Amendment ASA-AB150

AB150-ASA, s. 3766 Section 3766. 105.15 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1304,20 105.15 General powers of department applicable; penalties. Such investigations, classifications and orders shall be made pursuant to the proceeding in ss. 101.01 to 101.25, which are hereby made a part hereof, so far as not inconsistent with this chapter, and every order of the department shall have the same force and effect as the orders issued pursuant to said ss. 101.01 to 101.25 as provided in s. 103.005 and the penalties therein specified in s. 103.005 (12) shall apply to and be imposed for any violation of ss. 105.01 to 105.11 or 105.13 to 105.15. The department may also order a person who operates an employment agency in violation of s. 105.05 (1) to make refunds as provided under s. 105.16 (2). Orders issued under this section are subject to review in the manner provided in ch. 227.

AB150-ASA, s. 3767 Section 3767. Chapter 106 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1304,22 CHAPTER 106

AB150-ASA,1304,24 MASTER AND APPRENTICE and employment programs

AB150-ASA, s. 3768 Section 3768. Subchapter I (title) of chapter 106 [precedes 106.01] of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-ASA,1305,3 Chapter 106

AB150-ASA,1305,5 Subchapter I Apprentice programs

AB150-ASA, s. 3769 Section 3769. 106.01 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1305,18 106.01 (9) It shall be the duty of the department, and it shall have power, jurisdiction and authority, to investigate, ascertain, determine and fix such reasonable classifications and to issue rules and regulations, and general or special orders and to hold hearings and make findings and render orders thereon as shall be necessary to carry out the intent and purposes of s. 106.01. Such hearings, investigations, classifications, findings and orders shall be made pursuant to the proceeding in ss. 101.01 to 101.25, which are hereby made a part hereof, so far as not inconsistent with s. 106.01; and every order of the department shall have the same force and effect as the orders issued pursuant to said ss. 101.01 to 101.25 as provided in s. 103.005 and the penalties therein specified in s. 103.005 (12) shall apply to and be imposed for any violations of s. 106.01, excepting as to the penalties provided in s. 106.01 (8). Said orders shall be subject to review in the manner provided in ch. 227.

AB150-ASA, s. 3770 Section 3770. Subchapter II (title) of chapter 106 [precedes 106.04] of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-ASA,1305,21 Chapter 106

AB150-ASA,1305,23 Subchapter II Employment programs

AB150-ASA, s. 3770m Section 3770m. 106.14 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1306,3 106.14 (1) The department shall may award grants to nonprofit corporations and public agencies for the provision of career counseling centers throughout the state.

AB150-ASA, s. 3770p Section 3770p. 106.14 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1306,12 106.14 (4) Amounts awarded under sub. (3) shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (ep), may be paid in instalments and shall range from 25% to 75% of the total cost of operating the career counseling center, except that after 3 years of receiving grant funds under this section a grant recipient may receive no more than 50% of the total cost of operating the career counseling center. The department shall require the grant recipient to provide the remaining percentage share of the total project cost.

AB150-ASA, s. 3776 Section 3776. 107.30 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1306,15 107.30 (4) "Department" means the department of industry, labor and human relations development.

AB150-ASA, s. 3777 Section 3777. 108.02 (13) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1306,22 108.02 (13) (k) "Employer" does not include a county department or aging unit that serves as a fiscal agent or contracts with a fiscal intermediary to serve as a fiscal agent under s. 46.27 (5) (i) or 47.035 as to any individual performing services for a person receiving long-term support services under s. 46.27 (5) (b), 46.275, 46.277, 46.278, 49.52, 46.495, 51.42 or 51.437 or personal assistance services under s. 47.02 (4) (c).

AB150-ASA, s. 3778 Section 3778. 108.105 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1307,8 108.105 Suspension of agents. The department may suspend the privilege of any agent to appear before the department at hearings under this chapter for a specified period if the department finds that the agent has engaged in an act of fraud or misrepresentation or repeatedly failed to comply with departmental rules, or has engaged in the solicitation of a claimant solely for the purpose of appearing at a hearing as the claimant's representative for pay. Prior to imposing a suspension under this section, the secretary of industry, labor and human relations or the secretary's designee shall conduct a hearing concerning the proposed suspension. The hearing shall be conducted under ch. 227 and the decision of the department may be appealed under s. 227.52.

AB150-ASA, s. 3778p Section 3778p. 108.13 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1307,17 108.13 (4) (b) A claimant filing a new claim for unemployment compensation shall, at the time of filing the claim, disclose whether or not he or she owes child support obligations. If any such claimant discloses that he or she owes child support obligations and is determined to be eligible for unemployment compensation, the department of industry, labor and human relations shall, upon request of the department of health and social services, notify the state or local child support enforcement agency enforcing the obligations that the claimant has been determined to be eligible for unemployment compensation.

AB150-ASA, s. 3778r Section 3778r. 108.13 (4) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1307,23 108.13 (4) (f) This subsection applies only if appropriate arrangements are made for the state or local child support enforcement agency to reimburse the department for administrative costs incurred by the department that are attributable to the interception of unemployment compensation for child support obligations.

AB150-ASA, s. 3779 Section 3779. 108.14 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1308,11 108.14 (11) The department may require any employing unit which employs one or more individuals to perform work in this state to make such arrangements as will reasonably assure the department that the employing unit will keep such records, make such reports, and pay such contributions as are required under this chapter. Any employing unit which the department has notified, through notice served on it or sent by registered mail to its last-known address or served by publishing a notice under s. 180.1510 (4) (b) 1., that it is required to make such arrangements and which fails to do so within 20 days after such notification may, through proceedings instituted by the department in the circuit court for Dane county, be restrained from doing business in this state until it has made such arrangements.

AB150-ASA, s. 3780 Section 3780. 108.141 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1308,16 108.141 (6) (a) Whenever an extended benefit period is to become effective as a result of a Wisconsin "on" indicator, or an extended benefit period is to be terminated as a result of a Wisconsin "off" indicator, the secretary of industry, labor and human relations shall publish it as a class 1 notice under ch. 985.

AB150-ASA, s. 3781 Section 3781. 108.142 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1308,22 108.142 (5) Publish indicators. Whenever a Wisconsin supplemental benefit period is to become effective as a result of a Wisconsin "on" indicator under this section, or a Wisconsin supplemental benefit period is to be terminated as a result of a Wisconsin "off" indicator under this section, the secretary of industry, labor and human relations shall publish it as a class 1 notice under ch. 985.

AB150-ASA, s. 3781c Section 3781c. 108.15 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1309,2 108.15 (6) (c) If such delinquency is finally established under s. 108.10, the fund's treasurer shall, in case such unit receives a share of any state tax or any type of state aid, certify to the state treasurer secretary of administration the existence and amount of such delinquency.

AB150-ASA, s. 3781g Section 3781g. 108.15 (6) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1309,7 108.15 (6) (d) (intro.) Upon receipt of such certification, the state treasurer secretary of administration shall withhold, from each sum of any such tax or aid thereafter payable to the government unit, until the delinquency is satisfied, the lesser of the following amounts:

AB150-ASA, s. 3781n Section 3781n. 108.15 (6) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1309,12 108.15 (6) (e) Any amount withheld by the state treasurer secretary of administration under par. (d) shall be paid by the state treasurer secretary of administration to the fund's treasurer, who shall duly credit such payment toward satisfying the delinquency.

AB150-ASA, s. 3781w Section 3781w. 108.20 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1309,18 108.20 (2) All amounts received by the department for the administrative account shall be paid over to the state treasurer secretary of administration and credited to that account for the administration of this chapter and the employment service, for the payment of benefits chargeable to the account under s. 108.07 (5) and for the purposes specified in sub. (2m).

AB150-ASA, s. 3782 Section 3782. 109.07 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1310,9 109.07 (1m) Subject to sub. (5) or (6), an employer who has decided upon a business closing or mass layoff in this state shall promptly notify the subunit of the department that administers s. 101.27 106.15, any affected employe, any collective bargaining representative of any affected employe, and the highest official of any municipality in which the affected employment site is located, in writing of such action no later than 60 days prior to the date that the business closing or mass layoff takes place. The employer shall provide in writing all information concerning its payroll, affected employes and the wages and other remuneration owed to such employes as the department may require. The department may in addition require the employer to submit a plan setting forth the manner in which final payment in full shall be made to affected employes. The department shall promptly provide a copy of the notice required under this subsection to the department of development and shall cooperate with the department of development in the performance of its responsibilities under s. 560.15. This subsection does not apply to a business closing or mass layoff that is caused by a strike or lockout.

AB150-ASA, s. 3782b Section 3782b. 111.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1310,15 111.02 (1) The term "all-union agreement" shall mean an agreement between an employer other than the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and the representative of the employer's employes in a collective bargaining unit whereby all or any of the employes in such unit are required to be members of a single labor organization.

AB150-ASA, s. 3782c Section 3782c. 111.02 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1310,21 111.02 (2) "Collective bargaining" is the negotiating by an employer and a majority of the employer's employes in a collective bargaining unit (or their representatives) concerning representation or terms and conditions of employment of such employes, except as provided under ss. 111.05 (5) and 111.17 (2), in a mutually genuine effort to reach an agreement with reference to the subject under negotiation.

AB150-ASA, s. 3782e Section 3782e. 111.02 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1311,12 111.02 (3) "Collective bargaining unit" means all of the employes of one employer (employed within the state), except as provided in s. 111.05 (5) and except that where a majority of the employes engaged in a single craft, division, department or plant have voted by secret ballot as provided in s. 111.05 (2) to constitute such group a separate bargaining unit they shall be so considered, but, in appropriate cases, and to aid in the more efficient administration of ss. 111.01 to 111.19, the commission may find, where agreeable to all parties affected in any way thereby, an industry, trade or business comprising more than one employer in an association in any geographical area to be a "collective bargaining unit". A collective bargaining unit thus established by the commission shall be subject to all rights by termination or modification given by ss. 111.01 to 111.19 in reference to collective bargaining units otherwise established under ss. 111.01 to 111.19. Two or more collective bargaining units may bargain collectively through the same representative where a majority of the employes in each separate unit have voted by secret ballot as provided in s. 111.05 (2) so to do.

AB150-ASA, s. 3782f Section 3782f. 111.02 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1311,18 111.02 (6) (a) "Employe" shall include any person, other than an independent contractor, working for another for hire in the state of Wisconsin in a nonconfidential, nonmanagerial, nonexecutive or and nonsupervisory capacity, and shall not be limited to the employes of a particular employer unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

AB150-ASA, s. 3782g Section 3782g. 111.02 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1312,2 111.02 (7) The term "employer" means a person who engages the services of an employe and includes any person acting on behalf of an employer within the scope of his or her authority, express or implied, but shall not include the state or any political subdivision thereof, or any labor organization or anyone acting in behalf of such organization other than when it is acting as an employer in fact. For purposes of this subsection, a person who engages the services of an employe includes the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.

AB150-ASA, s. 3782h Section 3782h. 111.02 (7m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-ASA,1312,9 111.02 (7m) "Fair-share agreement" means an agreement between the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and a labor organization representing employes of that authority under which all of the employes in a collective bargaining unit are required to pay their proportionate share of the cost of the collective bargaining process and contract administration measured by the amount of dues uniformly required of all members.

AB150-ASA, s. 3782i Section 3782i. 111.02 (9m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-ASA,1312,17 111.02 (9m) "Maintenance of membership agreement" means an agreement between the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and a labor organization representing employes of that authority which requires that all of the employes whose dues are being deducted from earnings under s. 20.921 (1) or 111.06 (1) (i) at the time the agreement takes effect shall continue to have dues deducted for the duration of the agreement and that dues shall be deducted from the earnings of all employes who are hired on or after the effective date of the agreement.

AB150-ASA, s. 3782j Section 3782j. 111.02 (10m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-ASA,1312,23 111.02 (10m) "Referendum" means a proceeding conducted by the commission in which employes of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority in a collective bargaining unit may cast a secret ballot on the question of directing the labor organization and the employer to enter into a fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement or to terminate such an agreement.

AB150-ASA, s. 3782k Section 3782k. 111.05 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1313,6 111.05 (2) Whenever Except as provided in sub. (5), whenever a question arises concerning the determination of a collective bargaining unit as defined in s. 111.02 (3), it shall be determined by secret ballot, and the commission, upon request, shall cause the ballot to be taken in such manner as to show separately the wishes of the employes in any craft, division, department or plant as to the determination of the collective bargaining unit.

AB150-ASA, s. 3782L Section 3782L. 111.05 (3g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-ASA,1313,13 111.05 (3g) Notwithstanding subs. (3) and (4), if on June 30, 1997, there is a representative recognized or certified to represent any of the units specified in s. 111.825 (1) (f) 1., 5. or 9., that representative shall become the representative of the employes in the corresponding collective bargaining units specified in sub. (5) (a) 1. to 3., without the necessity of filing a petition or conducting an election, subject to the right of any person to file a petition under this section at any time.

AB150-ASA, s. 3782m Section 3782m. 111.05 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-ASA,1313,17 111.05 (5) (a) Collective bargaining units for representation of the employes of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority shall include one unit for employes engaged in each of the following functions:

AB150-ASA,1313,18 1. Fiscal and staff services.

AB150-ASA,1313,19 2. Patient care.

AB150-ASA,1313,20 3. Science.

AB150-ASA,1314,4 (b) Collective bargaining units for representation of the employes of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority who are engaged in a function not specified in par. (a) shall be determined in the manner provided in this section. The creation of any collective bargaining unit for such employes is subject to approval of the commission. The commission shall not permit fragmentation of such collective bargaining units or creation of any such collective bargaining unit that is too small to provide adequate representation of employes. In approving such collective bargaining units, the commission shall give primary consideration to the authority's needs to fulfill its statutory missions.

AB150-ASA, s. 3782n Section 3782n. 111.05 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-ASA,1314,15 111.05 (6) If a single representative is recognized or certified to represent more than one of the collective bargaining units specified in sub. (5), that representative and the employer may jointly agree to combine the collective bargaining units, subject to the right of the employes in any of the collective bargaining units that were combined to petition for an election under subs. (3) and (3g). Any agreement under this subsection is effective upon written notice of the agreement by the parties to the commission and terminates upon written notice of termination by the parties to the commission or upon decertification of the representative entering into the agreement as representative of one of the combined collective bargaining units, whichever occurs first.

AB150-ASA, s. 3782no Section 3782no. 111.06 (1) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1315,23 111.06 (1) (c) 1. To encourage or discourage membership in any labor organization, employe agency, committee, association or representation plan by discrimination in regard to hiring, tenure or other terms or conditions of employment except in a collective bargaining unit where an all-union, fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement is in effect. An employer is not prohibited from entering into an all-union agreement with the voluntarily recognized representative of the employes in a collective bargaining unit, where at least a majority of such employes voting have voted affirmatively, by secret ballot, in favor of such all-union agreement in a referendum conducted by the commission, except that where the bargaining representative has been certified by either the commission or the national labor relations board as the result of a representation election, no referendum is required to authorize the entry into such an all-union agreement. Such authorization of an all-union agreement shall be deemed to continue thereafter, subject to the right of either party to the all-union agreement to petition the commission to conduct a new referendum on the subject. Upon receipt of such petition, the commission shall determine whether there is reasonable ground to believe that the employes concerned have changed their attitude toward the all-union agreement and upon so finding the commission shall conduct a referendum. If the continuance of the all-union agreement is supported on any such referendum by a vote at least equal to that provided in this subdivision for its initial authorization, it may be continued in force thereafter, subject to the right to petition for a further vote by the procedure set forth in this subdivision. If the continuance of the all-union agreement is not thus supported on any such referendum, it is deemed terminated at the termination of the contract of which it is then a part or at the end of one year from the date of the announcement by the commission of the result of the referendum, whichever is earlier. The commission shall declare any all-union agreement terminated whenever it finds that the labor organization involved has unreasonably refused to receive as a member any employe of such employer, and each such all-union agreement shall be made subject to this duty of the commission. Any person interested may come before the commission as provided in s. 111.07 and ask the performance of this duty. Any all-union agreement in effect on October 4, 1975, made in accordance with the law in effect at the time it is made is valid.

AB150-ASA, s. 3782p Section 3782p. 111.06 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1316,8 111.06 (1) (d) To refuse to bargain collectively with the representative of a majority of the employer's employes in any collective bargaining unit with respect to representation or terms and conditions of employment, except as provided under ss. 111.05 (5) and 111.17 (2); provided, however, that where an employer files with the commission a petition requesting a determination as to majority representation, the employer shall not be deemed to have refused to bargain until an election has been held and the result thereof has been certified to the employer by the commission.

AB150-ASA, s. 3782q Section 3782q. 111.06 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1316,16 111.06 (1) (i) To deduct labor organization dues or assessments from an employe's earnings, unless the employer has been presented with an individual order therefor, signed by the employe personally, and terminable at the end of any year of its life by the employe giving at least thirty days' written notice of such termination unless there is an all-union, fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement in effect. The employer shall give notice to the labor organization of receipt of such notice of termination.

AB150-ASA, s. 3782r Section 3782r. 111.06 (1) (m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-ASA,1316,19 111.06 (1) (m) To fail to give the notice of intention to engage in a lockout provided in s. 111.115 (2).

AB150-ASA, s. 3782s Section 3782s. 111.06 (2) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1316,22 111.06 (2) (i) To fail to give the notice of intention to engage in a strike provided in s. 111.11 111.115 (2) or (3).

AB150-ASA, s. 3784 Section 3784. 111.07 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1317,10 111.07 (2) (b) 1. The commission shall have the power to issue subpoenas and administer oaths. Depositions may be taken in the manner prescribed by s. 101.02 (14) 103.005 (13) (c). No person may be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, records, correspondence, documents or other evidence in obedience to the subpoena of the commission on the ground that the testimony or evidence required of him or her may tend to incriminate him or her or subject him or her to a penalty or forfeiture under the laws of the state of Wisconsin; but no individual may be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of testifying or producing evidence, documentary or otherwise, before the commission in obedience to a subpoena issued by it; provided, that an individual so testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying.

AB150-ASA, s. 3785m Section 3785m. 111.075 of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-ASA,1317,20 111.075 Fair-share and maintenance of membership agreements. (1) (a) No fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement may become effective unless authorized by a referendum. The commission shall order a referendum whenever it receives a petition supported by proof that at least 30% of the employes in a collective bargaining unit desire that a fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement be entered into between the employer and a labor organization. A petition may specify that a referendum is requested on a maintenance of membership agreement only, in which case the ballot shall be limited to that question.

AB150-ASA,1318,2 (b) For a fair-share agreement to be authorized, at least two-thirds of the eligible employes voting in a referendum shall vote in favor of the agreement. For a maintenance of membership agreement to be authorized, at least a majority of the eligible employes voting in a referendum shall vote in favor of the agreement. In a referendum on a fair-share agreement, if less than two-thirds but more than one-half of the eligible employes vote in favor of the agreement, a maintenance of membership agreement is authorized.

AB150-ASA,1318,16 (c) If a fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement is authorized in a referendum, the employer shall enter into such an agreement with the labor organization named on the ballot in the referendum. Each fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement shall contain a provision requiring the employer to deduct the amount of dues as certified by the labor organization from the earnings of the employes affected by the agreement and to pay the amount so deducted to the labor organization. Unless the parties agree to an earlier date, the agreement shall take effect 60 days after certification by the commission that the referendum vote authorized the agreement. The employer shall be held harmless against any claims, demands, suits and other forms of liability made by employes or local labor organizations which may arise for actions taken by the employer in compliance with this section. All such lawful claims, demands, suits and other forms of liability are the responsibility of the labor organization entering into the agreement.

AB150-ASA,1318,23 (d) Under each fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement, an employe who has religious convictions against dues payments to a labor organization based on teachings or tenets of a church or religious body of which he or she is a member shall, on request to the labor organization, have his or her dues paid to a charity mutually agreed upon by the employe and the labor organization. Any dispute concerning this paragraph may be submitted to the commission for adjudication.

AB150-ASA,1319,12 (2) (a) Once authorized, a fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement shall continue in effect, subject to the right of the employer or labor organization concerned to petition the commission to conduct a new referendum. Such petition must be supported by proof that at least 30% of the employes in the collective bargaining unit desire that the fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement be discontinued. Upon so finding, the commission shall conduct a new referendum. If the continuance of the fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement is approved in the referendum by at least the percentage of eligible voting employes required for its initial authorization, it shall be continued in effect, subject to the right of the employer or labor organization to later initiate a further vote following the procedure prescribed in this subsection. If the continuation of the agreement is not supported in any referendum, it is deemed terminated at the termination of the collective bargaining agreement, or one year from the date of the certification of the result of the referendum, whichever is earlier.