Amendment SSA3-SB147

SB147-SSA3,13,24 (b) For 9 holes, $5.90.

SB147-SSA3,14,2 (7) Minimum wage established by department. The department shall promulgate rules providing the minimum wage for all of the following:

SB147-SSA3,14,4 (a) An employee or worker with a disability covered under a license under s. 104.07.

SB147-SSA3,14,5 (b) A student learner.

SB147-SSA3,14,7 (c) A student employed by an independent college or university for less than 20 hours per week.

SB147-SSA3,14,10 (8) Employment exempted by department. The department shall promulgate rules exempting from the minimum wage requirements under subs. (1) to (7) all of the following:

SB147-SSA3,14,12 (a) A person engaged in casual employment in and around an employer's home on an irregular or intermittent basis for not more than 15 hours per week.

SB147-SSA3,14,16 (b) A person who resides with and who provides companionship and care, not including practical or professional nursing, as defined in s. 441.001 (3) and (4), and not more than 15 hours per week of general household work for an employer who, due to advanced age or physical or mental disability, cannot care for his or her own needs.

SB147-SSA3,14,18 (c) An elementary or secondary school student performing student work-like activities in the student's school.

SB147-SSA3,14,21 (9) Department may revise. The department may promulgate rules to increase a minimum wage or an allowance for meals and lodging provided under subs. (1) to (7).

SB147-SSA3, s. 14 Section 14. 104.04 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB147-SSA3,15,11 104.04 Classifications; department's authority. The department shall investigate, ascertain, determine, and fix such reasonable classifications, and shall impose general or special orders, determining the living-wage living wage, and shall carry out the purposes of ss. 104.01 to 104.12. Such this chapter. Those investigations, classifications, and orders shall be made as provided under s. 103.005, and the penalties specified in s. 103.005 (12) shall apply to and be imposed for any violation of ss. 104.01 to 104.12 this chapter. In determining the living-wage living wage, the department may consider the effect that an increase in the living-wage living wage might have on the economy of the state, including the effect of a living-wage living wage increase on job creation, retention, and expansion, on the availability of entry-level jobs, and on regional economic conditions within the state. The department may not establish a different minimum wage for men and women. Said Those orders shall be subject to review in the manner provided in ch. 227.

SB147-SSA3, s. 15 Section 15. 104.045 of the statutes is renumbered 104.045 (intro.) and amended to read:

SB147-SSA3,15,16 104.045 Tipped employees Tips, meals, lodging, and hours worked. (intro.) The department shall by rule determine what amount of promulgate rules governing all of the following:

SB147-SSA3,15,18 (1) The counting of tips or similar gratuities may be counted toward fulfillment of the employer's obligation under this chapter.

SB147-SSA3, s. 16 Section 16. 104.045 (2) and (3) of the statutes are created to read:

SB147-SSA3,15,21 104.045 (2) The deduction of meals or lodging provided by an employer to an employee from the employer's obligation under this chapter.

SB147-SSA3,15,23 (3) The determination of hours worked by an employee during which the employee is entitled to a living wage under this chapter.

SB147-SSA3, s. 17 Section 17. 104.05 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB147-SSA3,16,6 104.05 Complaints; investigation. The department shall, within 20 days after the filing of a verified complaint of any person setting forth alleging that the wages paid to any employee in any occupation are not sufficient to enable the employee to maintain himself or herself under conditions consistent with his or her welfare, investigate and determine whether there is reasonable cause to believe that the wage paid to any the employee is not a living-wage living wage.

SB147-SSA3, s. 18 Section 18. 104.06 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB147-SSA3,16,16 104.06 Wage council; determination. If, upon investigation, the department finds that there is reasonable cause to believe that the wages paid to any employee are not a living-wage, it living wage, the department shall appoint a wage council, selected so as fairly to represent employers, employees, and the public, to assist in its investigations and determinations. The living-wage department may use the results of an investigation under this section to establish a living wage. A living wage so determined upon shall be the living-wage living wage for all employees within the same class as established by the classification of the department under s. 104.04.

SB147-SSA3, s. 19 Section 19. 104.07 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB147-SSA3,16,24 104.07 (1) The department shall make promulgate rules and, except as provided under subs. (5) and (6), grant licenses, to any employer who employs any employee who is unable to earn the living-wage theretofore determined upon, permitting such person to a living wage so that the employee may work for a wage which shall be that is commensurate with the employee's ability and each . Each license so granted shall establish a wage for the licensee employees of the licensee who are unable to earn a living wage.

SB147-SSA3, s. 20 Section 20. 104.07 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB147-SSA3,17,7 104.07 (2) The department shall make promulgate rules and, except as provided under subs. (5) and (6), grant licenses to sheltered workshops to permit the employment of workers with disabilities who are unable to earn the living-wage at a living wage so that those workers may work for a wage that is commensurate with their ability abilities and productivity. A license granted to a sheltered workshop under this section may be issued for the entire workshop or a department of the workshop.

SB147-SSA3, s. 21 Section 21. 104.08 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 104.08 (2m) and amended to read:

SB147-SSA3,17,13 104.08 (2m) All persons Any person working in an occupation a trade industry for which a living-wage living wage has been established for minors, and who shall have has no trade, shall, if employed in an occupation which is a trade industry, be indentured under the provisions of s. 106.01.

SB147-SSA3, s. 22 Section 22. 104.08 (1m) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB147-SSA3,17,17 104.08 (1m) (b) "Trade industry" means an industry involving physical labor and characterized by mechanical skill and training such as render a period of instruction reasonably necessary.

SB147-SSA3, s. 23 Section 23. 104.08 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 104.08 (1m) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB147-SSA3,17,21 104.08 (1m) (intro.) A "trade" or a "trade industry" within the meaning of ss. 104.01 to 104.12 shall be a trade or In this section:

SB147-SSA3,18,2 (a) "Trade" means an industry occupation involving physical labor and characterized by mechanical skill and training such as render a period of instruction reasonably necessary. The department shall investigate, determine and declare what occupations and industries are included within the phrase a "trade" or a "trade industry".

SB147-SSA3, s. 24 Section 24. 104.08 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 104.08 (3) (b) and amended to read:

SB147-SSA3,18,6 104.08 (3) (b) The department may make exceptions to the operation of subs. (1) and (2) (1m) and (2m) where conditions make their application unreasonable.

SB147-SSA3, s. 25 Section 25. 104.08 (3) (a) of the statutes is created to read:

SB147-SSA3,18,9 104.08 (3) (a) The department shall investigate, determine, and declare what occupations and industries are included within a trade or a trade industry.

SB147-SSA3, s. 26 Section 26. 104.10 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB147-SSA3,18,17 104.10 Penalty for intimidating witness. Any employer who discharges or threatens to discharge, or who in any way discriminates , or threatens to discriminate, against any employee because the employee has testified or is about to testify, or because the employer believes that the employee may testify, in any investigation or proceeding relative to the enforcement of ss. 104.01 to 104.12, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of $25 this chapter may be fined $500 for each offense.

SB147-SSA3, s. 27 Section 27. 104.11 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB147-SSA3,18,22 104.11 Definition of violation. Each day during which any an employer shall employ employs a person for whom a living-wage living wage has been fixed established at a wage less than the living-wage fixed established living wage shall constitute a separate and distinct violation of ss. 104.01 to 104.12 this chapter.

SB147-SSA3, s. 28 Section 28. 104.12 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB147-SSA3,19,5 104.12 Complaints. Any person may register with the department a complaint that the wages paid to employees for whom a living-wage living wage has been established are less than that rate, and the department shall investigate the matter and take all proceedings necessary to enforce the payment of a wage not less than the living-wage a living wage. Section 111.322 (2m) applies to discharge and other discriminatory acts arising in connection with any proceeding under this section.

SB147-SSA3, s. 29 Section 29. 234.94 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB147-SSA3,19,10 234.94 (5) "Primary employment" means work which that pays at least the minimum wage as established under ch. 104 s. 104.035 (1) or under federal law, whichever is greater, offers adequate fringe benefits, including health insurance, and is not seasonal or part time.

SB147-SSA3, s. 30 Section 30. 234.94 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB147-SSA3,19,17 234.94 (8) "Target group" means a population group for which the unemployment level is at least 25% higher than the statewide unemployment level, or a population group for which the average wage received is less than 1.2 times the minimum wage as established under ch. 104 s. 104.035 (1) or under federal law, whichever is greater. No population group is required to be located within a contiguous geographic area to be considered a target group.

SB147-SSA3, s. 31 Section 31. 800.09 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB147-SSA3,20,7 800.09 (1) (b) If the defendant agrees to perform community service work in lieu of making restitution or paying the forfeiture, assessments, and costs, or both, the court may order that the defendant perform community service work for a public agency or a nonprofit charitable organization that is designated by the court. Community service work may be in lieu of restitution only if also agreed to by the public agency or nonprofit charitable organization and by the person to whom restitution is owed. The court may utilize any available resources, including any community service work program, in ordering the defendant to perform community service work. The number of hours of community service work required may not exceed the number determined by dividing the amount owed on the forfeiture by the minimum wage established under ch. 104 for adults in nonagriculture, nontipped employment s. 104.035 (1). The court shall ensure that the defendant is provided a written statement of the terms of the community service order and that the community service order is monitored.

SB147-SSA3, s. 32 Section 32. 800.095 (4) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB147-SSA3,20,21 800.095 (4) (b) 3. That the defendant perform community service work for a public agency or a nonprofit charitable organization designated by the court, except that the court may not order the defendant to perform community service work unless the defendant agrees to perform community service work and, if the community service work is in lieu of restitution, unless the person to whom the restitution is owed agrees. The court may utilize any available resources, including any community service work program, in ordering the defendant to perform community service work. The number of hours of community service work required may not exceed the number determined by dividing the amount owed on the forfeiture, or restitution, or both, by the minimum wage established under ch. 104 for adults in nonagriculture, nontipped employment s. 104.035 (1). The court shall ensure that the defendant is provided a written statement of the terms of the community service order and that the community service order is monitored.

SB147-SSA3, s. 33 Section 33. 895.035 (2m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB147-SSA3,21,14 895.035 (2m) (c) The court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under chs. 48 and 938 may order that the juvenile perform community service work for a public agency or nonprofit charitable organization that is designated by the court in lieu of making restitution or paying the forfeiture or surcharge. If the parent agrees to perform community service work in lieu of making restitution or paying the forfeiture or surcharge, the court may order that the parent perform community service work for a public agency or a nonprofit charitable organization that is designated by the court. Community service work may be in lieu of restitution only if also agreed to by the public agency or nonprofit charitable organization and by the person to whom restitution is owed. The court may utilize any available resources, including any community service work program, in ordering the juvenile or parent to perform community service work. The number of hours of community service work required may not exceed the number determined by dividing the amount owed on the restitution, forfeiture, or surcharge by the minimum wage established under ch. 104 for adults in nonagriculture, nontipped employment s. 104.035 (1). The court shall ensure that the juvenile or parent is provided with a written statement of the terms of the community service order and that the community service order is monitored.

SB147-SSA3, s. 34 Section 34. Initial applicability.

SB147-SSA3,21,20 (1) Collective bargaining agreements. The treatment of section 104.001 of the statutes, first applies to an employee who is affected by a collective bargaining agreement that contains provisions that are inconsistent with that section on the day on which the collective bargaining agreement expires or is extended, modified, or renewed, whichever occurs first.

SB147-SSA3, s. 35 Section 35. Effective date.

SB147-SSA3,21,23 (1) Minimum wage. This act takes effect on the first day of the 3rd month beginning after publication.

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