Who needs an unemployment insurance account, new hire reporting and worker’s compensation in Wisconsin?
Issued by Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (Unemployment Insurance Division and Worker’s Compensation Division); Wisconsin New Hire Reporting Center, at step 6 of 6 in the opening sequence: before the first hire.
Every kind of business in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin table lists this for every kind of business.
Worker’s compensation insurance is required from the day a third employee, full or part time, is hired, or by the tenth day of the next quarter once one or more employees have been paid $500 or more in wages in any calendar quarter; post the notice. Report each new hire, and each rehire after a break of more than 60 days, within 20 days.
Checked Oct 21, 2026 against the agency’s page.
Step 6 of 6: Before the first hire
1Set up the business
2Register for tax
3Approve the space
4Get the permits for your kind of business
5Alcohol permits
6Before the first hire
Issued by Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (Unemployment Insurance Division and Worker’s Compensation Division); Wisconsin New Hire Reporting Center.
Sources and dates
DWD 2026 tax rate schedule for employers (Wis. Stat. 108.18); DWD worker’s compensation employer pages (Wis. Stat. 102.04); DWD new hire reporting (DWD 142). Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.
Questions about opening here.
Yes. Worker’s compensation insurance is required from the day a third employee, full or part time, is hired, or by the tenth day of the next quarter once one or more employees have been paid $500 or more in wages in any calendar quarter; post the notice.
Yes. Worker’s compensation insurance is required from the day a third employee, full or part time, is hired, or by the tenth day of the next quarter once one or more employees have been paid $500 or more in wages in any calendar quarter; post the notice.
Yes. Worker’s compensation insurance is required from the day a third employee, full or part time, is hired, or by the tenth day of the next quarter once one or more employees have been paid $500 or more in wages in any calendar quarter; post the notice.
Yes. Worker’s compensation insurance is required from the day a third employee, full or part time, is hired, or by the tenth day of the next quarter once one or more employees have been paid $500 or more in wages in any calendar quarter; post the notice.
Yes. Worker’s compensation insurance is required from the day a third employee, full or part time, is hired, or by the tenth day of the next quarter once one or more employees have been paid $500 or more in wages in any calendar quarter; post the notice.
Yes. Worker’s compensation insurance is required from the day a third employee, full or part time, is hired, or by the tenth day of the next quarter once one or more employees have been paid $500 or more in wages in any calendar quarter; post the notice.
Yes. Worker’s compensation insurance is required from the day a third employee, full or part time, is hired, or by the tenth day of the next quarter once one or more employees have been paid $500 or more in wages in any calendar quarter; post the notice.
Yes. Worker’s compensation insurance is required from the day a third employee, full or part time, is hired, or by the tenth day of the next quarter once one or more employees have been paid $500 or more in wages in any calendar quarter; post the notice.
Yes. Worker’s compensation insurance is required from the day a third employee, full or part time, is hired, or by the tenth day of the next quarter once one or more employees have been paid $500 or more in wages in any calendar quarter; post the notice.
Yes. Worker’s compensation insurance is required from the day a third employee, full or part time, is hired, or by the tenth day of the next quarter once one or more employees have been paid $500 or more in wages in any calendar quarter; post the notice.
Yes. Worker’s compensation insurance is required from the day a third employee, full or part time, is hired, or by the tenth day of the next quarter once one or more employees have been paid $500 or more in wages in any calendar quarter; post the notice.
Yes. Worker’s compensation insurance is required from the day a third employee, full or part time, is hired, or by the tenth day of the next quarter once one or more employees have been paid $500 or more in wages in any calendar quarter; post the notice.
Yes. Worker’s compensation insurance is required from the day a third employee, full or part time, is hired, or by the tenth day of the next quarter once one or more employees have been paid $500 or more in wages in any calendar quarter; post the notice.
Yes. Worker’s compensation insurance is required from the day a third employee, full or part time, is hired, or by the tenth day of the next quarter once one or more employees have been paid $500 or more in wages in any calendar quarter; post the notice.
Yes. Worker’s compensation insurance is required from the day a third employee, full or part time, is hired, or by the tenth day of the next quarter once one or more employees have been paid $500 or more in wages in any calendar quarter; post the notice.
Yes. Worker’s compensation insurance is required from the day a third employee, full or part time, is hired, or by the tenth day of the next quarter once one or more employees have been paid $500 or more in wages in any calendar quarter; post the notice.
Yes. Worker’s compensation insurance is required from the day a third employee, full or part time, is hired, or by the tenth day of the next quarter once one or more employees have been paid $500 or more in wages in any calendar quarter; post the notice.
Yes. Worker’s compensation insurance is required from the day a third employee, full or part time, is hired, or by the tenth day of the next quarter once one or more employees have been paid $500 or more in wages in any calendar quarter; post the notice.
Yes. Worker’s compensation insurance is required from the day a third employee, full or part time, is hired, or by the tenth day of the next quarter once one or more employees have been paid $500 or more in wages in any calendar quarter; post the notice.
Yes. Worker’s compensation insurance is required from the day a third employee, full or part time, is hired, or by the tenth day of the next quarter once one or more employees have been paid $500 or more in wages in any calendar quarter; post the notice.
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (Unemployment Insurance Division and Worker’s Compensation Division); Wisconsin New Hire Reporting Center.
Step 6 of 6, before the first hire. The steps before it: set up the business, register for tax, approve the space, get the permits for your kind of business and alcohol permits.
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