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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE
November 18, 1999 - Introduced by Representatives Turner, Black, Boyle, J.
Lehman, Williams, Colon, Pocan, Kreuser, Carpenter, Hasenohrl and Bock,
cosponsored by Senators Robson, Moore and Plache. Referred to Committee
on Labor and Employment.
AB593,1,3
1An Act to amend 103.10 (1) (c) of the statutes;
relating to: the number of
2employes that an employer must have to be subject to the family and medical
3leave law.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, an employer, including the state, that employs at least 50
individuals on a permanent basis must permit an employe to take six weeks of family
leave in a 12-month period and two weeks of medical leave in a 12-month period.
This bill requires an employer, including the state, that employs 40 employes on a
permanent basis to permit its employes to take family and medical leave.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB593, s. 1
4Section
1. 103.10 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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103.10
(1) (c) Except as provided in sub. (14) (b), "employer" means a person
6engaging in any activity, enterprise or business in this state employing at least
50 740 individuals on a permanent basis. "Employer" includes the state and any office,
1department, independent agency, authority, institution, association, society or other
2body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or
3any law, including the legislature and the courts.
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(1) This act first applies to an employe, as defined in section 103.10 (1) (b) of
6the statutes, who is affected by a collective bargaining agreement that contains
7provisions inconsistent with this act on the day on which the collective bargaining
8agreement expires or is extended, modified or renewed, whichever occurs first.
