The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB49-ASA2, s. 1 1Section 1. 49.141 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
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149.141 (1) (g) "Minimum wage" means the state minimum hourly wage under
2ch. 104 s. 104.035 (1) or the federal minimum hourly wage under 29 USC 206 (a) (1),
3whichever is applicable.
AB49-ASA2, s. 2 4Section 2. 104.001 of the statutes is created to read:
AB49-ASA2,8,12 5104.001 Local living wage ordinances. (1) Declaration of policy. The
6right of all persons to earn compensation for their labor, whether by time, piecework,
7or otherwise, that is sufficient to enable them to maintain themselves under
8conditions that are consistent with their welfare is a matter both of statewide
9concern and of local interest. The enactment of this chapter by the legislature does
10not preempt a city, village, town, or county from considering the subject matter of a
11living wage and does not exempt cities, villages, towns, or counties from their duty,
12or deprive them of their right, to enact ordinances providing for a living wage.
AB49-ASA2,8,22 13(2) Local living wage ordinances permitted. A city, village, town, or county
14may enact an ordinance providing for a living wage within its boundaries, except that
15a county ordinance enacted under this subsection does not apply within a city,
16village, or town that has enacted or enacts an ordinance under this subsection. An
17ordinance enacted under this subsection may strictly conform to this chapter and any
18rules promulgated under this chapter or may provide for a living wage that is higher
19than the living wage established under this chapter or under any rules promulgated
20under this chapter. An ordinance enacted under this subsection may also be more
21inclusive than this chapter or any rules promulgated under this chapter with respect
22to the different types of employees covered under the ordinance.
AB49-ASA2, s. 3 23Section 3. 104.01 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB49-ASA2,8,25 24104.01 Definitions. (intro.) The following terms as used in ss. 104.01 to
25104.12 shall be construed as follows
In this chapter:
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1Section 4. 104.01 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 104.01 (1m).
AB49-ASA2, s. 5 2Section 5. 104.01 (1d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB49-ASA2,9,43 104.01 (1d) "Agricultural employee" means an employee who is employed in
4farming, as defined in s. 102.04 (3).
AB49-ASA2, s. 6 5Section 6. 104.01 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB49-ASA2,9,96 104.01 (5) The term "living-wage" shall mean "Living wage" means
7compensation for labor paid, whether by time, piecework, or otherwise, sufficient to
8enable the employee receiving it to maintain himself or herself under conditions
9consistent with his or her welfare.
AB49-ASA2, s. 7 10Section 7. 104.01 (5g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB49-ASA2,9,1211 104.01 (5g) "Minor employee" means a minor who is paid at the applicable
12minimum wage rate for minors.
AB49-ASA2, s. 8 13Section 8. 104.01 (5m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB49-ASA2,9,1514 104.01 (5m) "Opportunity employee" means a person under 20 years of age who
15is in the first 90 consecutive days of employment with his or her employer.
AB49-ASA2, s. 9 16Section 9. 104.01 (7m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB49-ASA2,9,1917 104.01 (7m) "Tipped employee" means an employee who in the course of
18employment customarily and regularly receives money or other gratuities from
19persons other than the employee's employer.
AB49-ASA2, s. 10 20Section 10. 104.01 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB49-ASA2,9,2221 104.01 (8) The term "wage" and the term "wages" shall each mean "Wage"
22means
any compensation for labor measured by time, piece, or otherwise.
AB49-ASA2, s. 11 23Section 11. 104.02 of the statutes is amended to read:
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1104.02 Living-wage prescribed Living wage required. Every wage paid
2or agreed to be paid by any employer to any employee, except as otherwise provided
3in s. 104.07, shall be not less than a living-wage living wage.
AB49-ASA2, s. 12 4Section 12. 104.03 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB49-ASA2,10,7 5104.03 Unlawful wages. Any employer paying, offering to pay, or agreeing
6to pay any employee a wage lower or less in value than a living-wage living wage is
7guilty of a violation of ss. 104.01 to 104.12 this chapter.
AB49-ASA2, s. 13 8Section 13. 104.035 of the statutes is created to read:
AB49-ASA2,10,10 9104.035 Minimum wage. (1) Employees generally. (a) Minimum rates.
10Except as provided in subs. (2) to (8), the minimum wage is as follows:
AB49-ASA2,10,1111 1. For wages earned before October 1, 2005, $5.70 per hour.
AB49-ASA2,10,1212 2. For wages earned beginning on October 1, 2005, $6.50 per hour.
AB49-ASA2,10,1613 (b) Allowances for meals and lodging. Except as provided in subs. (2) (b) and
14(4) (b), if an employer furnishes an employee with meals or lodging in accordance
15with rules promulgated by the department under s. 104.045 (2), the employer may
16deduct the following amounts from the wages of the employee:
AB49-ASA2,10,1917 1. For lodging furnished before October 1, 2005, $45.60 per week or $6.50 per
18day and for meals furnished before October 1, 2005, $68.40 per week or $3.25 per
19meal.
AB49-ASA2,10,2220 2. For lodging furnished beginning on October 1, 2005, $52 per week or $7.40
21per day and for meals furnished beginning on October 1, 2005, $78 per week or $3.70
22per meal.
AB49-ASA2,10,25 23(2) Minor and opportunity employees. (a) Minimum rates. Except as provided
24in subs. (3) to (8), the minimum wage for a minor employee or an opportunity
25employee is as follows:
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11. For wages earned before October 1, 2005, $5.30 per hour.
AB49-ASA2,11,22 2. For wages earned beginning on October 1, 2005, $5.90 per hour.
AB49-ASA2,11,63 (b) Allowances for meals and lodging. Except as provided in sub. (4) (b), if an
4employer furnishes a minor employee or an opportunity employee with meals or
5lodging in accordance with rules promulgated by the department under s. 104.045
6(2), the employer may deduct the following amounts from the wages of the employee:
AB49-ASA2,11,87 1. For lodging furnished before October 1, 2005, $42.40 per week or $6.05 per
8day and for meals furnished before October 1, 2005, $63.60 per week or $3 per meal.
AB49-ASA2,11,119 2. For lodging furnished beginning on October 1, 2005, $47.20 per week or $6.75
10per day and for meals furnished beginning on October 1, 2005, $70.80 per week or
11$3.35 per meal.
AB49-ASA2,11,17 12(3) Tipped employees. (a) Minimum rates. Except as provided in subs. (4) to
13(8), if an employer of a tipped employee establishes by the employer's payroll records
14that, when adding the tips received by the tipped employee in a week to the wages
15paid to the tipped employee in that week, the tipped employee receives not less than
16the applicable minimum wage specified in sub. (1) or (2), the minimum wage for the
17tipped employee is as follows:
AB49-ASA2,11,1918 1. For wages earned by a tipped employee who is not an opportunity employee,
19$2.33 per hour.
AB49-ASA2,11,2120 2. For wages earned by a tipped employee who is an opportunity employee,
21$2.13 per hour.
AB49-ASA2,11,2522 (b) Allowances for meals and lodging. If an employer furnishes a tipped
23employee with meals or lodging in accordance with rules promulgated by the
24department under s. 104.045 (2), the employer may deduct the applicable amounts
25specified in subs. (1) (b) or (2) (b) from the wages of the tipped employee.
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1(4) Agricultural employees. (a) Minimum rates. Except as provided in subs.
2(7) and (8), the minimum wage for an agricultural employee is as follows:
AB49-ASA2,12,33 1. For wages earned by an adult agricultural employee, $5.15 per hour.
AB49-ASA2,12,44 2. For wages earned by a minor agricultural employee, $4.25 per hour.
AB49-ASA2,12,85 (b) Allowances for meals and lodging. If an employer furnishes an agricultural
6employee with meals or lodging in accordance with rules promulgated by the
7department under s. 104.045 (2), the employer may deduct the following amounts
8from the wages of the employee:
AB49-ASA2,12,119 1. For lodging furnished to an adult agricultural employee, $41.20 per week or
10$5.90 per day and for meals furnished to an adult agricultural employee, $61.80 per
11week or $2.95 per meal.
AB49-ASA2,12,1412 2. For lodging furnished to a minor agricultural employee, $34 per week or
13$4.85 per day and for meals furnished to a minor agricultural employee, $51 per week
14or $2.40 per meal.
AB49-ASA2,12,17 15(5) Camp counselors. (a) Minimum rates for adult counselors. The minimum
16wage for a counselor at a seasonal recreational or educational camp, including a day
17camp, who is an adult is as follows:
AB49-ASA2,12,2018 1. For wages earned before October 1, 2005, $215 per week if meals and lodging
19are not furnished, $164 per week if only meals are furnished, and $129 per week if
20both meals and lodging are furnished.
AB49-ASA2,12,2321 2. For wages earned beginning on October 1, 2005, $270 per week if meals and
22lodging are not furnished, $217 per week if only meals are furnished, and $171 per
23week if both meals and lodging are furnished.
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13. For wages earned beginning on October 1, 2006, $315 per week if meals and
2lodging are not furnished, $240 per week if only meals are furnished, and $189 per
3week if both meals and lodging are furnished.
AB49-ASA2,13,64 (b) Minimum rates for minor counselors. The minimum wage for a counselor
5at a seasonal recreational or educational camp, including a day camp, who is a minor
6is as follows:
AB49-ASA2,13,97 1. For wages earned before October 1, 2005, $175 per week if meals and lodging
8are not furnished, $133 per week if only meals are furnished, and $105 per week if
9both meals and lodging are furnished.
AB49-ASA2,13,1210 2. For wages earned beginning on October 1, 2005, $225 per week if meals and
11lodging are not furnished, $171 per week if only meals are furnished, and $135 per
12week if both meals and lodging are furnished.
AB49-ASA2,13,1513 3. For wages earned beginning on October 1, 2006, $275 per week if meals and
14lodging are not furnished, $209 per week if only meals are furnished, and $165 per
15week if both meals and lodging are furnished.
AB49-ASA2,13,16 16(6) Golf caddies. The minimum wage for a golf caddy is as follows:
AB49-ASA2,13,1717 (a) For 18 holes, $10.50.
AB49-ASA2,13,1818 (b) For 9 holes, $5.90.
AB49-ASA2,13,20 19(7) Minimum wage established by department. The department shall
20promulgate rules providing the minimum wage for all of the following:
AB49-ASA2,13,2221 (a) An employee or worker with a disability covered under a license under s.
22104.07.
AB49-ASA2,13,2323 (b) A student learner.
AB49-ASA2,13,2524 (c) A student employed by an independent college or university for less than
2520 hours per week.
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1(8) Employment exempted by department. The department shall promulgate
2rules exempting from the minimum wage requirements under subs. (1) to (7) all of
3the following:
AB49-ASA2,14,54 (a) A person engaged in casual employment in and around an employer's home
5on an irregular or intermittent basis for not more than 15 hours per week.
AB49-ASA2,14,96 (b) A person who resides with and who provides companionship and care, not
7including practical or professional nursing, as defined in s. 441.001 (3) and (4), and
8not more than 15 hours per week of general household work for an employer who, due
9to advanced age or physical or mental disability, cannot care for his or her own needs.
AB49-ASA2,14,1110 (c) An elementary or secondary school student performing student work-like
11activities in the student's school.
AB49-ASA2,14,14 12(9) Department may revise. The department may promulgate rules to increase
13a minimum wage or an allowance for meals and lodging provided under subs. (1) to
14(7).
AB49-ASA2, s. 14 15Section 14. 104.04 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB49-ASA2,15,4 16104.04 Classifications; department's authority. The department shall
17investigate, ascertain, determine, and fix such reasonable classifications, and shall
18impose general or special orders, determining the living-wage living wage, and shall
19carry out the purposes of ss. 104.01 to 104.12. Such this chapter. Those
20investigations, classifications, and orders shall be made as provided under s.
21103.005, and the penalties specified in s. 103.005 (12) shall apply to and be imposed
22for any violation of ss. 104.01 to 104.12 this chapter. In determining the living-wage
23living wage, the department may consider the effect that an increase in the
24living-wage living wage might have on the economy of the state, including the effect
25of a living-wage living wage increase on job creation, retention, and expansion, on

1the availability of entry-level jobs, and on regional economic conditions within the
2state. The department may not establish a different minimum wage for men and
3women. Said Those orders shall be subject to review in the manner provided in ch.
4227.
AB49-ASA2, s. 15 5Section 15. 104.045 of the statutes is renumbered 104.045 (intro.) and
6amended to read:
AB49-ASA2,15,9 7104.045 Tipped employees Tips, meals, lodging, and hours worked.
8(intro.) The department shall by rule determine what amount of promulgate rules
9governing all of the following:
AB49-ASA2,15,11 10(1) The counting of tips or similar gratuities may be counted toward fulfillment
11of the employer's obligation under this chapter.
AB49-ASA2, s. 16 12Section 16. 104.045 (2) and (3) of the statutes are created to read:
AB49-ASA2,15,1413 104.045 (2) The deduction of meals or lodging provided by an employer to an
14employee from the employer's obligation under this chapter.
AB49-ASA2,15,16 15(3) The determination of hours worked by an employee during which the
16employee is entitled to a living wage under this chapter.
AB49-ASA2, s. 17 17Section 17. 104.05 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB49-ASA2,15,23 18104.05 Complaints; investigation. The department shall, within 20 days
19after the filing of a verified complaint of any person setting forth alleging that the
20wages paid to any employee in any occupation are not sufficient to enable the
21employee to maintain himself or herself under conditions consistent with his or her
22welfare, investigate and determine whether there is reasonable cause to believe that
23the wage paid to any the employee is not a living-wage living wage.
AB49-ASA2, s. 18 24Section 18. 104.06 of the statutes is amended to read:
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1104.06 Wage council; determination. If, upon investigation, the
2department finds that there is reasonable cause to believe that the wages paid to any
3employee are not a living-wage, it living wage, the department shall appoint a wage
4council, selected so as fairly to represent employers, employees, and the public, to
5assist in its investigations and determinations. The living-wage department may
6use the results of an investigation under this section to establish a living wage. A
7living wage
so determined upon shall be the living-wage living wage for all
8employees within the same class as established by the classification of the
9department under s. 104.04.
AB49-ASA2, s. 19 10Section 19. 104.07 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB49-ASA2,16,1711 104.07 (1) The department shall make promulgate rules and, except as
12provided under subs. (5) and (6), grant licenses, to any employer who employs any
13employee who is unable to earn the living-wage theretofore determined upon,
14permitting such person to
a living wage so that the employee may work for a wage
15which shall be that is commensurate with the employee's ability and each . Each
16license so granted shall establish a wage for the licensee employees of the licensee
17who are unable to earn a living wage
.
AB49-ASA2, s. 20 18Section 20. 104.07 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB49-ASA2,16,2519 104.07 (2) The department shall make promulgate rules and, except as
20provided under subs. (5) and (6), grant licenses to sheltered workshops to permit the
21employment of workers with disabilities who are unable to earn the living-wage at
22a living wage so that those workers may work for a wage that is commensurate with
23their ability abilities and productivity. A license granted to a sheltered workshop
24under this section may be issued for the entire workshop or a department of the
25workshop.
AB49-ASA2, s. 21
1Section 21. 104.08 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 104.08 (2m) and amended
2to read:
AB49-ASA2,17,63 104.08 (2m) All persons Any person working in an occupation a trade industry
4for which a living-wage living wage has been established for minors, and who shall
5have
has no trade, shall, if employed in an occupation which is a trade industry, be
6indentured under the provisions of s. 106.01.
AB49-ASA2, s. 22 7Section 22. 104.08 (1m) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB49-ASA2,17,108 104.08 (1m) (b) "Trade industry" means an industry involving physical labor
9and characterized by mechanical skill and training such as render a period of
10instruction reasonably necessary.
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