholicCharitiesappliedforanexemptiontoWisconsin’sstateunemploymentinsurancetax(UIT).Thattaxiscollectedbyemployersinthestateandputintoafundforworkerstodrawfromiftheyloseaqualifyingjob.Wisconsinlawexemptsreligiousorganizationsfromthistax,whichmeanstheiremployeeswouldnotqualifyforstateunemploymentbenefitsiftheywerefiredorlaidoff.TheWisconsinDepartmentofWorkforceDevelopment(DWD)deniedCatholicCharities’request,sayingtheCatholicorganizationwasn’t“operatedprimarilyforreligiouspurposes.”CatholicCharit
