2. The department shall approve or deny the request for a variance within two business days of receipt of the request.
3. The variance may be subject to inspection and be in effect pending inspection. The department shall conduct inspections as soon as practicable and inspections may be performed remotely in conjunction with camp operators.
(L) Food and water shall be provided to workers under isolation under par. (j) in order to minimize the need to leave isolation.
SECTION 3. DWD 301.07 (15) (n) and (o) are created to read:
DWD 301.07 (15) (n) A worker exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19 shall immediately be assigned to a separate toilet room, if reasonably possible, or a separate toilet if a separate toilet room is not available. This paragraph does not apply to workers residing in individual family units.
(o) High-touch areas within all toilet rooms, except in individual family units, shall be disinfected daily.
SECTION 4. DWD 301.07 (16) (r) is created to read:
DWD 301.07 (16) (r) High-touch areas within all bathing, laundry and handwashing facilities, except in individual family units, shall be disinfected daily.
SECTION 5. DWD 301.07 (17) (e) and (f) are created to read:
DWD 301.07 (17) (e) Hand-washing stations and hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol shall be provided to workers in all cooking and eating facilities.
(f) High-touch areas within all cooking and eating facilities, except in individual family units, shall be disinfected daily.
SECTION 6. DWD 301.07 (20) (h), (i) and (j) are created to read:
DWD 301.07 (20) (h) In dormitory or barracks style housing, reasonable effort shall be made to separate beds by at least six feet and workers should sleep head-to-toe, as possible.
(i) High-touch areas within sleeping facilities shall be disinfected daily.
(j) Hand-washing stations and hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol shall be made available to workers within sleeping facilities.
SECTION 7. DWD 301.07 (21) (n) is created to read:
Section DWD 301.07 (21) (n) Camp operators shall make all reasonable efforts to make sanitized cloth face coverings available for workers to be worn in the living areas of the camp in accordance with guidance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. SECTION 8. DWD 301.07 (25) is created to read:
DWD 301.07 (25) POSTING OF EMERGENCY RULE. (a) In this subsection, "emergency rule" means the requirements under subs. (5) (bm), (11) (j), (k) and (L), (15) (n) and (o), (16) (r), (17) (e) and (f), (20) (h), (i) and (j), and (21) (n) and ss. DWD 301.09 (2) (d) and (e) and 301.10. (b) The department shall make this emergency rule available for posting in English and in the language of the camp occupants if other than English. Camp operators shall post this emergency rule in English and in the language of the camp occupants if other than English.
SECTION 9. DWD 301.09 (2) (d) and (e) are created to read:
DWD 301.09 (2) (d) Handwashing facilities shall provide soap and water or hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol.
(e) If the department has authorized the substitution of prepackaged towelettes for handwashing facilities through a variance, that variance is revoked. All handwashing facilities must comply with par. (d).
SECTION 10. DWD 301.10 is created to read:
DWD 301.10 Social distancing. (1) FIELD WORK. Workers engaged in hand labor shall work at least six feet from any other person whenever possible while working in the fields.
(2) TRANSPORTATION. (a) Employers shall ensure that workers engage in social distancing on all transportation of workers between work and their residences and other transportation provided by the employer to allow workers to obtain necessary supplies and services and sit at least six feet apart. If the employer is unable to meet the six-feet distancing requirement on transportation, it shall provide sanitzed face masks or cloth face coverings and require all vehicle occupants to wear face masks or cloth face coverings during transport. Hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol should be available in all transport vehicles. All high touch surfaces in vehicles should be cleaned and disinfected at least once per day. Disinfectants should be used that meet the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) criteria for use against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
(b) Employers shall ensure that workers exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19, as defined in s. DWD 301.07 (5) (bm), are transported separately to their residences and to other locations in transportation provided by the employer from workers not exhibiting symptoms. SECTION 11. This emergency rule shall take effect upon publication in the official state newspaper.
Dated this _________ day of June , 2020
STATE OF WISCONSIN
DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT
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Caleb Frostman, Secretary
