2013 Subject Index to Legislation

Abusive work environment prohibition created; WC exclusive remedy exception permitting a civil action in circuit court; affirmative defense and definition provisions - AB245

Abusive work environment prohibition created; WC exclusive remedy exception permitting a civil action in circuit court; affirmative defense and definition provisions - SB233

Aircraft maintenance and repair company grant program: WEDC to administer; reports and JCF approval required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9150 (1e); deleted by A.Amdt.3] - AB40

Creative economy development initiative grants to be awarded by the Arts Board re creative industries, job creation, or economic development - AB760

Creative economy development initiative grants to be awarded by the Arts Board re creative industries, job creation, or economic development - SB568

Determinations re UI eligibility or benefits or other law regulating employment: DWD required to provide employee with information on resources to assist with adverse determination or computation and maintain a telephone number to call to ask questions - SB273

Determinations re UI eligibility or benefits or other law regulating employment: DWD required to provide employee with information on resources to assist with adverse determination or computation and maintain a telephone number to call to ask questions - AB819

Disabled parking signs: DOT authority to promulgate rules governing size, design, and installation of at public buildings, places of employment, and parking facilities open to the public eliminated; statutory requirements revised - AB827

Disabled parking signs: DOT authority to promulgate rules governing size, design, and installation of at public buildings, places of employment, and parking facilities open to the public eliminated; statutory requirements revised - SB649

Employees exempt from the overtime pay requirement: employer not required to keep records of the hours of employment - AB712

Employees exempt from the overtime pay requirement: employer not required to keep records of the hours of employment - SB557

Employer charged a fee for every full time employee receiving benefits under the food stamp program or BadgerCare Plus: DHS and DOR required to develop and implement, EITC provision, and report to JCF required - AB887

Employment discrimination based on employment status prohibited - AB755

Employment discrimination based on employment status prohibited - SB563

Family leave benefits program created, trust fund and DWD duties - AB894

Federal moneys accepted by the state may not be returned to the federal government without the approval of the legislature by law if the expenditure may increase employment in this state - AB588

Federal moneys accepted by the state may not be returned to the federal government without the approval of the legislature by law if the expenditure may increase employment in this state - SB323

Full-time employment incentive credit created - AB832

Independent contractors, under certain conditions, are excluded from coverage under WC and UI laws - AB358

Independent contractors, under certain conditions, are excluded from coverage under WC and UI laws - SB276

Individual placement and support (IPS): DHS required to establish regional centers re employment of individuals experiencing mental illness [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, funding revisions and Medicaid matching funds provision, county and tribal programs are eligible for grants] - AB459

Individual placement and support (IPS): DHS required to establish regional centers re employment of individuals experiencing mental illness - SB409

Influenza vaccination: employer limitations on requiring and requesting created - AB247

Job creation grants from WEDC created - AB521

Jobs tax credit program eligibility clarification re net employment increase [Sec. 2062, 2064, 2067, 2068, 9350 (5)] - AB40

Milwaukee Area Technical College district board member qualifications modified - AB627

Milwaukee Area Technical College district board member qualifications modified - SB476

Minimum wage: administrative and civil penalties for failure to pay modified - AB578

One day of rest in seven: employee may voluntarily choose to work without, written statement required - AB667

One day of rest in seven: employee may voluntarily choose to work without, written statement required - SB508

Organ donation leave provisions and employer requirements created - AB906

Paid sick leave: employer requirements established; accrual, employee rights, prohibited acts, notice, and records provisions; DWD duties - AB898

Personal Internet accounts of employees and applicants for employment, students and prospective students, and tenants and prospective tenants: regulating employer, educational institution, and landlord access to and observation of - AB218

Personal Internet accounts of employees and applicants for employment, students and prospective students, and tenants and prospective tenants: regulating employer, educational institution, and landlord access to and observation of [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, refusing to hire an applicant or admit a prospective student for failure to disclose prohibition added, definition provisions] - SB223

Plan review for public buildings, places of employment, and water recreation facility re construction, addition, or alteration modified - SB379

Pregnancy, childbirth, or related condition: employer to make reasonable accommodations including job transfer up to the duration of employee's inability to perform current job; employment discrimination on the basis of sex revised - AB526

Pregnancy, childbirth, or related condition: employer to make reasonable accommodations including job transfer up to the duration of employee's inability to perform current job; employment discrimination on the basis of sex revised - SB401

Private employers permitted to provide compensatory time off in lieu of overtime compensation, conditions specified - AB611

Public building and buildings that are places of employment: ordinances re standards for constructing, altering, or adding to must conform to rules promulgated by DSPS; variance from a standard in a DSPS rule is acceptable under certain conditions; DSPS to accept variance reviews and determinations by second class cities; Building Code Council created in DSPS; certification of inspectors and inspection of fire safety devices provisions - AB782

Public building and buildings that are places of employment: ordinances re standards for constructing, altering, or adding to must conform to rules promulgated by DSPS; variance from a standard in a DSPS rule is acceptable under certain conditions; DSPS to accept variance reviews and determinations by second class cities; Building Code Council created in DSPS; certification of inspectors and inspection of fire safety devices provisions - SB617

Reserved disabled parking spaces at public buildings, places of employment, or parking facilities open to the public: minimum number as adopted by certain DSPS rule required, certification of compliance provision - AB826

Reserved disabled parking spaces at public buildings, places of employment, or parking facilities open to the public: minimum number as adopted by certain DSPS rule required, certification of compliance provision - SB645

Rule-making procedure revised; various DCF rules modified and repealed re child care certification, child care center operations, child welfare agency licensing, public assistance records, and transitional jobs demonstration project [Admin.Code DCF 54.02, 110, 121, 201.02, 202.01, 202.02, 202.04, 202.05, 202.06, 202.065, 202.07, 202.08, 202.09, 203.03, 250.04, 250.07, 251.03, 251.04, 251.07, 251.09, 251.095] - AB677

Rule-making procedure revised; various DWD rules repealed re Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), Wisconsin Job Opportunity Business Subsidy (WISJOBS) Program, and mining damage claims [Admin.Code DWD 82, 805, 811, 816, 820, 830] - AB515

Rule-making procedure revised; various DWD rules repealed re Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), Wisconsin Job Opportunity Business Subsidy (WISJOBS) Program, and mining damage claims [Admin.Code DWD 82, 805, 811, 816, 820, 830] - SB493

Special occupational training for UI claimants that is not approved training: pilot program created; DWD duties and sunset and report provisions - AB400

Special occupational training for UI claimants that is not approved training: pilot program created; DWD duties and sunset and report provisions - SB332

Summer employment of persons from ages 15 to 19: income and franchise tax credits for businesses, conditions specified - AB758

Transform Milwaukee Jobs and Transitional Jobs programs replaced with one statewide program called the Transitional Jobs program; annual report and LAB audits required - AB905

Transform Milwaukee Jobs program created [Sec. 989, 1022, 1030] - AB40

Transitional Jobs program established with same provisions as Transform Milwaukee Jobs program but outside Milwaukee County, funding provisions - AB401

Transitional Jobs program established with same provisions as Transform Milwaukee Jobs program but outside Milwaukee County, funding provisions - SB333

Trial Jobs under W-2 replaced with Trial Employment Match Program (TEMP); eliminates real work, real pay employment position; subsidized private sector employment program; and workforce attachment and advancement program [Sec. 954-959, 961, 963-972, 974-978, 982, 987, 1021, 1024, 1041-1043, 1332, 1334-1338, 1384, 1386-1390, 1420, 1422-1426, 1469-1473, 1713, 1992, 2074, 9306 (1), 9406 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 9406 (1L)] - AB40

Tuition reimbursement program for apprentices and employers created re technical colleges and proprietary schools approved by EAB [S.Amdt.2: ``tuition reimbursement for apprentices and employers" provisions changed to ``apprenticeship completion award program"] - SB335

Tuition reimbursement program for apprentices and employers created re technical colleges and proprietary schools approved by EAB - AB403

UI benefits: eligibility for certain employees during a labor dispute - AB229

UI benefits: eligibility for certain employees during a labor dispute - SB192

UI law revisions; delinquent payment of unemployment insurance contributions; penalties and report provisions; JRCCP report [S.Amdt.1: further revisions, LIRC duties and appropriation added; S.Amdt.2: definitions modified; S.Amdt.3: general provisions added re license revocation, denial, or suspension] - SB200

UI law revisions; penalties and report provisions; JRCCP report - AB219

UI law revisions re license revocation based on contribution delinquency, failure of claimants to comply with requests for information, and tardy filing fees - AB684

UI law revisions re license revocation based on contribution delinquency, failure of claimants to comply with requests for information, and tardy filing fees - SB533

Veterans unemployment tax credit: report by DOR and DWD to JCF modified [Sec. 1460, 2366; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, tax credit changed to veteran employment grants, report requirement deleted, 375v, 1348bn, c, 1398g, h, 1434g, h, 1714d, deletes 1460] - AB40

Wage claim lien cap increased and time limit eliminated; wage claim lien review committee appointed by Secretary of DWD; precedence over the rights of a bona fide purchaser of the employer's property; collective bargaining representative may file a wage claim or bring an action in court on behalf of an employee - AB721

Wage claim revisions re filing and investigation, statute of limitations, increased wages a circuit court may order, interest, surcharges, costs, and attorney fees; written statement disclosing terms of employment required, damages provision; unpaid wage claim judgment disclosure by occupational or professional license applicant - SB398

Wages or other compensation paid by electronic fund transfer to a payroll card account permitted, conditions specified - AB687

Wages or other compensation paid by electronic fund transfer to a payroll card account permitted, conditions specified - SB415

Wisconsin Venture Capital Authority and Wisconsin forward jobs fund created; qualified investment capital funds, angel investment networks, qualified business development organizations, reports, and winding up of the jobs fund provisions - SB218

Work based learning program: school boards and governing bodies of charter and private schools may create for pupils in grades 9 to 12 [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1828g, 1858p] - AB40

Work-share programs: DWD and employee representative approval required; UI benefit provisions specified - AB50

Work-share programs: DWD and employee representative approval required; UI benefit provisions specified - SB28

Work-share programs: DWD approval required and UI benefit provisions specified; JCF may delay implementation [A.Amdt.1: training, modification of plans, and DWD Secretary may waive compliance provisions added] - AB15

Work-share programs: DWD approval required and UI benefit provisions specified; JCF may delay implementation - SB26

Workplace wellness programs re small businesses: income and franchise tax credits created; definition provisions; DHS and DOR duties - AB78

Workplace wellness programs re small businesses: income and franchise tax credits created; definition provisions; DHS and DOR duties [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, changed to grant program, DOR duties removed; A.Amdt.1: sunset added] - SB73

employment _ discrimination Employment -- Discrimination, see Age and employment; Discrimination in employment

employment bureau Employment bureau

Employment discrimination based on employment status prohibited - AB755

Employment discrimination based on employment status prohibited - SB563

PEG, PEO, charitable organization, professional fund-raisers, and fund-raising counsel: regulation of transferred from DSPS to DFI [Sec. 787, 869, 1227, 1237, 1238, 1461, 1715, 1894-1896, 1936, 1974, 1989, 1990, 2161, 2179-2217, 2232-2253, 2267, 9138 (1), 9438 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, annual financial report filing modified] - AB40

UI law revisions re misconduct, absenteeism, and tardiness; registration and work search requirements; temporary work companies and work search; contribution and solvency rate schedules; termination of work and exemptions from requalification requirements; loans by this state to the unemployment reserve fund; 2013 WisAct 20 provisions - AB366

UI revisions re misconduct and substantial fault, voluntary termination of work, registration and work search requirements, temporary help companies, holidays and partial benefits, contribution and solvency rates, and interest payments and interfund transfer authority [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 67i, 193v, w, 194c-e, 375t, tm, 1714t-w, 1717b-x, 1718e-s, 1720b-q, 9351 (1q), (2q), (4q)-(6q), 9451 (1q)-(7q)] - AB40

employment relations Employment relations, see Collective bargaining; Discrimination in employment

employment relations, joint committee on Employment Relations, Joint Committee on, see Legislature -- Employment Relations, Joint Committee on

employment relations, office of state Employment Relations, Office of State, see State Employment Relations, Office of

employment relations commission Employment Relations Commission

Dispute between a first class city and representatives of police officers employed by the first class city: MERA provisions eliminated; process used by other municipalities to be followed - SB347

Health care coverage premium contribution is not a prohibited subject of bargaining for public safety employees [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1722p, 9329 (1e)] - AB40

WERC attached to DWD; compensation and work status of commissioners provisions [Sec. 33-35, 47, 2005, 2010, 9313 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, outside work, other public office held by commissioners, and WERC budget provisions added] - AB40

ems or emt _emergency medical service or technician_ EMS or EMT (Emergency medical service or technician), see Medical service