AB477, s. 8 18Section 8. 104.02 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB477,4,21 19104.02 Living-wage prescribed Living wage required. Every wage paid
20or agreed to be paid by any employer to any employe, except as otherwise provided
21in s. 104.07, shall be not less than a living-wage living wage.
AB477, s. 9 22Section 9. 104.03 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB477,4,25 23104.03 Unlawful wages. Any employer paying, offering to pay, or agreeing
24to pay any employe a wage lower or less in value than a living-wage living wage is
25guilty of a violation of ss. 104.01 to 104.12 this chapter.
AB477, s. 10
1Section 10. 104.035 of the statutes is created to read:
AB477,5,15 2104.035 Minimum wage. (1) Department to promulgate rules. The
3department shall promulgate rules providing minimum hourly wages for the
4employes specified in subs. (2) to (5). The department shall calculate those minimum
5hourly wages according to the methods specified in subs. (2) to (5). Annually, within
630 days after the federal department of health and human services publishes its
7annual revision of the poverty line, the department, using the procedure under s.
8227.24 and the methods specified in subs. (2) to (5), shall promulgate rules revising
9the minimum hourly wages provided under subs. (2) to (5). Notwithstanding s.
10227.24 (1) (a) and (2) (b), the department is not required to provide evidence of the
11necessity of preserving the public peace, health, safety or welfare in promulgating
12rules revising the minimum wages provided under subs. (2) to (5). A revised
13minimum wage provided under subs. (2) to (5) shall first apply to wages earned
14beginning on the first day of the first month beginning after the date on which that
15minimum wage is revised.
AB477,5,19 16(2) Employes generally. Subject to the minimum wages provided under subs.
17(3) to (7), the department shall calculate the minimum hourly wage for employes
18generally by dividing the poverty line for a family of 3 persons by 2,080 and rounding
19the quotient to the nearest multiple of 5 cents.
AB477,5,24 20(3) Opportunity employes. Notwithstanding the minimum wage provided
21under sub. (2), but subject to the minimum wages provided under subs. (4) to (7), the
22department shall calculate the minimum wage for opportunity employes by
23multiplying the result obtained under sub. (2) by 92.9% and rounding the product to
24the nearest multiple of 5 cents.
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1(4) Tipped employes. (a) Notwithstanding the minimum wages provided under
2subs. (2) and (3), but subject to the minimum wages provided under subs. (5) to (7),
3the department shall calculate the minimum wage for tipped employes as follows:
AB477,6,64 1. For persons who are not opportunity employes, by multiplying the result
5obtained under sub. (2) by 54.8% and rounding the product to the nearest multiple
6of 5 cents.
AB477,6,97 2. For persons who are opportunity employes, by multiplying the result
8obtained under sub. (2) by 51.7% and rounding the product to the nearest multiple
9of 5 cents.
AB477,6,1410 (b) An employer may pay the minimum wages specified in par. (a) only if the
11employer establishes by the employer's payroll records that, when adding the tips
12received by an employe to the wages under par. (a) paid to that employe, the employe
13receives not less than the minimum wage specified in sub. (2) or (3), whichever is
14applicable.
AB477,6,22 15(5) Agricultural employes. Notwithstanding the minimum wages provided
16under subs. (2) to (4), but subject to the minimum wages provided under subs. (6) and
17(7), the department shall calculate the minimum wage for persons 18 years of age or
18over who are agricultural employes by multiplying the result obtained under sub. (2)
19by 95.3% and rounding the product to the nearest multiple of 5 cents and shall
20calculate the minimum wage for persons under 18 years of age who are agricultural
21employes by multiplying the result obtained under sub. (2) by 87.0% and rounding
22the product to the nearest multiple of 5 cents.
AB477,6,24 23(6) Minimum wage established by department. The department shall
24promulgate rules providing the minimum wage for all of the following:
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1(a) A counselor employed at a seasonal recreational or educational camp,
2including a day camp, for campers under 18 years of age.
AB477,7,43 (b) A person engaged in casual employment in and around an employer's home
4on an irregular or intermittent basis for not more than 15 hours per week.
AB477,7,85 (c) A person who resides with and who provides companionship, care, not
6including practical or professional nursing, as defined in s. 441.11 (3) and (4), and not
7more than 15 hours per week of general household work for an employer who, due
8to advanced age or physical or mental disability, cannot care for his or her own needs.
AB477,7,99 (d) A caddy on a golf course.
AB477,7,1110 (e) An employe or worker with a disability covered under a license under s.
11104.07.
AB477,7,1212 (f) A student learner.
AB477,7,1313 (g) A student employed by an independent college or university.
AB477,7,15 14(7) Department may revise. The department may promulgate rules to increase
15a minimum wage provided under subs. (2) to (5).
AB477, s. 11 16Section 11. 104.04 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB477,8,4 17104.04 Classifications; department's authority. The department shall
18investigate, ascertain, determine and fix such reasonable classifications, and shall
19impose general or special orders, determining the living-wage living wage, and shall
20carry out the purposes of ss. 104.01 to 104.12 this chapter. Such investigations,
21classifications and orders shall be made as provided under s. 103.005, and the
22penalties specified in s. 103.005 (12) shall apply to and be imposed for any violation
23of ss. 104.01 to 104.12. In determining the living-wage, the department may
24consider the effect that an increase in the living-wage might have on the economy
25of the state, including the effect of a living-wage increase on job creation, retention

1and expansion, on the availability of entry-level jobs and on regional economic
2conditions within the state
this chapter. The department may not establish a
3different minimum wage for men and women. Said orders shall be subject to review
4in the manner provided in ch. 227.
AB477, s. 12 5Section 12. 104.045 of the statutes is renumbered 104.045 (intro.) and
6amended to read:
AB477,8,9 7104.045 Tipped employes Tips, meals and lodging, and hours worked.
8(intro.) The department shall by rule determine what amount of promulgate rules
9governing all of the following:
AB477,8,11 10(1) The counting of tips or similar gratuities may be counted toward fulfillment
11of the employer's obligation under this chapter.
AB477, s. 13 12Section 13. 104.045 (2) and (3) of the statutes are created to read:
AB477,8,1413 104.045 (2) The deduction of meals or lodging provided by an employer to an
14employe from the employer's obligations under this chapter.
AB477,8,16 15(3) The determination of hours worked by an employe during which the
16employe is entitled to a living wage under this chapter.
AB477, s. 14 17Section 14. 104.05 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB477,8,23 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 employe in any occupation are not sufficient to enable the employe
21to maintain himself or herself under conditions consistent with his or her welfare,
22investigate and determine whether there is reasonable cause to believe that the wage
23paid to any the employe is not a living-wage living wage.
AB477, s. 15 24Section 15. 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
3employe are not a living-wage, it living wage, the department shall appoint a wage
4council, selected so as fairly to represent employers, employes 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 employes
8within the same class as established by the classification of the department under
9s. 104.04
.
AB477, s. 16 10Section 16. 104.07 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB477,9,1711 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
13employe who is unable to earn the living-wage theretofore determined upon,
14permitting such person to
a living wage so that the employe may work for a wage
15which shall be that is commensurate with the employe's ability and each. Each
16license so granted shall establish a wage for the licensee employes of the licensee who
17are unable to earn a living wage
.
AB477, s. 17 18Section 17. 104.07 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB477,9,2419 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 and productivity. A license granted to a sheltered workshop under this
24section may be issued for the entire workshop or a department of the workshop.
AB477, s. 18
1Section 18. 104.08 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 104.08 (2m) and amended
2to read:
AB477,10,63 104.08 (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.
AB477, s. 19 7Section 19. 104.08 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB477,10,108 104.08 (1) (b) "Trade industry" means an industry involving physical labor and
9characterized by mechanical skill and training such as render a period of instruction
10reasonably necessary.
AB477, s. 20 11Section 20. 104.08 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 104.08 (1) (intro.) and
12amended to read:
AB477,10,1413 104.08 (1) (intro.) A "trade" or a "trade industry" within the meaning of ss.
14104.01 to 104.12 shall be a trade or
In this section:
AB477,10,17 15(a) "Trade" means an industry occupation involving physical labor and
16characterized by mechanical skill and training such as render a period of instruction
17reasonably necessary.
AB477,10,20 18(3) (a) The department shall investigate, determine and declare what
19occupations and industries are included within the phrase a "trade" or a "trade
20industry".
AB477, s. 21 21Section 21. 104.08 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 104.08 (3) (b) and
22amended to read:
AB477,10,2423 104.08 (3) (b) The department may make exceptions to the operation of subs.
24(1) and (2) (2m) where conditions make their application unreasonable.
AB477, s. 22 25Section 22. 104.10 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB477,11,7
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 employe because the employe has testified or is about to
4testify, or because the employer believes that the employe 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.
AB477, s. 23 8Section 23. 104.11 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB477,11,12 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.
AB477, s. 24 13Section 24. 104.12 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB477,11,20 14104.12 Complaints. Any person may register with the department a
15complaint that the wages paid to employes 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.
AB477, s. 25 21Section 25. 234.94 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB477,11,2522 234.94 (5) "Primary employment" means work which pays at least the
23minimum wage as established under ch. 104 s. 104.035 (2) or under federal law,
24whichever is greater, offers adequate fringe benefits, including health insurance,
25and is not seasonal or part time.
AB477, s. 26
1Section 26. 234.94 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB477,12,72 234.94 (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 (2) 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.
AB477, s. 27 8Section 27. 800.09 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB477,12,229 800.09 (1) (b) If the defendant agrees to perform community service work in
10lieu of making restitution or paying the forfeiture, assessments and costs, or both,
11the court may order that the defendant perform community service work for a public
12agency or a nonprofit charitable organization that is designated by the court.
13Community service work may be in lieu of restitution only if also agreed to by the
14public agency or nonprofit charitable organization and by the person to whom
15restitution is owed. The court may utilize any available resources, including any
16community service work program, in ordering the defendant to perform community
17service work. The number of hours of community service work required may not
18exceed the number determined by dividing the amount owed on the forfeiture by the
19minimum wage established under ch. 104 for adults in nonagriculture, nontipped
20employment
s. 104.035 (2). The court shall ensure that the defendant is provided a
21written statement of the terms of the community service order and that the
22community service order is monitored.
AB477, s. 28 23Section 28. 800.095 (4) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB477,13,1124 800.095 (4) (b) 3. That the defendant perform community service work for a
25public agency or a nonprofit charitable organization designated by the court, except

1that the court may not order the defendant to perform community service work
2unless the defendant agrees to perform community service work and, if the
3community service work is in lieu of restitution, unless the person to whom the
4restitution is owed agrees. The court may utilize any available resources, including
5any community service work program, in ordering the defendant to perform
6community service work. The number of hours of community service work required
7may not exceed the number determined by dividing the amount owed on the
8forfeiture or restitution, or both, by the minimum wage established under ch. 104 for
9adults in nonagriculture, nontipped employment
s. 104.035 (2). The court shall
10ensure that the defendant is provided a written statement of the terms of the
11community service order and that the community service order is monitored.
AB477, s. 29 12Section 29. 895.035 (2m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB477,14,413 895.035 (2m) (c) The court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under chs. 48 and
14938 may order that the juvenile perform community service work for a public agency
15or nonprofit charitable organization that is designated by the court in lieu of making
16restitution or paying the forfeiture or surcharge. If the parent agrees to perform
17community service work in lieu of making restitution or paying the forfeiture or
18surcharge, the court may order that the parent perform community service work for
19a public agency or a nonprofit charitable organization that is designated by the court.
20Community service work may be in lieu of restitution only if also agreed to by the
21public agency or nonprofit charitable organization and by the person to whom
22restitution is owed. The court may utilize any available resources, including any
23community service work program, in ordering the juvenile or parent to perform
24community service work. The number of hours of community service work required
25may not exceed the number determined by dividing the amount owed on the

1restitution, forfeiture or surcharge by the minimum wage established under ch. 104
2for adults in nonagriculture, nontipped employment
s. 104.035 (2). The court shall
3ensure that the juvenile or parent is provided with a written statement of the terms
4of the community service order and that the community service order is monitored.
AB477,14,55 (End)
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