103.49 (3g) Nonapplicability. (intro.) This section does not apply to any single-trade public works project of the following:
(a) A project of public works for which the estimated project cost of completion is less than $30,000 or an amount determined by the department under s. 66.0903 (5) or to any multiple-trade public works project for which the estimated project cost of completion is less than $150,000 or an amount determined by the department under s. 66.0903 (5) $25,000.
28,2190f
Section 2190f. 103.49 (3g) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
103.49 (3g) (b) A project of public works in which the labor for the project is provided by unpaid volunteers.
28,2190j
Section 2190j. 103.49 (3g) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
103.49 (3g) (c) Minor service or maintenance work, warranty work, or work under a supply and installation contract.
28,2190n
Section 2190n. 103.49 (4r) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
103.49 (4r) (b) Upon completion of a project of public works and before receiving final payment for his or her work on the project, each agent or subcontractor shall furnish the contractor with an affidavit stating that the agent or subcontractor has complied fully with the requirements of this section. A contractor may not authorize final payment until the affidavit is filed in proper form and order.
28,2190p
Section 2190p. 103.49 (4r) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
103.49 (4r) (c) Upon completion of a project of public works and before receiving final payment for his or her work on the project, each contractor shall file with the state agency authorizing the work an affidavit stating that the contractor has complied fully with the requirements of this section and that the contractor has received an affidavit under par. (b) from each of the contractor's agents and subcontractors. A state agency may not authorize a final payment until the affidavit is filed in proper form and order. If a state agency authorizes a final payment before an affidavit is filed in proper form and order or if the department determines, based on the greater weight of the credible evidence, that any person performing the work specified in sub. (2m) has been or may have been paid less than the prevailing wage rate or less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor and requests that the state agency withhold all or part of the final payment, but the state agency fails to do so, the state agency is liable for all back wages payable up to the amount of the final payment.
28,2191d
Section 2191d. 103.49 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
103.49 (5) (a) Each contractor, subcontractor, or contractor's or subcontractor's agent performing work on a project of public works that is subject to this section shall keep full and accurate records clearly indicating the name and trade or occupation of every person performing the work described in sub. (2m) and an accurate record of the number of hours worked by each of those persons and the actual wages paid for the hours worked.
28,2191f
Section 2191f. 103.49 (5) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
103.49 (5) (am) 1. Except as provided in this subdivision, by no later than the end of the first week of a month following a month in which a contractor, subcontractor, or contractor's or subcontractor's agent performs work on a project of public works that is subject to this section, the contractor, subcontractor, or agent shall submit to the department in an electronic format a certified record of the information specified in par. (a) for that preceding month. This requirement does not apply to a contractor, subcontractor, or agent if all persons employed by the contractor, subcontractor, or agent who are performing the work described in sub. (2m) are covered under a collective bargaining agreement and the wage rates for those persons under the collective bargaining agreement are not less than the prevailing wage rate. In that case, the contractor, subcontractor, or agent shall submit to the department in an electronic format a copy of all collective bargaining agreements that are pertinent to the project of public works by no later than the end of the first week of the first month in which the contractor, subcontractor, or agent performs work on the project of public works.
2. The department shall post on its Internet site all certified records and collective bargaining agreements submitted to the department under subd. 1., except that the department may not post on that site the name of or any other personally identifiable information relating to any employee of a contractor, subcontractor, or agent that submits information to the department under subd. 1. In this subdivision, "personally identifiable information" does not include an employee's trade or occupation, his or her hours of work, or the wages paid for those hours worked.
28,2191h
Section 2191h. 103.49 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
103.49 (5) (b) It shall be the duty of the department to enforce this section. To this end it may demand and examine, and every contractor, subcontractor, and contractor's and subcontractor's agent shall keep, and furnish upon request by the department, copies of payrolls and other records and information relating to the wages paid to persons performing the work described in sub. (2m) for work to which this section applies. The department may inspect records in the manner provided in this chapter. Every contractor, subcontractor, or agent performing work on a project of public works that is subject to this section is subject to the requirements of this chapter relating to the examination of records. Section 111.322 (2m) applies to discharge and other discriminatory acts arising in connection with any proceeding under this section.
28,2192
Section
2192. 103.49 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
103.49 (5) (c) If requested by any person, the department shall inspect the payroll records of any contractor, subcontractor, or agent performing work on a project
of public works that is subject to this section to ensure compliance with this section. If In the case of a request made by a person performing the work specified in sub. (2m), if the department finds that the contractor, subcontractor, or agent subject to the inspection is found to be in compliance and if the person making the request is a person performing the work specified in sub. (2m) that the request is frivolous, the department shall charge the person making the request the actual cost of the inspection. If In the case of a request made by a person not performing the work specified in sub. (2m), if the department finds that the contractor, subcontractor, or agent subject to the inspection is found to be in compliance and
if the person making the request is not a person performing the work specified in sub. (2m) that the request is frivolous, the department shall charge the person making the request $250 or the actual cost of the inspection, whichever is greater. In order to find that a request is frivolous, the department must find that the person making the request made the request in bad faith, solely for the purpose of harassing or maliciously injuring the contractor, subcontractor, or agent subject to the inspection, or that the person making the request knew, or should have known, that there was no reasonable basis for believing that a violation of this section had been committed.
28,2192e
Section 2192e. 103.49 (6m) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 103.49 (6m) (am).
28,2192f
Section 2192f. 103.49 (6m) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:
103.49 (6m) (ag) 1. Any contractor, subcontractor, or contractor's or subcontractor's agent who fails to pay the prevailing wage rate determined by the department under sub. (3) or who pays less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor is liable to any affected employee in the amount of his or her unpaid wages or his or her unpaid overtime compensation and in an additional amount as liquidated damages as provided in subd. 2., 3.,
or 4., whichever is applicable.
2. If the department determines upon inspection under sub. (5) (b) or (c) that a contractor, subcontractor, or contractor's or subcontractor's agent has failed to pay the prevailing wage rate determined by the department under sub. (3) or has paid less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor, the department shall order the contractor to pay to any affected employee the amount of his or her unpaid wages or his or her unpaid overtime compensation and an additional amount equal to 100 percent of the amount of those unpaid wages or that unpaid overtime compensation as liquidated damages within a period specified by the department in the order.
3. In addition to or in lieu of recovering the liability specified in subd. 1. as provided in subd. 2., any employee for and in behalf of that employee and other employees similarly situated may commence an action to recover that liability in any court of competent jurisdiction.
In an action that is commenced before the end of any period specified by the department under subd. 2., if the court finds that a contractor, subcontractor, or contractor's or subcontractor's agent has failed to pay the prevailing wage rate determined by the department under sub. (3) or has paid less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor, the court shall order the contractor, subcontractor, or agent to pay to any affected employee the amount of his or her unpaid wages or his or her unpaid overtime compensation and an additional amount equal to 100 percent of the amount of those unpaid wages or that unpaid overtime compensation as liquidated damages.
4. In an action that is commenced after the end of any period specified by the department under subd. 2., if the court finds that a contractor, subcontractor, or contractor's or subcontractor's agent has failed to pay the prevailing wage rate determined by the department under sub. (3) or has paid less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing
hours of labor, the court shall order the contractor, subcontractor, or agent to pay to any affected employee the amount of his or her unpaid wages or his or her unpaid overtime compensation and an additional amount equal to 200 percent of the amount of those unpaid wages or that unpaid overtime compensation as liquidated damages.
5. No employee may be a party plaintiff to an action under subd. 3.
or 4. unless the employee consents in writing to become a party and the consent is filed in the court in which the action is brought. Notwithstanding s. 814.04 (1), the court shall, in addition to any judgment awarded to the plaintiff, allow reasonable attorney fees and costs to be paid by the defendant.
28,2192p
Section 2192p. 103.49 (6m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
103.49 (6m) (b) Whoever induces any person who seeks to be or is employed on any project of public works that is subject to this section to give up, waive, or return any part of the wages to which the person is entitled under the contract governing the project, or who reduces the hourly basic rate of pay normally paid to a person for work on a project that is not subject to this section during a week in which the person works both on a project of public works that is subject to this section and on a project that is not subject to this section, by threat not to employ, by threat of dismissal from employment, or by any other means is guilty of an offense under s. 946.15 (1).
28,2192r
Section 2192r. 103.49 (6m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
103.49 (6m) (c) Any person employed on a project of public works that is subject to this section who knowingly permits a contractor, subcontractor, or contractor's or subcontractor's agent to pay him or her less than the prevailing wage rate set forth in the contract governing the project, who gives up, waives, or returns any part of the compensation to which he or she is entitled under the contract, or who gives up, waives, or returns any part of the compensation to which he or she is normally entitled for work on a project that is not subject to this section during a week in which the person works both on a project of public works that is subject to this section and on a project that is not subject to this section, is guilty of an offense under s. 946.15 (2).
28,2193
Section
2193. 103.49 (6m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
103.49
(6m) (d) Whoever induces any person who seeks to be or is employed on any project
of public works that is subject to this section to permit any part of the wages to which the person is entitled under the contract governing the project to be deducted from the person's pay is guilty of an offense under s. 946.15 (3), 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 3142.
28,2194
Section
2194. 103.49 (6m) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
103.49
(6m) (e) Any person employed on a project
of public works that is subject to this section who knowingly permits any part of the wages to which he or she is entitled under the contract governing the project to be deducted from his or her pay is guilty of an offense under s. 946.15 (4), 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 3142.
28,2194g
Section 2194g. 103.49 (6m) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
103.49 (6m) (f) Paragraph (a) (am) does not apply to any person who fails to provide any information to the department to assist the department in determining prevailing wage rates under sub. (3) (a) or (am).
28,2194j
Section 2194j. 103.49 (7) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
103.49 (7) (d) Any person submitting a bid on a project of public works that is subject to this section shall, on the date the person submits the bid, identify any construction business in which the person, or a shareholder, officer, or partner of the person, if the person is a business, owns, or has owned at least a 25% interest on the date the person submits the bid or at any other time within 3 years preceding the date the person submits the bid, if the business has been found to have failed to pay the prevailing wage rate determined under sub. (3) or to have paid less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor.
28,2196
Section
2196. 103.50 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:
103.50 (4m) Wage rate data. In determining prevailing wage rates for projects that are subject to this section, the department shall use data from projects that are subject to this section, s. 66.0903, 66.0904, or 103.49 or 40 USC 276a 3142.
28,2197
Section
2197. 103.50 (7) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
103.50
(7) (d) Whoever induces any person who seeks to be or is employed on any project that is subject to this section to permit any part of the wages to which the person is entitled under the contract governing the project to be deducted from the person's pay is guilty of an offense under s. 946.15 (3), 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 3142.
28,2198
Section
2198. 103.50 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
103.50
(7) (e) Any person employed on a project that is subject to this section who knowingly permits any part of the wages to which he or she is entitled under the contract governing the project to be deducted from his or her pay is guilty of an offense under s. 946.15 (4), 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 3142.
28,2199
Section
2199. 103.503 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
103.503 (title) Substance abuse prevention on public works and publicly funded projects.
28,2200
Section
2200. 103.503 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
103.503 (1) (a) "Accident" means an incident caused, contributed to, or otherwise involving an employee that resulted or could have resulted in death, personal injury, or property damage and that occurred while the employee was performing the work described in s. 66.0903 (4), 66.0904 (3), or 103.49 (2m) on a project.
28,2201
Section
2201. 103.503 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
103.503 (1) (c) "Contracting agency" means a local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.0903 (1) (d), or a state agency, as defined in s. 103.49 (1) (f), or an owner or developer under s. 66.0904 that has contracted for the performance of work on a project.
28,2202
Section
2202. 103.503 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
103.503 (1) (e) "Employee" means a laborer, worker, mechanic, or truck driver who performs the work described in s. 66.0903 (4), 66.0904 (3), or 103.49 (2m) on a project.
28,2203
Section
2203. 103.503 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
103.503 (1) (g) "Project" mean a project of public works that is subject to s. 66.0903 or 103.49 or a publicly funded private construction project that is subject to s. 66.0904.
28,2204
Section
2204. 103.503 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
103.503 (2) Substance abuse prohibited. No employee may use, possess, attempt to possess, distribute, deliver, or be under the influence of a drug, or use or be under the influence of alcohol, while performing the work described in s. 66.0903 (4), 66.0904 (3), or 103.49 (2m) on a project. An employee is considered to be under the influence of alcohol for purposes of this subsection if he or she has an alcohol concentration that is equal to or greater than the amount specified in s. 885.235 (1g) (d).
28,2205
Section
2205. 103.503 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
103.503 (3) (a) 2. A requirement that employees performing the work described in s. 66.0903 (4), 66.0904 (3), or 103.49 (2m) on a project submit to random, reasonable suspicion, and post-accident drug and alcohol testing and to drug and alcohol testing before commencing work on a project, except that testing of an employee before commencing work on a project is not required if the employee has been participating in a random testing program during the 90 days preceding the date on which the employee commenced work on the project.
28,2206d
Section 2206d. 103.805 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
103.805 (1) The department or a permit officer shall fix and collect a reasonable fee based on the cost of issuance of collect a fee in the amount of $10 for issuing permits under ss. 103.25 and 103.71 and certificates of age under s. 103.75. The department may authorize the retention of the fees by the A person designated to issue permits and certificates of age as compensation for the person's services if the person who is not on the payroll of the division administering this chapter may retain $2.50 of that fee as compensation for the person's services and shall forward $7.50 of that fee to the department, which shall deposit that amount forwarded in the general fund and credit $5 of that amount forwarded to the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (1) (gk). A person designated to issue permits and certificates of age who is on the payroll of the division administering this chapter shall forward that fee to the department, which shall deposit that fee in the general fund and credit $5 of that fee to the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (1) (gk). The permit officer shall account for all fees collected as the department prescribes.
28,2207
Section
2207. 104.001 (3) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
104.001 (3) (am) The requirement that employees employed on a publicly funded private construction project for which a city, village, town, or county provides direct financial assistance, as defined in s. 66.0904 (1) (c), be paid at the prevailing wage rate, as defined in s. 66.0904 (1) (h), as required under s. 66.0904.
28,2207n
Section 2207n. 106.04 of the statutes is created to read:
106.04 Employment of apprentices on state public works projects. (1) Definitions. In this section:
(b) "Employer" means a contractor, subcontractor, or agent of a contractor or subcontractor that employs 5 or more employees in trades that are apprenticeable under this subchapter.
(d) "Project" means a project of public works that is subject to s. 103.49 or 103.50 in which work is performed by employees employed in trades that are apprenticeable under this subchapter.
(2) Apprenticeship reports. (a) By no later than 15 days after the end of a month in which an employer performs work on a project, the employer shall submit to the department in an electronic format a report of the daily number of employees employed by the employer on the project in trades that are apprenticeable under this subchapter, the daily number of apprentices employed on the project, the race, sex, and average age of those apprentices, and the daily number of hours worked by those apprentices. The department shall post on its Internet site a running summary of those reports summarizing for
each month the total number of employees employed on projects in this state in trades that are apprenticeable under this subchapter, the total number of apprentices employed on those projects, the race, sex, and average age of those apprentices, and the total number of hours worked by those apprentices.
(b) The department shall grant an employer a total grace period of not more than 10 days in each calendar year for submitting the reports under par. (a). All projects on which an employer performs work during a calendar year, whether as a contractor, subcontractor, or agent of a contractor or subcontractor, are subject to a single grace period under this paragraph. If an employer exceeds that grace period, the employer shall forfeit, for each project on which the employer performs work during the calendar year, $1,000 for each day by which the employer exceeds the grace period.
(3) Waiver. If the department grants an exception or modification to any requirement in any contract for the performance of work on a project relating to the employment and training of apprentices, the department shall post that information on its Internet site, together with a detailed explanation of why the exception or modification was granted.
(4) Debarment. (a) Except as provided under pars. (b) and (c), the department shall distribute to all state agencies a list of all persons whom the department has found to have exceeded the grace period under sub. (2) (b) at any time in the preceding 3 years. The department shall include with any name the address of the person and shall specify when the person exceeded the grace period under sub. (2) (b). A state agency may not award any contract to the person unless otherwise recommended by the department or unless 3 years have elapsed from the date on which the department issued its findings or date of final determination by a court of competent jurisdiction, whichever is later.
(b) The department may not include in a notification under par. (a) the name of any person on the basis of having let work to a person whom the department has found to have exceeded the grace period under sub. (2) (b).
(c) This subsection does not apply to any contractor, subcontractor, or agent who in good faith on no more than 2 occasions in the same calendar year commits a minor violation of sub. (2) (b), as determined on a case-by-case basis through administrative hearings with all rights to due process afforded to all parties or who has not exhausted or waived all appeals.
(d) Any person submitting a bid on a project that is subject to this section shall, on the date on which the person submits the bid, identify any construction business in which the person, or a shareholder, officer, or partner of the person, if the person is a business, owns, or has owned at least a 25 percent interest on the date on which the person submits the bid or at any other time within 3 years preceding the date on which the person submits the bid, if the business has been found to have exceeded the grace period under sub. (2) (b).
(e) The department shall promulgate rules to administer this subsection.
28,2207t
Section 2207t. 106.30 of the statutes is created to read:
106.30 Nursing workforce survey and grant. (1) Definition. In this section, "nurse" means a registered nurse licensed under s. 441.06 or permitted under s. 441.08, a licensed practical nurse licensed or permitted under s. 441.10, an advanced practice nurse prescriber certified under s. 441.16 (2), or a nurse-midwife licensed under s. 441.15.
(2) Survey form.
By October 1 of each odd-numbered year, the department of workforce development shall develop and submit to the department of regulation and licensing a survey form to gather data under s. 441.01 (7) (a) 1. to assist the department of workforce development in evaluating the supply of, demand for, and turnover among nurses in this state and in determining whether there are any regional shortages of nurses, shortages of nurses in any speciality areas, or impediments to entering the nursing profession in this state.
(3) Survey results. Beginning in 2011, by September 30 of each odd-numbered year, the department shall compile, process, and evaluate the survey results and submit a report of its findings to the speaker of the assembly and the president of the senate under s. 13.172 (3) and to the governor, the secretary of health services, and the nurse resource center described in sub. (5).
(4) Costs of survey. The department may use no more than 12 percent of the amount received under s. 20.445 (1) (km) for costs incurred by the department under subs. (2) and (3).
(5) Nursing workforce grants. (a) From the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (1) (km), the department of workforce development shall award grants equal to the amount appropriated under s. 20.445 (1) (km) minus the amount expended under sub. (4) to a nonprofit statewide nursing center that is comprised of and led by nurses and that has demonstrated coordination with constituent groups within the nursing community, including professional nursing organizations; organizations representing nurse educators, staff nurses, and nurse managers or executives; labor organizations representing nurses; the department of regulation and licensing; the department of health services; and legislators who are concerned with issues affecting the nursing profession.
(b) A statewide nursing center that receives a grant under par. (a) shall use the grant moneys to develop strategies to ensure that there is a nursing workforce that is adequate to meet the current and future health care needs of this state. The statewide nursing center may use those moneys to fund activities that are aimed at ensuring such a nursing workforce, including monitoring trends in the applicant pool for nursing education programs; evaluating the effectiveness of nursing education programs in increasing access to those programs and in enhancing career mobility for nurses, especially for populations that are underrepresented in the nursing profession; and facilitating partnerships between the nursing community and other health care providers, the department of regulation and licensing, the business community, the legislature, and educators to promote diversity within the nursing profession, enhance career mobility and leadership development for nurses, and achieve consensus regarding policies aimed at ensuring an adequate nursing workforce in this state.
28,2210m
Section 2210m. 108.24 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
108.24 (2) Except as provided in sub. (2m) and s. 108.16 (8) (m), any person who knowingly makes a false statement or representation in connection with any report or as to any information duly required by the department under this chapter, or who knowingly refuses or fails to keep any records or to furnish any reports or information duly required by the department under this chapter, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500, or imprisoned not more than 90 days or both; and each such false statement or representation and every day of such refusal or failure constitutes a separate offense.
28,2210n
Section 2210n. 108.24 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
108.24 (2m) Any employer described in s. 108.18 (2) (c) who willfully provides false information to the department for the purpose of misclassifying or attempting to misclassify an individual who is an employee of the employer as a nonemployee shall be fined $25,000 for each violation.
28,2211
Section
2211. 109.03 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
109.03 (3) (a) In case of the death of an employee to whom wages are due, the full amount of the wages due shall upon demand be paid by the employer to the spouse, domestic partner under ch. 770, children, or other dependent living with the employee at the time of death.
28,2212
Section
2212. 109.03 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
109.03 (3) (b) An employer may, not less than 5 days after the death of an employee and before the filing of a petition or application for administration of the decedent's estate, make payments of the wage due the deceased employee to the spouse, domestic partner under ch. 770, children, parents, or siblings of the decedent, giving preference in the order listed.
