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WI Stat § 103.935 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 103 - Employment regulations.|103.935 - Hours of labor.

103.935  Hours of labor. (1) In the case of a migrant worker employed exclusively in agricultural labor as defined in s. 108.02 (2), the hours of labor shall be as follows:(a) Except in an emergency, no migrant worker may be required to work or be penalized for failure to work on any premises for more than 6 days in any one week or more than 60 hours in any one week, or more than 12 hours in any one day.(b) Whenever an employer permits a migrant worker to work on the premises of another employer in any one week or in any one day, the aggregate number of hours during which the migrant worker is required to work on such premises shall not exceed 60 in any one week or 12 in any one day.(c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a migrant worker from voluntarily exceeding the limits prescribed by pars. (a) and (b). (2) No migrant worker may be required to work for more than 6 hours continuously without a meal period of at least 30 minutes duration unless a shift can be completed within one additional hour. The meal period need not be considered as part of the hours of labor. (3) Each migrant worker not employed exclusively in agricultural labor as defined in s. 108.02 (2) shall be provided a rest period of at least 10 minutes duration within each 5 hours of continuous employment, which rest period shall be considered a part of the hours of labor.History:  1977 c. 17; 1983 a. 189 s. 329 (28).
WI Stat § 103.94 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 103 - Employment regulations.|103.94 - Civil action by migrant workers.

103.94  Civil action by migrant workers. Any migrant worker aggrieved by a violation of ss. 103.90 to 103.97 by an employer or by a migrant labor contractor may maintain a civil action on the basis of such violation without regard to exhaustion of any administrative remedy.History:  1977 c. 17.
WI Stat § 103.945 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 103 - Employment regulations.|103.945 - Nonwaiver of rights.

103.945  Nonwaiver of rights. Any agreement by a migrant worker purporting to waive or to modify his or her rights under ss. 103.90 to 103.97 shall be void as contrary to public policy.History:  1977 c. 17.
WI Stat § 103.96 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 103 - Employment regulations.|103.96 - Retaliation prohibited.

103.96  Retaliation prohibited. (1) No employer or migrant labor contractor may terminate, suspend, demote, transfer or take any action otherwise unfavorable to any migrant worker in retaliation for the exercise by such worker of any right secured under the laws and regulations of the United States or of this state or any subdivision thereof. (2) Any person aggrieved under this section may maintain an action against the employer or migrant labor contractor. In addition to any other damages awarded, an employer or migrant labor contractor found to have violated this section shall be liable to such person aggrieved for full reinstatement and for back wages accumulated during the period of such unlawful retaliation. In cases of willful violation of this section, the court may assess exemplary damages up to double the amount of back wages found due in addition to any other damages awarded. In cases of aggravated circumstances, the court may also assess reasonable attorney fees in addition to any other damages awarded.History:  1977 c. 17; 1993 a. 490.
WI Stat § 103.965 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 103 - Employment regulations.|103.965 - Correction period.

103.965  Correction period. (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), if the department determines that any person has violated ss. 103.90 to 103.97 the person shall have a reasonable time, not to exceed 15 days from the day he or she receives notice of the violation, to correct the violation. If the violation is corrected within that period, no penalty may be imposed under s. 103.97. (2) If an employer violates s. 103.915 (1) 2 or more times in a 10-year period, or violates s. 103.92 by failure to obtain initial certification before opening a camp 2 or more times in a 10-year period, no correction period exists if the 2nd or subsequent violation is intentional or in reckless disregard of the law. This subsection applies only if the first violation in the 10-year period is a conviction or administrative determination of violation which remains of record and is unreversed. The 10-year period shall be measured from the date of the violation which resulted in the conviction or administrative determination of violation.History:  1977 c. 17; 1985 a. 191.NOTE:  1985 Wis. Act 191, which created sub. (2), provides in section 6 that no person may be denied a correction period under sub. (2) for a 2nd or subsequent violation unless the first violation occurred on or after April 22, 1986.
WI Stat § 103.967 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 103 - Employment regulations.|103.967 - Duties of council on migrant labor.

103.967  Duties of council on migrant labor. The council on migrant labor shall: (1) Advise the department and other state officials on any matter affecting migrant workers. (2) Ascertain the conditions under which migrant workers are recruited, employed, housed and protected. (3) Review in July of every odd-numbered year the minimum hours guaranteed under s. 103.915 (4) (b) and recommend to the legislature any changes the council finds necessary. (4) Study the coordination of federal and state statutes and rules designed to assist, serve or protect migrant workers and recommend to the department, legislature and other appropriate state agencies any changes in statutes or rules necessary to achieve uniformity insofar as possible between such state and federal statutes and rules. (5) Review rules submitted by the department under s. 103.968.History:  1977 c. 17.
WI Stat § 103.968 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 103 - Employment regulations.|103.968 - Council review of rules.

103.968  Council review of rules. The department shall submit every rule which it proposes to promulgate under ss. 103.90 to 103.97 to the council on migrant labor at the same time that the department files notice of its intent to promulgate the rule with the presiding officer of each house of the legislature under s. 227.19 (2). If the council disapproves the rule within 45 days after the rule is submitted, the department may not promulgate the rule, and, if promulgated, the rule is void.History:  1977 c. 17; 1979 c. 34, 154; 1985 a. 182.
WI Stat § 103.969 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 103 - Employment regulations.|103.969 - New contract compliance.

103.969  New contract compliance. Any collective bargaining agreement entered into by any person on or after June 7, 1977, shall not violate any provision of chapter 17, laws of 1977.History:  1977 c. 17.
WI Stat § 103.97 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 103 - Employment regulations.|103.97 - Penalties.

103.97  Penalties. (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), if any person violates ss. 103.90 to 103.97, or fails or refuses to obey any lawful order of the department or any judgment of any court in connection with ss. 103.90 to 103.97, for each such violation, failure or refusal, such person shall forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $100. Each day of continued violation shall constitute a separate offense.(b) Any person who maintains an uncertified camp in violation of an order issued by the department under s. 103.92 for failure in any year to obtain initial certification before opening a camp shall forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $100 for the first violation, and shall forfeit not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 for any such subsequent violation occurring within 10 years. In this paragraph, a “subsequent violation" is a violation occurring after a conviction or an administrative determination of violation, either of which remains of record and is unreversed. (2) An employer is not liable for a violation of ss. 103.90 to 103.97 if the violation is due to the employer's good faith reliance on the representations of a worker.History:  1977 c. 17; 1985 a. 191.NOTE:  1985 Wis. Act 191, which created sub. (1) (b), provides in section 6 that no person may be assessed a forfeiture under sub. (1) (b) for a subsequent violation unless the first violation occurred on or after April 22, 1986.
WI Stat § 104.001 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 104 - Minimum wage law.|104.001 - Statewide concern; uniformity.

104.001  Statewide concern; uniformity. (1) The legislature finds that the provision of a minimum wage that is uniform throughout the state is a matter of statewide concern and that the enactment of a minimum wage ordinance by a city, village, town, or county would be logically inconsistent with, would defeat the purpose of, and would go against the spirit of this chapter. Therefore, this chapter shall be construed as an enactment of statewide concern for the purpose of providing a minimum wage that is uniform throughout the state. (2) A city, village, town, or county may not enact and administer an ordinance establishing a minimum wage. Any city, village, town, or county minimum wage ordinance that is in effect on June 16, 2005, is void. History:  2005 a. 12; 2009 a. 28; 2011 a. 32; 2015 a. 55; 2017 a. 327.Madison's Minimum-Wage Ordinance, Section 104.001, and the Future of Home Rule in Wisconsin. Burchill. 2007 WLR 151.
WI Stat § 104.015 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 104 - Minimum wage law.|104.015 - Franchisors excluded.

104.015  Franchisors excluded. For purposes of this chapter, a franchisor, as defined in 16 CFR 436.1 (k), is not considered to be an employer of a franchisee, as defined in 16 CFR 436.1 (i), or of an employee of a franchisee, unless any of the following applies: (1) The franchisor has agreed in writing to assume that role. (2) The franchisor has been found by the department to have exercised a type or degree of control over the franchisee or the franchisee's employees that is not customarily exercised by a franchisor for the purpose of protecting the franchisor's trademarks and brand.History:  2015 a. 203.
WI Stat § 104.02 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 104 - Minimum wage law.|104.02 - Minimum wage: requirement to pay.

104.02  Minimum wage: requirement to pay. Every wage paid or agreed to be paid by any employer to any employee, except as otherwise provided in s. 104.07, shall be not less than the applicable minimum wage established under s. 104.035. Any employer paying, offering to pay, or agreeing to pay any employee a wage lower or less in value than the applicable minimum wage established under s. 104.035 is guilty of a violation of this chapter as provided in s. 103.005 (11) and is subject to the penalties provided in s. 103.005 (12).History:  1975 c. 94; 2005 a. 12; 2015 a. 55.
WI Stat § 104.045 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 104 - Minimum wage law.|104.045 - Tips, meals, lodging, and hours worked.

104.045  Tips, meals, lodging, and hours worked. The department shall promulgate rules governing all of the following: (1) The counting of tips or similar gratuities toward fulfillment of the employer's obligation under s. 104.035 (3). The rules promulgated under this subsection shall allow an employer to require a tipped employee to use an electronic signature or other electronic means that uniquely identifies the employee to acknowledge the counting of tips or similar gratuities for purposes of s. 104.035 (3). In this subsection, “electronic signature” has the meaning given in s. 137.11 (8). (2) The deduction of meals or lodging provided by an employer to an employee from the employer's obligation under this chapter. (3) The determination of hours worked by an employee during which the employee is entitled to the minimum wage established under s. 104.035.History:  1977 c. 179; 2015 a. 55; 2021 a. 26.
WI Stat § 104.08 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 104 - Minimum wage law.|104.08 - Apprentices.

104.08  Apprentices. (1m) In this section:(a) “Trade" means an occupation involving physical labor and characterized by mechanical skill and training such as render a period of instruction reasonably necessary.(b) “Trade industry" means an industry involving physical labor and characterized by mechanical skill and training such as render a period of instruction reasonably necessary.  (2m) Any person working in a trade industry for which a minimum wage has been established for minors, and who has no trade, shall be employed under an apprentice contract under s. 106.01.  (3) (a) The department shall investigate, determine, and declare what occupations and industries are included within a “trade" or a “trade industry."(b) The department may make exceptions to the operation of sub. (2m) when conditions make its application unreasonable. History:  2005 a. 12; 2009 a. 291; 2015 a. 55.
WI Stat § 104.09 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 104 - Minimum wage law.|104.09 - Records.

104.09  Records. Each employer shall keep a record of the names and addresses of all student learners and employees, the hours of employment and wages of each, and such other records pertaining to ability as the department requires, except that an employer is not required to keep a record of the hours of employment of an employee who is exempt under rules promulgated by the department from the requirement under s. 103.02 that an employee be paid overtime compensation, as defined in s. 103.025 (1) (c), and who is not compensated on an hourly rate basis.History:  1977 c. 29 s. 1651; 1977 c. 273; 2013 a. 286.
WI Stat § 104.10 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 104 - Minimum wage law.|104.10 - Penalty for intimidating witness.

104.10  Penalty for intimidating witness. Any employer who discharges or threatens to discharge, or who in any way discriminates or threatens to discriminate against, any employee because the employee has testified or is about to testify, or because the employer believes that the employee may testify, in any investigation or proceeding relative to the enforcement of this chapter, may be fined $25 for each offense.History:  2005 a. 12; 2015 a. 55.
WI Stat § 104.12 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 104 - Minimum wage law.|104.12 - Complaints.

104.12  Complaints. Any person may register with the department a complaint that the wages paid to an employee for whom a minimum wage has been established under s. 104.035 are less than that minimum wage, and the department shall investigate the matter and take all proceedings necessary to enforce the payment of that minimum wage. Section 111.322 (2m) applies to discharge and other discriminatory acts arising in connection with any proceeding under this section. History:  1989 a. 228; 2005 a. 12; 2015 a. 55.
WI Stat § 105.02 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 105 - Employment agents.|105.02 - False statements and representation.

105.02  False statements and representation. A person or the person's employee or agent shall not make any false statement to any person furnishing or seeking employment in regard to any employment, work or situation, its nature, location, duration, wages, salary or placement fee attached thereto, or the circumstances surrounding the employment, work or situation. An employment agent shall not offer or hold himself or herself out as in a position to secure or furnish employment without having an order therefor from an employer; however, an applicant may be referred to an employer provided a bona fide appointment for the interview has been arranged by the employment agent. An employment agent shall not misrepresent any material matter in connection with any employment, work or situation that the employment agent may offer or hold himself or herself out in a position to secure.History:  1973 c. 226; 1993 a. 492.
WI Stat § 105.03 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 105 - Employment agents.|105.03 - Inquiry into truth of statements.

105.03  Inquiry into truth of statements. Every employment agent shall assure himself or herself that any representations whatsoever, whether spoken, written or advertised in printed form, which the employment agent makes with regard to any employment, work or situation, and which leads or may lead persons to seek such employment, work or situation, are true to the best of the employment agent's knowledge and cover all the material facts affecting the employment in question.History:  1973 c. 226; 1993 a. 492.
WI Stat § 105.04 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 105 - Employment agents.|105.04 - Fee-splitting.

105.04  Fee-splitting. No employment agent or any employee or agent thereof, shall divide or offer to divide, or share directly or indirectly, any fee, charge or compensation received from any applicant for employment, with any employer, superintendent, manager, foreman, or any other person who hires help or to whom help is furnished by an employment agent; and it shall be unlawful for any employer, superintendent, manager, foreman, or any other person who hires help to receive any compensation or any valuable consideration from any applicant for employment or from any employment agent for giving employment to said applicant or to any employees furnished by said employment agent.Employee agreements to repay training costs paid by or received from an employer are subject to reasonableness requirements similar to restrictive covenants and will be scrutinized in terms of amount, duration, schedule of repayment, credit for time worked, and other terms to ensure that the conditions are reasonably necessary to protect the employer's interest and are commensurate with the benefit secured by the employee. Heder v. City of Two Rivers, 149 F. Supp. 2d 677 (2001).
WI Stat § 105.05 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 105 - Employment agents.|105.05 - Agent's license.

105.05  Agent's license. (1) No person may engage in the business of an employment agent for profit, or receive any fee, charge, commission or other compensation, directly or indirectly, for services as an employment agent, including modeling agencies which secure work for persons to act as live models or to model for photography, without first having obtained a license from the department and executing a bond under s. 105.06 (1). No person whose fees or charges are paid directly by employers may engage in the business specified in s. 105.01 (1) (intro.) without registering under s. 105.06 (2). The license constitutes permission from this state to operate as an employment agent for compensation. It is not transferable to or for the benefit of any person other than the licensee. A person licensed under this section shall not transact business as an employment agent at more than one office location or place of business without having first obtained from the department a separate license for each additional office in accordance with this chapter. (2) If the department receives a complaint and determines that there is probable cause to believe that fraud, misrepresentation or deceit in violation of s. 105.02 were committed by a combination or conspiracy of a temporary help service and an employment agent, the department shall have the right of entry and audit under ss. 105.08 and 105.09 to such temporary help service with respect to such matter.History:  1973 c. 226; 1989 a. 220.Sub. (1) regulates only employment agents “engaged in business" or “doing business" in Wisconsin. Schroeder v. Ajax Corp. 71 Wis. 2d 828, 239 N.W.2d 342 (1976).Employment agency counselors employed by a licensed employment agent must be licensed. 59 Atty. Gen. 142.
WI Stat § 105.07 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 105 - Employment agents.|105.07 - Agent's fees.

105.07  Agent's fees. (1) Each employment agent's license shall be renewed annually. Except as provided in sub. (3), the license or renewal fee shall be one percent of all fees, charges, commissions, or other compensation actually received during the life of the license or renewal by an employment agent for service as such but in no event less than $50 nor more than $300. Except as provided in sub. (3), the original license and annual renewal fee for a branch office or each additional place of business in the same community shall be $150. (2) The minimum fee shall be paid before a license or renewal thereof is issued. Each employment agent to whom a license has been issued under this chapter shall file with the department, within 10 days after the previous license has expired, a verified statement showing the actual fees, charges, commission or other compensation received by the employment agent for services as such agent during the preceding year and with such statement shall pay the balance of such license fee due the state. Such fees shall be paid to the department and deposited in the general fund. (3) An individual who is eligible for a fee waiver under the veterans fee waiver program under s. 45.44 is not required to pay a fee under sub. (1) for an original license.History:  1973 c. 226; 1993 a. 492; 2009 a. 177; 2011 a. 209.
WI Stat § 105.08 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 105 - Employment agents.|105.08 - Authority of department.

105.08  Authority of department. The department has the power to supervise every employment agency as is necessary to adequately enforce and administer all laws and lawful orders designed to prevent fraud, misrepresentations, false statements, or other unauthorized acts of such employment agent.History:  1973 c. 226.
WI Stat § 105.09 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 105 - Employment agents.|105.09 - Visitorial power.

105.09  Visitorial power. Any deputy may enter any employment office or the place of business of any employment agent for the purpose of collecting facts and statistics, examining the records or registers kept by the employment agent and bringing to the attention of the agent any law or any order of the department, or any failure on the part of an employment agent to comply therewith. No employment agent may refuse to admit any deputy to his or her place of business.History:  1973 c. 226; 1977 c. 29.
WI Stat § 105.10 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 105 - Employment agents.|105.10 - Department inquiries.

105.10  Department inquiries. Any employment agent receiving from the department any forms calling for information required by the department to administer this chapter and rules promulgated under this chapter, with directions to complete the form, shall cause the form to be properly completed so as to answer fully and correctly each question. The completed form shall be returned to the department at its office within the period fixed by the department.History:  1973 c. 226; 2001 a. 107.