AB36-AA1, s. 1f 19Section 1f. 104.01 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB36-AA1,2,2120 104.01 (8) The term "wage" and the term "wages" shall each mean "Wage"
21means
any compensation for labor measured by time, piece, or otherwise.
AB36-AA1, s. 1fm 22Section 1fm. 104.02 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB36-AA1,2,25 23104.02 Living-wage prescribed Living wage required. Every wage paid
24or agreed to be paid by any employer to any employee, except as otherwise provided
25in s. 104.07, shall be not less than a living-wage living wage.
AB36-AA1, s. 1g
1Section 1g. 104.03 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB36-AA1,3,4 2104.03 Unlawful wages. Any employer paying, offering to pay, or agreeing
3to pay any employee a wage lower or less in value than a living-wage living wage is
4guilty of a violation of ss. 104.01 to 104.12 this chapter.
AB36-AA1, s. 1gm 5Section 1gm. 104.035 of the statutes is created to read:
AB36-AA1,3,7 6104.035 Minimum wage. (1) Employees generally. (a) Minimum rates.
7Except as provided in subs. (2) to (8), the minimum wage is as follows:
AB36-AA1,3,88 1. For wages earned before October 1, 2005, $5.70 per hour.
AB36-AA1,3,99 2. For wages earned beginning on October 1, 2005, $6.50 per hour.
AB36-AA1,3,1310 (b) Allowances for meals and lodging. Except as provided in subs. (2) (b) and
11(4) (b), if an employer furnishes an employee with meals or lodging in accordance
12with rules promulgated by the department under s. 104.045 (2), the employer may
13deduct the following amounts from the wages of the employee:
AB36-AA1,3,1614 1. For lodging furnished before October 1, 2005, $45.60 per week or $6.50 per
15day and for meals furnished before October 1, 2005, $68.40 per week or $3.25 per
16meal.
AB36-AA1,3,1917 2. For lodging furnished beginning on October 1, 2005, $52 per week or $7.40
18per day and for meals furnished beginning on October 1, 2005, $78 per week or $3.70
19per meal.
AB36-AA1,3,22 20(2) Minor and opportunity employees. (a) Minimum rates. Except as provided
21in subs. (3) to (8), the minimum wage for a minor employee or an opportunity
22employee is as follows:
AB36-AA1,3,2323 1. For wages earned before October 1, 2005, $5.30 per hour.
AB36-AA1,3,2424 2. For wages earned beginning on October 1, 2005, $5.90 per hour.
AB36-AA1,4,4
1(b) Allowances for meals and lodging. Except as provided in sub. (4) (b), if an
2employer furnishes a minor employee or an opportunity employee with meals or
3lodging in accordance with rules promulgated by the department under s. 104.045
4(2), the employer may deduct the following amounts from the wages of the employee:
AB36-AA1,4,65 1. For lodging furnished before October 1, 2005, $42.40 per week or $6.05 per
6day and for meals furnished before October 1, 2005, $63.60 per week or $3 per meal.
AB36-AA1,4,97 2. For lodging furnished beginning on October 1, 2005, $47.20 per week or $6.75
8per day and for meals furnished beginning on October 1, 2005, $70.80 per week or
9$3.35 per meal.
AB36-AA1,4,15 10(3) Tipped employees. (a) Minimum rates. Except as provided in subs. (4) to
11(8), if an employer of a tipped employee establishes by the employer's payroll records
12that, when adding the tips received by the tipped employee in a week to the wages
13paid to the tipped employee in that week, the tipped employee receives not less than
14the applicable minimum wage specified in sub. (1) or (2), the minimum wage for the
15tipped employee is as follows:
AB36-AA1,4,1716 1. For wages earned by a tipped employee who is not an opportunity employee,
17$2.33 per hour.
AB36-AA1,4,1918 2. For wages earned by a tipped employee who is an opportunity employee,
19$2.13 per hour.
AB36-AA1,4,2320 (b) Allowances for meals and lodging. If an employer furnishes a tipped
21employee with meals or lodging in accordance with rules promulgated by the
22department under s. 104.045 (2), the employer may deduct the applicable amounts
23specified in subs. (1) (b) or (2) (b) from the wages of the tipped employee.
AB36-AA1,4,25 24(4) Agricultural employees. (a) Minimum rates. Except as provided in subs.
25(7) and (8), the minimum wage for an agricultural employee is as follows:
AB36-AA1,5,1
11. For wages earned by an adult agricultural employee, $5.15 per hour.
AB36-AA1,5,22 2. For wages earned by a minor agricultural employee, $4.25 per hour.
AB36-AA1,5,63 (b) Allowances for meals and lodging. If an employer furnishes an agricultural
4employee with meals or lodging in accordance with rules promulgated by the
5department under s. 104.045 (2), the employer may deduct the following amounts
6from the wages of the employee:
AB36-AA1,5,97 1. For lodging furnished to an adult agricultural employee, $41.20 per week or
8$5.90 per day and for meals furnished to an adult agricultural employee, $61.80 per
9week or $2.95 per meal.
AB36-AA1,5,1210 2. For lodging furnished to a minor agricultural employee, $34 per week or
11$4.85 per day and for meals furnished to a minor agricultural employee, $51 per week
12or $2.40 per meal.
AB36-AA1,5,15 13(5) Camp counselors. (a) Minimum rates for adult counselors. The minimum
14wage for a counselor at a seasonal recreational or educational camp, including a day
15camp, who is an adult is as follows:
AB36-AA1,5,1816 1. For wages earned before October 1, 2005, $215 per week if meals and lodging
17are not furnished, $164 per week if only meals are furnished, and $129 per week if
18both meals and lodging are furnished.
AB36-AA1,5,2119 2. For wages earned beginning on October 1, 2005, $270 per week if meals and
20lodging are not furnished, $217 per week if only meals are furnished, and $171 per
21week if both meals and lodging are furnished.
AB36-AA1,5,2422 3. For wages earned beginning on October 1, 2006, $315 per week if meals and
23lodging are not furnished, $240 per week if only meals are furnished, and $189 per
24week if both meals and lodging are furnished.
AB36-AA1,6,3
1(b) Minimum rates for minor counselors. The minimum wage for a counselor
2at a seasonal recreational or educational camp, including a day camp, who is a minor
3is as follows:
AB36-AA1,6,64 1. For wages earned before October 1, 2005, $175 per week if meals and lodging
5are not furnished, $133 per week if only meals are furnished, and $105 per week if
6both meals and lodging are furnished.
AB36-AA1,6,97 2. For wages earned beginning on October 1, 2005, $225 per week if meals and
8lodging are not furnished, $171 per week if only meals are furnished, and $135 per
9week if both meals and lodging are furnished.
AB36-AA1,6,1210 3. For wages earned beginning on October 1, 2006, $275 per week if meals and
11lodging are not furnished, $209 per week if only meals are furnished, and $165 per
12week if both meals and lodging are furnished.
AB36-AA1,6,13 13(6) Golf caddies. The minimum wage for a golf caddy is as follows:
AB36-AA1,6,1414 (a) For 18 holes, $10.50.
AB36-AA1,6,1515 (b) For 9 holes, $5.90.
AB36-AA1,6,17 16(7) Minimum wage established by department. The department shall
17promulgate rules providing the minimum wage for all of the following:
AB36-AA1,6,1918 (a) An employee or worker with a disability covered under a license under s.
19104.07.
AB36-AA1,6,2020 (b) A student learner.
AB36-AA1,6,2221 (c) A student employed by an independent college or university for less than
2220 hours per week.
AB36-AA1,6,25 23(8) Employment exempted by department. The department shall promulgate
24rules exempting from the minimum wage requirements under subs. (1) to (7) all of
25the following:
AB36-AA1,7,2
1(a) A person engaged in casual employment in and around an employer's home
2on an irregular or intermittent basis for not more than 15 hours per week.
AB36-AA1,7,63 (b) A person who resides with and who provides companionship and care, not
4including practical or professional nursing, as defined in s. 441.001 (3) and (4), and
5not more than 15 hours per week of general household work for an employer who, due
6to advanced age or physical or mental disability, cannot care for his or her own needs.
AB36-AA1,7,87 (c) An elementary or secondary school student performing student work-like
8activities in the student's school.
AB36-AA1,7,11 9(9) Department may revise. The department may promulgate rules to increase
10a minimum wage or an allowance for meals and lodging provided under subs. (1) to
11(7).
AB36-AA1, s. 1h 12Section 1h. 104.04 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB36-AA1,8,2 13104.04 Classifications; department's authority. The department shall
14investigate, ascertain, determine, and fix such reasonable classifications, and shall
15impose general or special orders, determining the living-wage living wage, and shall
16carry out the purposes of ss. 104.01 to 104.12. Such this chapter. Those
17investigations, classifications, and orders shall be made as provided under s.
18103.005, and the penalties specified in s. 103.005 (12) shall apply to and be imposed
19for any violation of ss. 104.01 to 104.12 this chapter. In determining the living-wage
20living wage, the department may consider the effect that an increase in the
21living-wage living wage might have on the economy of the state, including the effect
22of a living-wage living wage increase on job creation, retention, and expansion, on
23the availability of entry-level jobs, and on regional economic conditions within the
24state. The department may not establish a different minimum wage for men and

1women. Said Those orders shall be subject to review in the manner provided in ch.
2227.
AB36-AA1, s. 1hm 3Section 1hm. 104.045 of the statutes is renumbered 104.045 (intro.) and
4amended to read:
AB36-AA1,8,7 5104.045 Tipped employees Tips, meals, lodging, and hours worked.
6(intro.) The department shall by rule determine what amount of promulgate rules
7governing all of the following:
AB36-AA1,8,9 8(1) The counting of tips or similar gratuities may be counted toward fulfillment
9of the employer's obligation under this chapter.
AB36-AA1, s. 1i 10Section 1i. 104.045 (2) and (3) of the statutes are created to read:
AB36-AA1,8,1211 104.045 (2) The deduction of meals or lodging provided by an employer to an
12employee from the employer's obligation under this chapter.
AB36-AA1,8,14 13(3) The determination of hours worked by an employee during which the
14employee is entitled to a living wage under this chapter.
AB36-AA1, s. 1im 15Section 1im. 104.05 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB36-AA1,8,21 16104.05 Complaints; investigation. The department shall, within 20 days
17after the filing of a verified complaint of any person setting forth alleging that the
18wages paid to any employee in any occupation are not sufficient to enable the
19employee to maintain himself or herself under conditions consistent with his or her
20welfare, investigate and determine whether there is reasonable cause to believe that
21the wage paid to any the employee is not a living-wage living wage.
AB36-AA1, s. 1j 22Section 1j. 104.06 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB36-AA1,9,6 23104.06 Wage council; determination. If, upon investigation, the
24department finds that there is reasonable cause to believe that the wages paid to any
25employee are not a living-wage, it living wage, the department shall appoint a wage

1council, selected so as fairly to represent employers, employees , and the public, to
2assist in its investigations and determinations. The living-wage department may
3use the results of an investigation under this section to establish a living wage. A
4living wage
so determined upon shall be the living-wage living wage for all
5employees within the same class as established by the classification of the
6department under s. 104.04.
AB36-AA1, s. 1jm 7Section 1jm. 104.07 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB36-AA1,9,148 104.07 (1) The department shall make promulgate rules and, except as
9provided under subs. (5) and (6), grant licenses, to any employer who employs any
10employee who is unable to earn the living-wage theretofore determined upon,
11permitting such person to
a living wage so that the employee may work for a wage
12which shall be that is commensurate with the employee's ability and each . Each
13license so granted shall establish a wage for the licensee employees of the licensee
14who are unable to earn a living wage
.
AB36-AA1, s. 1k 15Section 1k. 104.07 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB36-AA1,9,2216 104.07 (2) The department shall make promulgate rules and, except as
17provided under subs. (5) and (6), grant licenses to sheltered workshops to permit the
18employment of workers with disabilities who are unable to earn the living-wage at
19a living wage so that those workers may work for a wage that is commensurate with
20their ability abilities and productivity. A license granted to a sheltered workshop
21under this section may be issued for the entire workshop or a department of the
22workshop.
AB36-AA1, s. 1km 23Section 1km. 104.08 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 104.08 (2m) and
24amended to read:
AB36-AA1,10,4
1104.08 (2m) All persons Any person working in an occupation a trade industry
2for which a living-wage living wage has been established for minors, and who shall
3have
has no trade, shall, if employed in an occupation which is a trade industry, be
4indentured under the provisions of s. 106.01.
AB36-AA1, s. 1L 5Section 1L. 104.08 (1m) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB36-AA1,10,86 104.08 (1m) (b) "Trade industry" means an industry involving physical labor
7and characterized by mechanical skill and training such as render a period of
8instruction reasonably necessary.
AB36-AA1, s. 1Lm 9Section 1Lm. 104.08 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 104.08 (1m) (intro.) and
10amended to read:
AB36-AA1,10,1211 104.08 (1m) (intro.) A "trade" or a "trade industry" within the meaning of ss.
12104.01 to 104.12 shall be a trade or
In this section:
AB36-AA1,10,17 13(a) "Trade" means an industry occupation involving physical labor and
14characterized by mechanical skill and training such as render a period of instruction
15reasonably necessary. The department shall investigate, determine and declare
16what occupations and industries are included within the phrase a "trade" or a "trade
17industry".
AB36-AA1, s. 1m 18Section 1m. 104.08 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 104.08 (3) (b) and
19amended to read:
AB36-AA1,10,2120 104.08 (3) (b) The department may make exceptions to the operation of subs.
21(1) and (2) (1m) and (2m) where conditions make their application unreasonable.
AB36-AA1, s. 1mm 22Section 1mm. 104.08 (3) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
AB36-AA1,10,2423 104.08 (3) (a) The department shall investigate, determine, and declare what
24occupations and industries are included within a trade or a trade industry.
AB36-AA1, s. 1n 25Section 1n. 104.10 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB36-AA1,11,7
1104.10 Penalty for intimidating witness. Any employer who discharges or
2threatens to discharge, or who in any way discriminates , or threatens to
3discriminate, against any employee because the employee has testified or is about
4to testify, or because the employer believes that the employee may testify, in any
5investigation or proceeding relative to the enforcement of ss. 104.01 to 104.12, is
6guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of
7$25
this chapter may be fined $500 for each offense.
AB36-AA1, s. 1nm 8Section 1nm. 104.11 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB36-AA1,11,12 9104.11 Definition of violation. Each day during which any an employer
10shall employ employs a person for whom a living-wage living wage has been fixed
11established at a wage less than the living-wage fixed established living wage shall
12constitute a separate and distinct violation of ss. 104.01 to 104.12 this chapter.
AB36-AA1, s. 1o 13Section 1o. 104.12 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB36-AA1,11,20 14104.12 Complaints. Any person may register with the department a
15complaint that the wages paid to employees for whom a living-wage living wage has
16been established are less than that rate, and the department shall investigate the
17matter and take all proceedings necessary to enforce the payment of a wage not less
18than the living-wage a living wage. Section 111.322 (2m) applies to discharge and
19other discriminatory acts arising in connection with any proceeding under this
20section.
AB36-AA1, s. 1om 21Section 1om. 234.94 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB36-AA1,11,2522 234.94 (5) "Primary employment" means work which that pays at least the
23minimum wage as established under ch. 104 s. 104.035 (1) or under federal law,
24whichever is greater, offers adequate fringe benefits, including health insurance,
25and is not seasonal or part time.
AB36-AA1, s. 1p
1Section 1p. 234.94 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB36-AA1,12,72 234.94 (8) "Target group" means a population group for which the
3unemployment level is at least 25% higher than the statewide unemployment level,
4or a population group for which the average wage received is less than 1.2 times the
5minimum wage as established under ch. 104 s. 104.035 (1) or under federal law,
6whichever is greater. No population group is required to be located within a
7contiguous geographic area to be considered a target group.".
AB36-AA1,12,8 84. Page 2, line 1: delete " Section 1" and substitute "Section 1t".
AB36-AA1,12,9 95. Page 4, line 3: after that line insert:
AB36-AA1,12,10 10" Section 8g. 800.09 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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