103.005(14)(c) (c) Any commissioner, the secretary or any deputy of the department may enter any place of employment or public building for the purpose of collecting facts and statistics and bringing to the attention of every employer or owner any law relating to the regulation of employment or any order of the department and any failure on the part of such employer or owner to comply with that law or order. No employer or owner may refuse to admit any commissioner, the secretary or any deputy of the department to his or her place of employment or public building.
103.005(14)(d) (d) Every employer and every owner shall furnish to the department all information required by the department to administer and enforce chs. 103 to 106, and shall provide specific answers to all questions that the department asks relating to any information the department requires.
103.005(14)(e) (e) Any employer receiving from the department any form requesting information that the department requires to administer and enforce chs. 103 to 106, along with directions to complete the form, shall properly complete the form and answer fully and correctly each question asked in the form. If the employer is unable to answer any question, the employer shall give a good and sufficient reason for his or her inability to answer the question. The employer's answers shall be verified under oath by the employer, or by the president, secretary or other managing officer of the corporation, if the employer is a corporation, and the completed form shall be returned to the department at its office within the period fixed by the department.
103.005(15) (15) The department may establish a schedule of fees for publications and seminars provided by the department for which no fee is otherwise authorized, required or prohibited by statute. Fees established under this subsection for publications and seminars provided by the department may not exceed the actual cost incurred in providing those publications and seminars. If the department receives unanticipated proceeds from a statewide labor and management conference provided by the department that exceed the actual cost of the conference, the department may use those unanticipated proceeds to provide grants for local labor and management conferences, educational activities and other activities to promote positive relations between labor and management.
103.005(16) (16) Each of the commissioners, the secretary or any deputy secretary may certify to official acts, and take testimony.
103.005(17) (17) The department shall administer those programs of public assistance that are specified in subch. III of ch. 49.
103.005(18) (18) The department shall administer the child support and paternity establishment programs under subch. III of ch. 49, as well as perform other functions related to child support that are specified in ch. 49.
103.005(20) (20) The department of industry, labor and job development shall establish a procedure for that department to provide to the state public defender and the department of administration any information that the department of industry, labor and job development may have concerning an individual's wages to assist the state public defender and the department of administration in collecting payment ordered under s. 48.275 (2), 757.66, 973.06 (1) (e) or 977.076 (1).
103.005 History History: 1995 a. 27 ss. 2030, 3649r, 3747, 9130 (4); 1995 a. 215, 404.
103.01 103.01 Hours of labor; definitions. In ss. 103.01 to 103.03:
103.01(1) (1)
103.01(1)(a)(a) "Employer" means every person having control or custody of any employment or place of employment.
103.01(1)(b) (b) "Employer" includes the state, its political subdivisions and any office, department, independent agency, authority, institution, association, society or other body in state or local government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, including the legislature and the courts.
103.01(2) (2) "Employment" means any trade, occupation or process of manufacture, or any method of carrying on such trade or occupation in which any person may be engaged, or for any place of employment.
103.01(3) (3) "Place of employment" means any manufactory, mechanical or mercantile establishment, beauty parlor, laundry, restaurant, confectionary store, or telegraph or telecommunications office or exchange, any express or transportation establishment or any hotel.
103.01 History History: 1971 c. 228 s. 44; 1975 c. 94; 1983 a. 189; 1985 a. 297 s. 76; 1989 a. 225.
103.02 103.02 Hours of labor. No person may be employed or be permitted to work in any place of employment or at any employment for such period of time during any day, night or week, as is dangerous or prejudicial to the person's life, health, safety or welfare. The department shall investigate, ascertain, determine and fix such reasonable classification, and promulgate rules fixing a period of time, or hours of beginning and ending work during any day, night or week, which shall be necessary to protect the life, health, safety or welfare of any person, or to carry out the purposes of ss. 103.01 to 103.03. The department shall, by rule, classify such periods of time into periods to be paid for at regular rates and periods to be paid for at the rate of at least one and one-half times the regular rates. Such investigations, classifications and orders shall be made as provided in s. 103.005 and the penalties under s. 103.005 (12) shall apply to and be imposed for any violation of ss. 103.01 to 103.03. Such orders shall be subject to review in the manner provided in ch. 227. Section 111.322 (2m) applies to discharge or other discriminatory acts arising in connection with any proceeding under this section.
103.02 History History: 1971 c. 228 s. 43; 1975 c. 94; 1989 a. 228; 1995 a. 27.
103.02 Annotation Section 103.02, Stats. 1969, and administrative rules limiting the maximum hours women may work are superseded by provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as to employers covered by that act, but other employers remain subject to the state law. 59 Atty. Gen. 114.
103.02 Annotation Violation of public policy expressed by this section is grounds for wrongful discharge action. Wilcox v. Niagra of Wisconsin Paper Corp. 965 F (2d) 355 (1992).
103.025 103.025 Hours of labor; compensatory time.
103.025(1) (1) In this section:
103.025(1)(a) (a) "Compensatory time" means hours during which an employe is not working, which are not counted as hours worked during the workweek or other work period classified by the department by rule promulgated under s. 103.02 for purposes of calculating overtime compensation, and for which the employe is compensated at the employe's regular rate of pay.
103.025(1)(b) (b) "Employe" has the meaning given in s. 104.01 (2).
103.025(1)(c) (c) "Overtime compensation" means the compensation required to be paid for hours worked during periods that the department has classified, by rule promulgated under s. 103.02, as periods to be paid for at the rate of at least 1.5 times an employe's regular rate of pay.
103.025(2) (2) An employer described in s. 103.01 (1) (b) may provide an employe, in lieu of overtime compensation, compensatory time off as permitted under 29 USC 207 (o), as amended to April 15, 1986.
103.025 History History: 1993 a. 144.
103.03 103.03 Violations; penalty. The employment of any person in any employment or place of employment at any time other than the permissible hours of labor shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section. Every day for each person employed, and every week for each person employed, during which any employer fails to observe or to comply with any order of the department, or to perform any duty enjoined by ss. 103.01 to 103.03, shall constitute a separate offense.
103.03 History History: 1975 c. 94; Stats. s. 103.03.
103.04 103.04 Labor and industry review commission.
103.04(1)(1) The commission shall issue its decision in any case where a petition for review is filed under ch. 102 or 108 or s. 66.191, 1981 stats., or s. 40.65 (2), 106.04 (10), 106.07 (4), 111.39, 303.07 (7) or 303.21.
103.04(2) (2) Notwithstanding s. 227.11, the commission may not promulgate rules except that it may promulgate its rules of procedure.
103.04(3) (3) The commission may employ professional and other persons to assist in the execution of its duties.
103.04 History History: 1977 c. 29; 1981 c. 278 s. 6; 1981 c. 334 s. 25 (2); 1983 a. 122; 1983 a. 191 s. 6; 1985 a. 182 s. 57; 1987 a. 403 s. 256; 1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 295; 1995 a. 27 s. 3651; Stats. 1995 s. 103.04.
103.10 103.10 Family or medical leave.
103.10(1) (1)Definitions. In this section:
103.10(1)(a) (a) "Child" means a natural, adopted, foster or treatment foster child, a stepchild or a legal ward to whom any of the following applies:
103.10(1)(a)1. 1. The individual is less than 18 years of age.
103.10(1)(a)2. 2. The individual is 18 years of age or older and cannot care for himself or herself because of a serious health condition.
103.10(1)(am) (am) "Christian Science practitioner" means a Christian Science practitioner residing in this state who is listed as a practitioner in the Christian Science journal.
103.10(1)(b) (b) "Employe" means an individual employed in this state by an employer, except the employer's parent, spouse or child.
103.10(1)(c) (c) Except as provided in sub. (14) (b), "employer" means a person engaging in any activity, enterprise or business in this state employing at least 50 individuals on a permanent basis. "Employer" includes the state and any office, department, independent agency, authority, institution, association, society or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, including the legislature and the courts.
103.10(1)(d) (d) "Employment benefit" means an insurance, leave or retirement benefit which an employer makes available to an employe.
103.10(1)(e) (e) "Health care provider" means a person described under s. 146.81 (1).
103.10(1)(f) (f) "Parent" means a natural parent, foster parent, treatment foster parent, adoptive parent, stepparent or legal guardian of an employe or an employe's spouse.
103.10(1)(g) (g) "Serious health condition" means a disabling physical or mental illness, injury, impairment or condition involving any of the following:
103.10(1)(g)1. 1. Inpatient care in a hospital, as defined in s. 50.33 (2), nursing home, as defined in s. 50.01 (3), or hospice.
103.10(1)(g)2. 2. Outpatient care that requires continuing treatment or supervision by a health care provider.
103.10(1)(h) (h) "Spouse" means an employe's legal husband or wife.
103.10(2) (2)Scope.
103.10(2)(a)(a) Nothing in this section prohibits an employer from providing employes with rights to family leave or medical leave which are more generous to the employe than the rights provided under this section.
103.10(2)(b) (b) This section does not limit or diminish an employe's rights or benefits under ch. 102.
103.10(2)(c) (c) This section only applies to an employe who has been employed by the same employer for more than 52 consecutive weeks and who worked for the employer for at least 1,000 hours during the preceding 52-week period.
103.10(3) (3)Family leave.
103.10(3)(a)1.1. In a 12-month period no employe may take more than 6 weeks of family leave under par. (b) 1. and 2.
103.10(3)(a)2. 2. In a 12-month period no employe may take more than 2 weeks of family leave for the reasons specified under par. (b) 3.
103.10(3)(a)3. 3. In a 12-month period no employe may take more than 8 weeks of family leave for any combination of reasons specified under par. (b).
103.10(3)(b) (b) An employe may take family leave for any of the following reasons:
103.10(3)(b)1. 1. The birth of the employe's natural child, if the leave begins within 16 weeks of the child's birth.
103.10(3)(b)2. 2. The placement of a child with the employe for adoption or as a precondition to adoption under s. 48.90 (2), but not both, if the leave begins within 16 weeks of the child's placement.
103.10(3)(b)3. 3. To care for the employe's child, spouse or parent, if the child, spouse or parent has a serious health condition.
103.10(3)(c) (c) Except as provided in par. (d), an employe shall schedule family leave after reasonably considering the needs of his or her employer.
103.10(3)(d) (d) An employe may take family leave as partial absence from employment. An employe who does so shall schedule all partial absence so it does not unduly disrupt the employer's operations.
103.10(4) (4)Medical leave.
103.10(4)(a)(a) Subject to pars. (b) and (c), an employe who has a serious health condition which makes the employe unable to perform his or her employment duties may take medical leave for the period during which he or she is unable to perform those duties.
103.10(4)(b) (b) No employe may take more than 2 weeks of medical leave during a 12-month period.
103.10(4)(c) (c) An employe may schedule medical leave as medically necessary.
103.10(5) (5)Payment for and restrictions upon leave.
103.10(5)(a)(a) This section does not entitle an employe to receive wages or salary while taking family leave or medical leave.
103.10(5)(b) (b) An employe may substitute, for portions of family leave or medical leave, paid or unpaid leave of any other type provided by the employer.
103.10(6) (6)Notice to employer.
103.10(6)(a)(a) If an employe intends to take family leave for the reasons in sub. (3) (b) 1. or 2., the employe shall, in a reasonable and practicable manner, give the employer advance notice of the expected birth or placement.
103.10(6)(b) (b) If an employe intends to take family leave because of the planned medical treatment or supervision of a child, spouse or parent or intends to take medical leave because of the planned medical treatment or supervision of the employe, the employe shall do all of the following:
103.10(6)(b)1. 1. Make a reasonable effort to schedule the medical treatment or supervision so that it does not unduly disrupt the employer's operations, subject to the approval of the health care provider of the child, spouse, parent or employe.
103.10(6)(b)2. 2. Give the employer advance notice of the medical treatment or supervision in a reasonable and practicable manner.
103.10(7) (7)Certification.
103.10(7)(a)(a) If an employe requests family leave for a reason described in sub. (3) (b) 3. or requests medical leave, the employer may require the employe to provide certification, as described in par. (b), issued by the health care provider or Christian Science practitioner of the child, spouse, parent or employe, whichever is appropriate.
103.10(7)(b) (b) No employer may require certification stating more than the following:
103.10(7)(b)1. 1. That the child, spouse, parent or employe has a serious health condition.
103.10(7)(b)2. 2. The date the serious health condition commenced and its probable duration.
103.10(7)(b)3. 3. Within the knowledge of the health care provider or Christian Science practitioner, the medical facts regarding the serious health condition.
103.10(7)(b)4. 4. If the employe requests medical leave, an explanation of the extent to which the employe is unable to perform his or her employment duties.
103.10(7)(c) (c) The employer may require the employe to obtain the opinion of a 2nd health care provider, chosen and paid for by the employer, concerning any information certified under par. (b).
103.10(8) (8)Position upon return from leave.
103.10(8)(a)(a) Subject to par. (c), when an employe returns from family leave or medical leave, his or her employer shall immediately place the employe in an employment position as follows:
103.10(8)(a)1. 1. If the employment position which the employe held immediately before the family leave or medical leave began is vacant when the employe returns, in that position.
103.10(8)(a)2. 2. If the employment position which the employe held immediately before the family leave or medical leave began is not vacant when the employe returns, in an equivalent employment position having equivalent compensation, benefits, working shift, hours of employment and other terms and conditions of employment.
103.10(8)(b) (b) No employer may, because an employe received family leave or medical leave, reduce or deny an employment benefit which accrued to the employe before his or her leave began or, consistent with sub. (9), accrued after his or her leave began.
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