767.001 (1d) “Department" means the department of industry, labor and job workforce development.
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Section 218
. 769.31 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
769.31 (1) The department of industry, labor and job workforce development is the state information agency under this chapter.
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Section 219
. 893.44 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
893.44 (2) An action to recover wages under s. 109.09 shall be commenced within 2 years after the claim is filed with the department of industry, labor and job workforce development or be barred.
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Section 220
. 905.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
905.15 (1) An employe of the department of health and family services, the department of industry, labor and job workforce development or a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 or a member of a governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe who is authorized by federal law to have access to or awareness of the federal tax return information of another in the performance of duties under s. 49.19 or 49.45 or 7 USC 2011 to 2049 may claim privilege to refuse to disclose the information and the source or method by which he or she received or otherwise became aware of the information.
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Section 221
. 938.342 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
938.342 (1) (e) Order the department of industry, labor and job workforce development to revoke, under s. 103.72, a permit under s. 103.70 authorizing the employment of the person.
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Section 222
. 940.207 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
940.207 (title) Battery or threat to department of commerce or department of industry, labor and job workforce development employe.
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Section 223
. 940.207 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
940.207 (2) (intro.) Whoever intentionally causes bodily harm or threatens to cause bodily harm to the person or family member of any department of commerce or department of industry, labor and job workforce development official, employe or agent under all of the following circumstances is guilty of a Class D felony:
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Section 224
. 940.207 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
940.207 (2) (a) At the time of the act or threat, the actor knows or should have known that the victim is a department of commerce or department of industry, labor and job workforce development official, employe or agent or a member of his or her family.
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Section 225
. 946.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
946.15 (1) Any employer, or any agent or employe of an employer, who induces any person who seeks to be or is employed pursuant to a public contract as defined in s. 66.29 (1) (c) or who seeks to be or is employed on a project on which a prevailing wage rate determination has been issued by the department of industry, labor and job workforce development under s. 66.293 (3), 103.49 (3) or 103.50 (3) or by a local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.293 (1) (d), under s. 66.293 (6) to give up, waive or return any part of the compensation to which that person is entitled under his or her contract of employment or under the prevailing wage rate determination issued by the department or local governmental unit, or who reduces the hourly basic rate of pay normally paid to an employe for work on a project on which a prevailing wage rate determination has not been issued under s. 66.293 (3) or (6), 103.49 (3) or 103.50 (3) during a week in which the employe works both on a project on which a prevailing wage rate determination has been issued and on a project on which a prevailing wage rate determination has not been issued, is guilty of a Class E felony.
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Section 226
. 946.15 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
946.15 (2) Any person employed pursuant to a public contract as defined in s. 66.29 (1) (c) or employed on a project on which a prevailing wage rate determination has been issued by the department of industry, labor and job workforce development under s. 66.293 (3), 103.49 (3) or 103.50 (3) or by a local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.293 (1) (d), under s. 66.293 (6) who gives up, waives or returns to the employer or agent of the employer any part of the compensation to which the employe is entitled under his or her contract of employment or under the prevailing wage determination issued by the department or local governmental unit, or who gives up any part of the compensation to which he or she is normally entitled for work on a project on which a prevailing wage rate determination has not been issued under s. 66.293 (3) or (6), 103.49 (3) or 103.50 (3) during a week in which the person works part-time on a project on which a prevailing wage rate determination has been issued and part-time on a project on which a prevailing wage rate determination has not been issued, is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
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Section 227
. 946.15 (3) and (4) of the statutes are amended to read:
946.15 (3) Any employer or labor organization, or any agent or employe of an employer or labor organization, who induces any person who seeks to be or is employed on a project on which a prevailing wage rate determination has been issued by the department of industry, labor and job workforce development under s. 66.293 (3), 103.49 (3) or 103.50 (3) or by a local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.293 (1) (d), under s. 66.293 (6) to permit any part of the wages to which that person is entitled under the prevailing wage rate determination issued by the department or local governmental unit to be deducted from the person's pay is guilty of a Class E felony, unless the deduction would be permitted under 29 CFR 3.5 or 3.6 from a person who is working on a project that is subject to 40 USC 276c.
(4) Any person employed on a project on which a prevailing wage rate determination has been issued by the department of industry, labor and job workforce development under s. 66.293 (3), 103.49 (3) or 103.50 (3) or by a local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.293 (1) (d), under s. 66.293 (6) who permits any part of the wages to which that person is entitled under the prevailing wage rate determination issued by the department or local governmental unit to be deducted from his or her pay is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor, unless the deduction would be permitted under 29 CFR 3.5 or 3.6 from a person who is working on a project that is subject to 40 USC 276c.
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Section 228
. 973.05 (5) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
973.05 (5) (g) No employer may use an assignment under sub. (4) (b) as a basis for the denial of employment to a defendant, the discharge of an employe or any disciplinary action against an employe. An employer who denies employment or discharges or disciplines an employe in violation of this paragraph may be fined not more than $500 and may be required to make full restitution to the aggrieved person, including reinstatement and back pay. Restitution shall be in accordance with s. 973.20. An aggrieved person may apply to the district attorney or to the department of industry, labor and human relations workforce development for enforcement of this paragraph.
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Section 229
. 978.05 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:
978.05 (4m) Welfare fraud investigations. Cooperate with the department of industry, labor and job
workforce development regarding the fraud investigation program under s. 49.197 (1m).
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Section 230
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Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:
(1) The treatment of section 301.45 (9) of the statutes takes effect on June 1, 1997.
(2) The repeal and recreation of sections 46.495 (1) (d), 46.495 (1) (dc), 46.495 (1) (f) 1., 48.57 (3m) (d) and 48.57 (3m) (e) of the statutes takes effect on July 1, 1997.
