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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
February 9, 2022 - Introduced by Senator Stafsholt, cosponsored by
Representatives Gundrum, Moses, Rozar, Thiesfeldt and Wichgers.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform.
SB949,1,2
1An Act to create 103.115 of the statutes;
relating to: pay during
2employer-mandated medical isolation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under this bill, if an employer requires an employee to isolate at home due to
a concern that the employee may have been exposed to or infected with COVID-19
while working (medical isolation) and the employee receives a negative test for
COVID-19 in the first seven days of the medical isolation, the employer may not
require the employee to use paid leave for those seven days. The bill also requires
the employer to pay the employee at his or her regular rate of pay for those seven
days. The bill does not require an employer that does not otherwise offer paid sick
leave to provide paid sick leave benefits beyond what is required under the bill for
employer-mandated medical isolation.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB949,1
3Section
1. 103.115 of the statutes is created to read:
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4103.115 Employer-mandated medical isolation. (1) Definitions. In this
5section:
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1(a) “COVID-19” means the infection caused by the novel coronavirus
2SARS-CoV-2 or by any viral strain originating from SARS-CoV-2.
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(b) “Medical isolation” mean a period during which an employer requires an
4employee to isolate at home due to a concern that the employee may have been
5exposed to or infected with COVID-19 while performing service growing out of and
6incidental to the employee's employment.
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7(2) Use of paid leave for employer-mandated medical isolation. An employer
8may not require an employee to use any of the employee's paid leave for the first 7
9days of a medical isolation if the employee receives a negative test for COVID-19
10during the first 7 days of the medical isolation.
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11(3) Pay during employer-mandated medical isolation. An employer shall pay
12an employee at the employee's regular rate of pay for the first 7 days of a medical
13isolation if the employee receives a negative test for COVID-19 during the first 7
14days of the medical isolation. This requirement applies to all employees of an
15employer.
