AB797: Bill Text

AB797, s. 41 Section 41. 106.01 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB797,14,18 106.01 (7) Overtime. An apprentice may be allowed to work overtime. All time in excess of the hours of labor as limited to that are paid at an employee's regular rate of pay in the particular craft, industry, or business and as to by the particular employer, shall be considered overtime. For overtime the An apprentice's rate of pay for overtime shall be increased by the same percentage as the journeyman's journey worker's, rate of pay for overtime is increased in the same industry or establishment.

AB797, s. 42 Section 42. 106.01 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB797,15,3 106.01 (8) Nonperformance of apprentice contract. If either party to an indenture the apprentice or sponsor that is a party to an apprentice contract or an assignee employer fails to perform any of the stipulations of the indenture apprentice contract, the nonperforming party shall apprentice, sponsor, or assignee employer may be required to forfeit not less than one dollar $100 nor more than $100 $1,000, which is to be collected on complaint of the department, and paid into the state treasury. Any indenture may be annulled by In addition, the department may terminate an apprentice contract under sub. (5p) upon application of either any party and for good cause shown.

AB797, s. 43 Section 43. 106.01 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB797,15,12 106.01 (9) Authority of department. The department may investigate, fix reasonable classifications, issue rules and general or special orders , and, hold hearings, make findings, and render orders upon its findings as shall be necessary to carry out the intent and purposes of this section. The investigations, classifications, hearings, findings, and orders shall be made as provided in s. 103.005. Except as provided in sub. (8), the penalties specified in s. 103.005 (12) apply to violations of this section. Orders issued under this subsection are subject to review under ch. 227.

AB797, s. 44 Section 44. 106.01 (10) of the statutes is renumbered 106.01 (6) (e) and amended to read:

AB797,15,19 106.01 (6) (e) It shall be the duty of all All school officers and public school teachers to shall cooperate with the department and employers and sponsors of apprentices to furnish, in a public school or any school supported in whole or in part by public moneys, any related instruction that may be required to be given apprentices.

AB797, s. 45 Section 45. 106.01 (11) of the statutes is created to read:

AB797,15,22 106.01 (11) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules to implement this section, including rules providing for all of the following:

AB797,15,23 (a) The provisions that are required to be included in an apprentice contract.

AB797,15,25 (b) Procedures for approving and for rescinding approval of apprenticeship programs.

AB797, s. 46 Section 46. 106.02 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB797,16,8 106.02 Carpenters' apprentices. Every person, regardless of age, commencing a carpentry apprenticeship, shall enter into an indenture apprentice contract under and be subject to s. 106.01, except that if the apprentice is 18 years or more of age or over only the apprentice's signature only shall be necessary to bind the apprentice. A carpentry apprenticeship shall be for a period term of 4 years, except that the department may upon the application of the apprentice or the employer, or both, extend that term for up to one additional year.

AB797, s. 47 Section 47. 106.025 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB797,16,13 106.025 (2) Every person commencing a plumbing apprenticeship shall enter into an indenture apprentice contract under s. 106.01. The term of a plumbing apprentice is 5 years, but the department may upon application of the apprentice, the apprentice's employer, or both, extend the term for up to one additional year.

AB797, s. 48 Section 48. 106.03 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB797,16,16 106.03 Real estate apprenticeships excluded. This chapter shall subchapter does not apply to apprenticeships under ch. 452.

AB797, s. 49 Section 49. 106.13 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB797,16,22 106.13 (3) The youth apprenticeship program under sub. (1) shall not affect any apprenticeship program that is governed by ss. 106.01 to 106.03 subch. I, except that an apprenticeship program that is governed by ch. 106 subch. I may grant credit toward the completion of an apprenticeship for the successful completion of a youth apprenticeship under sub. (1).

AB797, s. 50 Section 50. 145.01 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB797,17,4 145.01 (3) Automatic fire sprinkler system apprentice. "Automatic fire sprinkler system apprentice" means any person other than an automatic fire sprinkler system contractor or a journeyman automatic fire sprinkler system fitter who is engaged in learning and assisting in the installation of automatic fire sprinkler systems and who is indentured under ch. 106 employed under an apprentice contract under s. 106.01.

AB797, s. 51 Section 51. 145.07 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB797,17,9 145.07 (7) (a) A person shall be registered as a registered learner with the department without examination or training prequalifications and shall not be required to be indentured under ch. 106 employed under an apprentice contract under s. 106.01.

AB797, s. 52 Section 52. 445.095 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB797,17,12 445.095 (3) All apprentices shall be governed by subch. I of ch. 106 and apprenticeship rules of the department of workforce development.

AB797, s. 53 Section 53. 454.10 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB797,17,16 454.10 (1) All apprentices shall be indentured employed under an apprentice contract under s. 106.01 and shall be governed by s. 106.01, the apprenticeship rules of the department of workforce development, and the rules of the examining board.

AB797, s. 54 Section 54. Initial applicability.

AB797,17,25 (1) Apprentice contracts. The treatment of sections 106.001 (1), (2), (2m), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7) and 106.01 (2), (3), (4), (5) (intro.), (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g), and (5i) (a), (am) 1. and 2., (b), and (c) of the statutes and the renumbering and amendment of section 106.01 (6) of the statutes first apply to an apprentice contract entered into on the effective date of this subsection, except that, if any of those provisions are inconsistent with a collective bargaining agreement, the inconsistent provision first applies on the day on which the collective bargaining agreement expires or is extended, modified, or renewed, whichever occurs first.

AB797,18,4 (2) Wisconsin apprenticeship council. The renumbering and amendment of section 15.227 (13) of the statutes and the creation of section 15.227 (13) (a) 1. to 6. and (b) of the statutes first apply to a member appointed to the Wisconsin apprenticeship council on the effective date of this subsection.

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