Amendment AA1-AB799

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1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, To 1995 ASSEMBLY BILL 799

February 26, 1996 - Offered by Committee on Insurance, Securities and Corporate Policy.

AB799-AA1,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

AB799-AA1,1,4 1. Page 1, line 3: after "coverage" insert: ", requiring information about an employe benefit plan in the notice to the department of industry, labor and human relations before a business closing or mass layoff".

AB799-AA1,1,5 2. Page 1, line 5: before that line insert:

AB799-AA1,1,6 " Section 1. 109.07 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB799-AA1,2,8 109.07 (1m) Subject to sub. (5) or (6), an employer who has decided upon a business closing or mass layoff in this state shall promptly notify the subunit of the department that administers s. 101.27, any affected employe, any collective bargaining representative of any affected employe, and the highest official of any municipality in which the affected employment site is located, in writing of such action no later than 60 days prior to the date that the business closing or mass layoff takes place. The employer shall provide in writing all information concerning its payroll, any employe benefit plan, affected employes and the wages and other remuneration owed to such employes as the department may require. The department may in addition require the employer to submit a plan setting forth the manner in which final payment in full shall be made to affected employes. The department shall promptly provide a copy of the notice required under this subsection to the department of development and to the office of the commissioner of insurance and shall cooperate with the department of development in the performance of its responsibilities under s. 560.15 and with the office of the commissioner of insurance in the performance of its responsibilities under s. 601.41 (7). This subsection does not apply to a business closing or mass layoff that is caused by a strike or lockout.

AB799-AA1, s. 1c Section 1c. 109.07 (1m) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Acts 27, and .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

AB799-AA1,3,3 109.07 (1m) Subject to sub. (5) or (6), an employer who has decided upon a business closing or mass layoff in this state shall promptly notify the subunit of the department that administers s. 106.15, any affected employe, any collective bargaining representative of any affected employe, and the highest official of any municipality in which the affected employment site is located, in writing of such action no later than 60 days prior to the date that the business closing or mass layoff takes place. The employer shall provide in writing all information concerning its payroll, any employe benefit plan, affected employes and the wages and other remuneration owed to such employes as the department may require. The department may in addition require the employer to submit a plan setting forth the manner in which final payment in full shall be made to affected employes. The department shall promptly provide a copy of the notice required under this subsection to the department of commerce and to the office of the commissioner of insurance and shall cooperate with the department of commerce in the performance of its responsibilities under s. 560.15 and with the office of the commissioner of insurance in the performance of its responsibilities under s. 601.41 (7). This subsection does not apply to a business closing or mass layoff that is caused by a strike or lockout.".

AB799-AA1,3,4 3. Page 1, line 5: substitute "Section 1r" for "Section 1".

AB799-AA1,3,5 4. Page 2, line 16: after that line insert:

AB799-AA1,3,7 " Section 3. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:

AB799-AA1,3,9 (1) The repeal and recreation of section 109.07 (1m) of the statutes takes effect on July 1, 1996, or on the day after publication, whichever is later.".

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