Senate

Senate
Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Labor, Transportation and Financial Institutions

Senate Bill 336

Relating to: authorizing the department of workforce development to promulgate a rule permitting an employer to pay certain employes an opportunity wage, but requiring that rule to prohibit an employer from hiring an employe at the opportunity wage if that hiring would displace a regular employe and granting rule-making authority.

By Senators Plache, Grobschmidt, Burke, Breske and Moen; cosponsored by Representatives Vander Loop, Riley, Carpenter, R. Young, Dobyns, Bock, Springer, Hasenohrl, Ryba, La Fave, Kreuser, Robson, Plouff, Krug, Boyle, Gronemus, Murat, Coggs and L. Young.

October 29, 1997 Referred to committee on Labor, Transportation and Financial Institutions.

December 9, 1997 PUBLIC HEARING HELD

Present: (5) Senators Plache, C. Potter, Decker, Darling and Farrow.

Absent: (2) Senators Moore and Zien.

Appearances for

· Sen. Kimberly Plache, Author of SB 336

· Russ Wittkop, Wis State AFL-CIO

Appearances against

· Sheehan Donoghue, Department of Workforce Development

· Bob Anderson, Department of Workforce Development

Appearances for Information Only

· None.

Registrations for

· None.

Registrations against

· Bill G. Smith, NFIB/WI

December 23, 1997 EXECUTIVE SESSION -- POLLING

Present: (7) Senators Plache, C. Potter, Moore, Decker, Zien, Darling and Farrow.

Absent: (0) None.

Moved by Senator Plache that Senate Bill 336

be recommended for passage.

Ayes: (4) Senators Plache, C. Potter, Moore and Decker.

Noes: (3) Senators Zien, Darling and Farrow.

Absent: (0) None.

PASSAGE RECOMMENDED, Ayes 4, Noes 3, Absent 0

John G. Anderson

Committee Clerk