SB1064,33 18Section 33 . 103.10 (7) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1064,10,2019 103.10 (7) (b) 1. That the child, spouse, domestic partner, parent, family
20member
or employee has a serious health condition.
SB1064,34 21Section 34 . 103.10 (7) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1064,11,222 103.10 (7) (d) If an employee requests leave under sub. (3) (b) 4., the employer
23may require the employee to provide certification that the family member of the
24employee is on covered active duty or has been notified of an impending call or order
25to covered active duty issued at such time and in such manner as the department may

1prescribe by rule, and the employee shall provide a copy of that certification to the
2employer in a timely manner.
SB1064,35 3Section 35. 103.10 (8m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1064,11,74 103.10 (8m) Self-attestation for victim of domestic abuse, sexual abuse, or
5stalking.
If an employee requests leave under sub. (3) (b) 5. to 8., the employer may
6require the employee to provide a self-attestation that the employee or the
7employee's family member is the victim of domestic abuse, sexual abuse, or stalking.
SB1064,36 8Section 36. 103.10 (11) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1064,11,119 103.10 (11) (d) No employer may consider leave taken under this section as an
10absence that may lead to or result in discipline, discharge, demotion, suspension, or
11any other adverse action against an employee.
SB1064,37 12Section 37 . 103.10 (12) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1064,11,1913 103.10 (12) (c) If 2 or more health care providers disagree about any of the
14information required to be certified under sub. (7) (b), the department may appoint
15another health care provider to examine the child, spouse, domestic partner, parent,
16family member or employee and render an opinion as soon as possible. The
17department shall promptly notify the employee and the employer of the
18appointment. The employer and the employee shall each pay 50 percent of the cost
19of the examination and opinion.
SB1064,38 20Section 38. 103.10 (14) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1064,12,321 103.10 (14) (a) Each employer shall post, in one or more conspicuous places
22where notices to employees are customarily posted, a notice in a form approved by
23the department setting forth employees' rights under this section. Each employer
24shall provide such a written notice to each employee upon hiring and annually
25thereafter, when an employee requests leave, and when the employer learns that an

1employee's leave request may be for family or medical leave under this section.
Any
2employer who violates this subsection shall forfeit not more than $100 for each
3offense.
SB1064,39 4Section 39 . 103.10 (14) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1064,40 5Section 40. 103.10 (14) (c) and (d) of the statutes are created to read:
SB1064,12,76 103.10 (14) (c) The notice required under this subsection shall include all of the
7following:
SB1064,12,88 1. An employee's right to family or medical leave under this section.
SB1064,12,99 2. The amount of family or medical leave generally available for employees.
SB1064,12,1010 3. The procedure for requesting family or medical leave.
SB1064,12,1211 4. The prohibition on discriminatory or retaliatory personnel actions against
12a person for requesting or taking family or medical leave.
SB1064,12,1313 5. An employee's right to file a complaint for violations of this section.
SB1064,12,1714 (d) The notice required under this subsection shall be provided in English, the
15language typically used in communications between the employer and an individual
16employee, and any other language that is the primary language of at least 20 percent
17of employees at a workplace.
SB1064,41 18Section 41 . 103.105 of the statutes is created to read:
SB1064,12,20 19103.105 Family and medical leave insurance program. (1) Definitions.
20In this section:
SB1064,12,2321 (a) “Application year" means the 12-month period beginning on the first day
22of the first calendar week for which family or medical leave insurance benefits are
23claimed by a covered individual.
SB1064,13,3
1(b) “Average weekly earnings" means one-thirteenth of the earnings from the
2quarter of a covered individual's base period in which the individual's earnings were
3the highest.
SB1064,13,54 (c) “Base period” means the period that is used to compute a covered
5individual's benefit rights under this section consisting of one of the following:
SB1064,13,76 1. The first 4 of the 5 most recently completed quarters preceding the first day
7of a covered individual's application year.
SB1064,13,108 2. If the first quarter of the 5 most recently completed quarters was included
9in the base period applicable to a covered individual's application year, the last 4
10completed calendar quarters.
SB1064,13,1311 3. If a covered individual does not qualify to receive benefits using the period
12described in subd. 1. or 2., the period consisting of the 4 most recently completed
13quarters preceding the individual's application year.
SB1064,13,1614 (d) “Child" means a natural, adopted, or foster child, a stepchild, the child of
15a domestic partner, a child for whom the covered individual stands or stood in the
16place of a parent, or a legal ward.
SB1064,13,2117 (e) “Covered individual" means an individual who worked for any employer or
18employers and earned at least $1,000 during the base period or a self-employed
19individual who elects coverage under sub. (2), regardless of whether the individual
20is employed or unemployed at the time the individual files an application for family
21or medical leave insurance benefits.
SB1064,13,2222 (f) “Domestic partner" has the meaning given in s. 40.02 (21c) or 770.01 (1).
SB1064,13,2323 (g) “Employee" means an individual employed in this state by an employer.
SB1064,14,324 (h) “Employer" means a person engaging in any activity, enterprise, or business
25in this state. “Employer" includes the state and any office, department, independent

1agency, authority, institution, association, society, or other body in state government
2created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, including the
3legislature and the courts.
SB1064,14,64 (i) “Family leave" means leave from employment, self-employment, or
5availability for employment for a reason specified in s. 103.10 (3) (b) 1. to 8. or 103.11
6(4).
SB1064,14,97 (j) “Family or medical leave insurance benefits" means family or medical leave
8insurance benefits payable under this section from the family and medical leave
9insurance trust fund.
SB1064,14,1710 (k) “Family member” means a spouse or domestic partner of a covered
11individual; a parent, child, sibling, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparent,
12stepgrandparent, or grandchild of a covered individual or a covered individual's
13spouse or domestic partner; or any other person who is related by blood, marriage,
14or adoption to a covered individual or to a covered individual's spouse or domestic
15partner or whose close association with the covered individual, spouse, or domestic
16partner makes the person the equivalent of a family member of the covered
17individual, spouse, or domestic partner.
SB1064,14,1818 (L) “Grandchild" means the child of a child.
SB1064,14,1919 (m) “Grandparent" means the parent of a parent.
SB1064,14,2420 (n) “Medical leave” means leave from employment, self-employment, or
21availability for employment when a covered individual has a serious health condition
22that makes the individual unable to perform the individual's employment or
23self-employment duties or makes the individual unable to perform the duties of any
24suitable employment.
SB1064,15,4
1(o) “Parent" means a natural parent, foster parent, adoptive parent,
2stepparent, legal guardian of a covered individual or a covered individual's spouse
3or domestic partner, or individual who stood in the place of a parent when the covered
4individual or the covered individual's spouse or domestic partner was a minor.
SB1064,15,75 (p) “Self-employed individual” means a sole proprietor, independent
6contractor, partner of a partnership, member of a limited liability company, or other
7self-employed individual engaged in a vocation, profession, or business in this state.
SB1064,15,88 (q) “Serious health condition" has the meaning given in s. 103.10 (1) (g).
SB1064,15,109 (r) “Sibling" means a brother, sister, half brother, half sister, stepbrother, or
10stepsister, whether by blood, marriage, adoption, or foster relationship.
SB1064,15,1111 (s) “Spouse" means a covered individual's legal husband or wife.
SB1064,15,23 12(2) Election by self-employed individual. A self-employed individual may
13elect to be covered under this section by filing a written notice of election with the
14department in a form and manner prescribed by the department by rule. An initial
15election under this subsection becomes effective on the date on which the notice of
16election is filed, shall be for a period of not less than 3 years, and may be renewed for
17subsequent one-year periods by the filing of a written notice with the department
18that the self-employed individual intends to continue coverage under this section.
19A self-employed individual who elects coverage under this section may withdraw
20that election no earlier than 3 years after the date of the initial election or at such
21other times as the department may prescribe by rule by providing notice of that
22withdrawal to the department not less than 30 days before the expiration date of the
23election.
SB1064,16,4 24(3) Eligibility for benefits. (a) A covered individual who is on family or
25medical leave is eligible to receive family or medical leave insurance benefits in the

1amount specified in sub. (4) and for the duration specified in sub. (5). No family or
2medical leave insurance benefits are payable for any period of family or medical leave
3for which a covered individual is receiving unemployment insurance benefits under
4ch. 108 or worker's compensation benefits under ch. 102 for a total disability.
SB1064,16,205 (b) To receive family or medical leave insurance benefits, a covered individual
6shall file a claim for those benefits not more than 60 days before the anticipated start
7date of family or medical leave and not more than 90 days after the start date in the
8manner that the department prescribes by rule. The department may waive the
990-day deadline for good cause. On receipt of a claim for family or medical leave
10insurance benefits, the department may request from the employee's employer or
11from the self-employed individual any information necessary for the department to
12determine the individual's eligibility for those benefits and the amount and duration
13of those benefits. The employer or self-employed individual shall provide that
14information to the department within the time and in the manner that the
15department prescribes by rule. A covered individual is not required to provide exact
16dates of leave on an application for benefits, and the department may modify benefits
17amounts through a claims modification process. If the department determines that
18a covered individual is eligible to receive family or medical leave insurance benefits,
19the department shall provide those benefits to the individual as provided in subs. (4)
20to (6).
SB1064,16,24 21(4) Amount of benefits. (a) For the purposes of this subsection, average
22weekly earnings shall be calculated as set forth in s. 102.11 (1). Subject to pars. (b)
23and (c), the amount of family or medical leave insurance benefits for a week of leave
24for which those benefits are payable is as follows:
SB1064,17,3
11. For the amount of the covered individual's average weekly earnings that are
2up to 50 percent of the state average weekly earnings as determined under s. 108.05,
390 percent of that individual's average weekly earnings.
SB1064,17,64 2. For the amount of the covered individual's average weekly earnings that are
5more than 50 percent of the state average weekly earnings as determined under s.
6108.05, 50 percent of that individual's average weekly earnings.
SB1064,17,117 (b) The amount of family or medical leave insurance benefits for a fractional
8week of leave for which those benefits are payable is one-seventh of the covered
9individual's weekly benefit amount under par. (a), multiplied by the number of days
10of leave taken that week. Family or medical leave insurance benefits are not payable
11for a period of leave of less than one day in duration.
SB1064,17,1512 (c) The maximum weekly benefit amount of a covered individual's family or
13medical leave insurance benefits is the state average weekly earnings, as determined
14under s. 108.05. The department shall annually have the maximum amount of the
15weekly benefit published in the Wisconsin Administrative Register.
SB1064,17,2116 (d) Subject to the maximum amount provided under this subsection, the benefit
17amount for a covered individual shall be based on the proportion of the covered
18individual's typical workweek spent at the employment from which the covered
19individual is taking family or medical leave. A covered individual who has more than
20one employer and who is receiving benefits based on the individual's employment
21with one employer may continue to work and receive pay from another employer.
SB1064,18,2 22(5) Duration of benefits. (a) The maximum number of weeks for which family
23or medical leave insurance benefits are payable in an application year is 12 weeks
24for any leave specified under ss. 103.10 (3) (b) 1. to 8 and 103.11 and 14 weeks for any
25combination of leave specified under ss. 103.10 (3) and (4) and 103.11. A covered

1individual may be paid family or medical leave insurance benefits continuously or,
2at the option of the covered individual, intermittently.
SB1064,18,83 (b) Family or medical leave insurance benefits are payable beginning on the
4first day that a covered individual takes family or medical leave. The first payment
5of family or medical leave insurance benefits shall be made no later than one week
6after a covered individual files a claim for those benefits or within one week of the
7first day the claim is approved, whichever is later. Subsequent payments shall be
8made no less often than semimonthly.
SB1064,18,16 9(6) Employer-provided benefits. (a) Nothing in this section prohibits an
10employer from providing employees with rights to family or medical leave insurance
11benefits that are more generous to the employee than the benefits provided under
12this section. Except as provided in par. (b), no employer may require an employee
13to use or exhaust paid leave or other benefits provided by an employer before or while
14receiving benefits under this section. An employee may use any accrued paid leave
15benefits while receiving benefits under this section, unless the aggregate amount of
16money would exceed the employee's average weekly earnings.
SB1064,18,2117 (b) An employer may require that benefits paid under this section be
18coordinated with payments under the terms of a short-term disability policy, a
19stand-alone bank of paid leave designated solely for family or medical leave, or
20under a collective bargaining agreement or employer policy. An employer shall
21provide employees with written notice of this requirement.
SB1064,18,25 22(7) Position upon return from leave. (a) When an employee who receives
23benefits under this section returns from family leave or medical leave, the employee's
24employer shall follow the procedures set forth in s. 103.10 (8) to place the employee
25in a position with the employer.
SB1064,19,4
1(b) No employer may, because an employee received family or medical leave
2insurance benefits, reduce or deny an employment benefit that accrued to the
3employee before the employee's leave began or, consistent with s. 103.10 (8), accrued
4after the employee's leave began.
SB1064,19,7 5(8) Tax treatment of benefits. With respect to the federal income taxation of
6family or medical leave insurance benefits, the department shall do all of the
7following:
SB1064,19,98 (a) Request an opinion from the internal revenue service on the taxability of
9the benefits under federal law.
SB1064,19,1510 (b) At the time a covered individual files a claim for those benefits, advise the
11individual that those benefits may be subject to federal income taxation, that
12requirements exist under federal law pertaining to estimated tax payments, and
13that the individual may elect to have federal income taxes withheld from the
14individual's benefit payments and may change that election not more than one time
15in an application year.
SB1064,19,1916 (c) Allow the covered individual to elect to have federal income tax deducted
17and withheld from the individual's benefit payments, allow the individual to change
18that election not more than one time in an application year, and deduct and withhold
19that tax in accordance with the individual's election as provided under 26 USC 3402.
SB1064,19,2220 (d) Upon making a deduction under par. (c), transfer the amount deducted from
21the family and medical leave insurance trust fund to the federal internal revenue
22service.
SB1064,19,2523 (e) In deducting and withholding federal income taxes from a covered
24individual's benefit payments, follow all procedures specified by the federal internal
25revenue service pertaining to the deducting and withholding of federal income tax.
SB1064,20,11
1(9) Family and medical leave insurance trust fund. (a) The department shall
2determine the amount of the required contribution by each employee, self-employed
3individual who elects coverage under sub. (2), and each employer. The required
4contribution shall be based on the employee's wages or the self-employed
5individual's earnings. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the required
6contribution for an employee shall be equally shared between each employee and the
7employee's employer. For an employer with 50 or fewer employees, the department
8shall establish tiers of reduced contribution rates based on the number of the
9employer's employees. No employer contribution is required from self-employed
10individuals, and such individuals shall be required to pay only one-half of the
11required contribution.
SB1064,20,1312 (b) Each employer shall withhold from the wages of its employees the amount
13determined by the department under this subsection.
SB1064,20,1814 (c) The department shall collect the contributions withheld by employers and
15employer-required contributions under par. (a) in the same manner as the
16department collects contributions to the unemployment reserve fund under s.
17108.17. Section 108.10 applies to issues regarding liability of employers for
18contributions under this subsection.
SB1064,20,2019 (d) The department shall collect contributions from self-employed individuals
20pursuant to procedures established by the department under sub. (13) (b).
SB1064,20,2321 (e) The department shall deposit contributions received under this subsection
22into the family and medical leave insurance trust fund and credit them to the
23appropriation account under s. 20.445 (1) (w).
SB1064,21,224 (f) The department shall use moneys deposited into the family and medical
25leave insurance trust fund to pay benefits under sub. (3) and to pay for the

1administration of the family and medical leave insurance program under this section
2and for no other purpose.
SB1064,21,9 3(10) Denial of claims; overpayments. (a) A covered individual whose claim for
4family or medical leave insurance benefits is denied by the department, or who
5believes that benefits approved under this section are less than what the individual
6is entitled to receive, may request a hearing on the denial or approved benefits, and
7the department shall process the request for a hearing in the same manner that
8requests for hearings on unemployment insurance claims are processed under s.
9108.09.
SB1064,21,2110 (b) If the department pays family or medical leave insurance benefits
11erroneously or as a result of willful misrepresentation, the department may seek
12repayment of those benefits in the same manner that the department recovers
13erroneous payments of unemployment insurance benefits under ss. 108.095, 108.22
14(8), and 108.225. The department may waive recovery of an erroneous payment of
15family or medical leave insurance benefits if the erroneous payment was not the fault
16of the individual who received it and if requiring repayment would be contrary to
17equity and good conscience. If an individual willfully makes a false statement or
18representation, or willfully fails to disclose a material fact, to obtain family or
19medical leave insurance benefits under this section, the department may determine
20that the individual is disqualified from receiving those benefits for up to one year
21after the date of the disqualification.
SB1064,21,23 22(11) Prohibited acts. (a) No person may interfere with, restrain, or deny the
23exercise of any right provided under this section.
SB1064,22,324 (b) No person may discharge or otherwise discriminate or retaliate against any
25person for exercising any right provided under this section, opposing a practice

1prohibited under this section, filing a complaint or attempting to enforce any right
2provided under this section, or testifying or assisting in any action or proceeding to
3enforce any right provided under this section.
SB1064,22,74 (c) No collective bargaining agreement or employer policy may diminish or
5abridge an employee's rights under this section, including any policy regarding
6employee absences. Any agreement purporting to waive or modify an employee's
7rights under this section is void as against public policy and unenforceable.
SB1064,22,20 8(12) Enforcement. (a) Any individual who believes that his or her rights under
9this section have been interfered with, restrained, or denied in violation of sub. (11)
10(a) or that he or she has been discharged or otherwise discriminated against in
11violation of sub. (11) (b) may, within 60 days after the violation occurs or the
12individual should reasonably have known that the violation occurred, whichever is
13later, file a complaint with the department alleging the violation, and the
14department shall process the complaint in the same manner as complaints filed
15under s. 103.10 (12) (b) are processed. If the department finds that an employer has
16violated sub. (11) (a) to (c), the department may order the employer to take action to
17remedy the violation, including providing the requested family or medical leave,
18reinstating an employee, providing back pay accrued not more than 2 years before
19the complaint was filed, and, notwithstanding s. 814.04 (1), paying reasonable actual
20attorney fees to the complainant.
SB1064,22,2521 (b) After the completion of an administrative proceeding under par. (a),
22including judicial review, an employee or the department may bring an action in
23circuit court against an employer to recover damages caused by a violation of sub.
24(11) (a) to (c). Section 103.10 (13) (b) applies to the commencement of an action under
25this paragraph.
SB1064,23,3
1(13) Administration. The department shall administer the family and medical
2leave insurance program under this section. In administering the program, the
3department shall do all of the following:
SB1064,23,54 (a) Establish procedures and forms for filing claims for benefits under this
5section.
SB1064,23,76 (b) Establish procedures and forms for collecting contributions from
7self-employed individuals.
SB1064,23,88 (c) Collect demographic information of claimants.
SB1064,23,99 (d) Promulgate rules to implement this section.
SB1064,23,1210 (e) Use information sharing and integration technology to facilitate the
11exchange of information as necessary for the department to perform its duties under
12this section.
SB1064,23,1713 (f) Conduct a public outreach campaign to inform employers, employees,
14self-employed individuals, and other covered individuals regarding the family and
15medical leave insurance program under this section. Information provided under
16this paragraph shall be provided in English and in any other language customarily
17spoken by more than 20 percent of the population of this state.
SB1064,23,2118 (g) By September 1 of each year, submit a report to the governor, the joint
19committee on finance, and the appropriate standing committees of the legislature
20under s. 13.172 (3) on the family and medical leave insurance program under this
21section. The report shall include all of the following:
SB1064,23,2322 1. The projected and actual rates of participation in the program, aggregated
23by reason for use of the paid leave benefits.
SB1064,23,2424 2. The premium rates for coverage under the program.
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