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.
· Sen. Kimberly Plache, Author of SB 336
· Russ Wittkop, Wis State AFL-CIO
· Sheehan Donoghue, Department of Workforce Development
· Bob Anderson, Department of Workforce Development
· None.
· None.
· 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