106.04(1)(d)
(d) "Project" means a project of public works that is subject to
s. 103.49 or
103.50 in which work is performed by employees employed in trades that are apprenticeable under this subchapter.
106.04(3)
(3) Waiver. If the department grants an exception or modification to any requirement in any contract for the performance of work on a project relating to the employment and training of apprentices, the department shall post that information on its Internet site, together with a detailed explanation of why the exception or modification was granted.
106.04 History
History: 2009 a. 28.
106.05
106.05
Apprenticeship completion award program. 106.05(1)(a)
(a) "Sponsor" does not include a state agency or local governmental unit.
106.05(1)(b)
(b) "Tuition costs" means any fee that is charged for an apprentice to participate in related instruction under
s. 106.01 (6).
106.05(2)
(2) Apprenticeship completion awards. 106.05(2)(a)(a) The department shall administer an apprenticeship completion award program as provided in this section to partially reimburse tuition costs incurred by any of the following:
106.05(2)(a)1.
1. An apprentice who has successfully completed part or all of the requirements of his or her apprenticeship program as provided in
par. (b) 1. and
2. and who is employed in the trade, occupation, or business in which he or she is being trained under the apprenticeship program.
106.05(2)(b)
(b) Subject to
par. (c) and
sub. (3), from the appropriation under
s. 20.445 (1) (d), the department shall provide to an apprentice described in
par. (a) 1. or the apprentice's sponsor a completion award equal to 25 percent of the cost of tuition incurred by the apprentice or sponsor or $1,000, whichever is less, as follows:
106.05(2)(b)1.
1. The department shall make the first payment of a completion award upon the successful completion of the first year of the apprentice's apprenticeship contract. The amount of the first payment may not exceed $250.
106.05(2)(b)2.
2. The department shall pay the remainder of a completion award upon the successful completion of all requirements of the apprentice's apprenticeship program.
106.05(2)(c)
(c) The total amount of a completion award that the department may pay to an apprentice and his or her sponsor may not exceed 25 percent of the cost of tuition incurred by the apprentice and sponsor or $1,000, whichever is less.
106.05(3)(a)(a) If the amount of funds to be distributed under
sub. (2) exceeds the amount available under
s. 20.445 (1) (d), the department may reduce the reimbursement percentage or deny applications for completion awards that would otherwise qualify under
sub. (2). In that case, the department shall determine the reimbursement percentage and eligibility on the basis of the dates on which apprentices and sponsors become eligible for completion awards.
106.05(3)(b)
(b) The department may provide a completion award under
sub. (2) to a person who is delinquent in child support or maintenance payments or who owes past support, medical expenses, or birth expenses, as established by appearance of the person's name on the statewide support lien docket under
s. 49.854 (2) (b), only if the person provides the department with one of the following:
106.05(3)(b)1.
1. A repayment agreement that the person has entered into, that has been accepted by the county child support agency under
s. 59.53 (5), and that has been kept current for the 6-month period immediately preceding the date of the application for a completion award.
106.05(3)(b)2.
2. A statement that the person is not delinquent in child support or maintenance payments and does not owe past support, medical expenses, or birth expenses, signed by a representative or designee of the department of children and families within 7 working days before the date of the application for a completion award.
106.05(4)
(4) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules to implement this section.
106.05 History
History: 2013 a. 57.
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS
106.09
106.09
Public employment offices. 106.09(1)
(1) The department shall establish and conduct free employment agencies, license and supervise the work of private employment offices, do all in its power to bring together employers seeking employees and working people seeking employment, make known the opportunities for self-employment in this state, aid in procuring employment for the blind adults of the state, aid in inducing minors to undertake promising skilled employments, provide industrial or agricultural training for vagrants and other persons unsuited for ordinary employments, and encourage wage earners to insure themselves against distress from unemployment. It shall investigate the extent and causes of unemployment in this state and the remedies therefor in this and other countries, and it shall devise and adopt the most efficient means within its power to avoid unemployment, to provide employment, and to prevent distress from involuntary idleness.
106.09(2)
(2) Any county, city, town or village may enter into an agreement with the department for such period of time as may be deemed desirable for the purpose of establishing and maintaining local free employment offices, and it shall be lawful for any county, city, town or village to appropriate and expend the necessary money and to permit the use of public property for the joint establishment and maintenance of such offices as may be agreed upon, or in counties containing 250,000 inhabitants or more in any city, town or village therein to purchase a site and construct necessary buildings. Provided, that in any county, city, village or town therein, wherein there is a citizens' committee on unemployment, such committee may rent, lease, purchase or construct necessary buildings for the joint establishment and maintenance of such free employment office, subject to the approval of such plans by the department. The department may establish such free employment offices as it deems necessary to carry out the purposes of
ch. 108. All expenses of such offices, or all expenses not defrayed by the county, city, town or village in which an office is located, shall be paid from the appropriations to the department provided in
s. 20.445 (1) (ga) and
(n).
106.09(3)
(3) The department may rent, furnish and equip, except as provided in
sub. (2), such offices as may be needed in cities for the conduct of its affairs. All payments arising under this section shall be charged against the proper appropriation for the department.
106.09(5)
(5) The department is authorized and directed to cooperate with the U.S. employment service in the administration of its functions.
106.09(7)
(7) The department may, by rule, fix and collect fees for provision of employment services authorized but not funded by the U.S. employment service.
106.09 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also ch.
DWD 310, Wis. adm. code.
106.10
106.10
Veterans job training. The department shall cooperate with the U.S. department of veterans affairs in the performance of functions prescribed in
P.L. 79-679, 60 Stat. 934 and any acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto. The secretary may with the approval of the governor take all necessary steps in the making of leases or other contracts with the federal government in the adoption and execution of plans, methods and agreements to effectuate
P.L. 79-679.
106.10 History
History: 1971 c. 185 s.
1;
1971 c. 228; Stats. 1971 s. 101.25;
1977 c. 29,
272;
1989 a. 56;
1995 a. 27 s.
3693; Stats. 1995 s. 106.10.
106.11
106.11
Workforce investment programs. The department shall cooperate with the federal government in carrying out the purposes of the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998,
29 USC 2801 to
2945. In administering the programs authorized by that act the department shall, in cooperation with other state agencies and with local workforce development boards established under
29 USC 2832, establish a statewide workforce investment system to meet the employment, training, and educational needs of persons in this state. If a local workforce development board anticipates that there may be a business closing or mass layoff under
s. 109.07 in the area served by that board, the board may prepare a list of resources available in that area that provide career planning, job search, job skills training, and other support services for affected employees, as defined in
s. 109.07 (1) (a), including contact information for those resources, for distribution to those employees under
s. 109.07 (1m) (a).
106.12
106.12
Employment and education program administration. The department shall plan, coordinate, administer, and implement the youth apprenticeship program under
s. 106.13 (1) and such other employment and education programs as the governor may by executive order assign to the department. Notwithstanding any limitations placed on the use of state employment and education funds under this section or
s. 106.13 or under an executive order assigning an employment and education program to the department, the department may issue a general or special order waiving any of those limitations on finding that the waiver will promote the coordination of employment and education services.
106.13
106.13
Youth apprenticeship program. 106.13(1)
(1) The department shall provide a youth apprenticeship program that includes the grant programs under
subs. (3m) and
(4).
106.13(2)
(2) The council on workforce investment established under
29 USC 2821, the technical college system board, and the department of public instruction shall assist the department in providing the youth apprenticeship program under
sub. (1).
106.13(2m)
(2m) The department shall approve occupations and maintain a list of approved occupations for the youth apprenticeship program. From the appropriation under
s. 20.445 (1) (a), the department shall develop curricula for youth apprenticeship programs for occupations approved under this subsection.
106.13(3)
(3) The youth apprenticeship program under
sub. (1) shall not affect any apprenticeship program that is governed by
subch. I, except that an apprenticeship program that is governed by
subch. I may grant credit toward the completion of an apprenticeship for the successful completion of a youth apprenticeship under
sub. (1).
106.13(3m)(a)(a) In this subsection, "local partnership" means one or more school districts, or any combination of one or more school districts, other public agencies, as defined in
sub. (4) (a) 2., nonprofit organizations, as defined in
sub. (4) (a) 1r., individuals or other persons, who have agreed to be responsible for implementing and coordinating a local youth apprenticeship program.
106.13(3m)(b)
(b) From the appropriation under
s. 20.445 (1) (e), the department shall award grants to applying local partnerships for the implementation and coordination of local youth apprenticeship programs. A local partnership shall include in its grant application the identity of each public agency, nonprofit organization, individual, and other person who is a participant in the local partnership, a plan to accomplish the implementation and coordination activities specified in
subds. 1. to
6., and the identity of a fiscal agent who shall be responsible for receiving, managing, and accounting for the grant moneys received under this paragraph. Subject to
par. (c), a local partnership that is awarded a grant under this paragraph may use the grant moneys awarded for any of the following implementation and coordination activities:
106.13(3m)(b)1.
1. Recruiting employers to provide on-the-job training and supervision for youth apprentices and providing technical assistance to those employers.
106.13(3m)(b)2.
2. Recruiting students to participate in the local youth apprenticeship program and monitoring the progress of youth apprentices participating in the program.
106.13(3m)(b)3.
3. Coordinating youth apprenticeship training activities within participating school districts and among participating school districts, postsecondary institutions and employers.
106.13(3m)(b)4.
4. Coordinating academic, vocational and occupational learning, school-based and work-based learning and secondary and postsecondary education for participants in the local youth apprenticeship program.
106.13(3m)(b)5.
5. Assisting employers in identifying and training workplace mentors and matching youth apprentices and mentors.
106.13(3m)(b)6.
6. Any other implementation or coordination activity that the department may direct or permit the local partnership to perform.
106.13(3m)(c)
(c) A local partnership that is awarded a grant under
par. (b) may not use any of the grant moneys awarded to provide funding to a business that is operated for profit or to a nonprofit organization that represents business interests.
106.13(3m)(d)
(d) The amount of a grant awarded under
par. (b) may not exceed $900 per youth apprentice. A local partnership that is awarded a grant under
par. (b) shall provide matching funds equal to 50% of the grant amount awarded.
106.13(3m)(e)
(e) The following outcomes are expected of a local youth apprenticeship program that is funded under
par. (b):
106.13(3m)(e)1.
1. At least 80% of the youth apprentices who participate in the program for 2 years must receive a high school diploma on completion of the youth apprenticeship.
106.13(3m)(e)2.
2. At least 60% of the youth apprentices who participate in the program for 2 years must be offered employment by the employer that provided the on-the-job training for the youth apprentice on completion of the youth apprenticeship.
106.13(4)(a)1d.
1d. "Eligible employer" means an employer that is eligible to receive a grant under this subsection according to the criteria established by the department under
par. (d).
106.13(4)(a)2.
2. "Public agency" means a county, city, village, town, school district or technical college district or an agency of this state or of a county, city, village, town, school district or technical college district.
106.13(4)(b)
(b) From the appropriation under
s. 20.445 (1) (em), the department may award a grant to a public agency or a nonprofit organization, or to an eligible employer that is responsible for the on-the-job training and supervision of a youth apprentice. A public agency or nonprofit organization that receives a grant under this subsection shall use the funds awarded under the grant to award training grants to eligible employers that provide on-the-job training and supervision for youth apprentices. Subject to
par. (c), a training grant provided under this subsection may be awarded to an eligible employer for each youth apprentice who receives at least 180 hours of paid on-the-job training from the eligible employer during a school year, as defined in
s. 115.001 (13). The amount of a training grant may not exceed $500 per youth apprentice per school year. A training grant may not be awarded for any specific youth apprentice for more than 2 school years.
106.13(4)(c)
(c) Notwithstanding
par. (b), the department may award a training grant under this subsection to an eligible employer that provides less than 180 hours of paid on-the-job training for a youth apprentice during a school year, as defined in
s. 115.001 (13), if the department determines that it would be beneficial for the youth apprentice to receive on-the-job training from more than one eligible employer.
106.13(4)(d)
(d) The department shall establish eligibility criteria for a grant under this subsection. That criteria shall specify that eligibility for a grant shall be limited to small employers, as determined by the department, and to employers providing on-the-job training in employment areas determined by the department. Notwithstanding
sub. (5), those criteria need not be promulgated as rules.
106.13(5)
(5) The department shall promulgate rules to administer this section.
106.14(1)(1) The department shall provide a job center network throughout the state through which job seekers may receive comprehensive career planning, job placement, and job training information.
106.14(2)
(2) The department shall publicize and maintain on its job center Web site information related to the job program under
s. 49.147 (3) so that employers and individuals seeking employment may obtain information about the program, including how to participate in it.
106.15
106.15
Assistance for dislocated workers. 106.15(1)(c)
(c) "Dislocated worker committee" means the committee or other subunit of the council that assists the governor in providing employment and training activities to dislocated workers under
29 USC 2862 to
2864.
106.15(3)
(3) Grants. From the appropriation under
s. 20.445 (1) (m), the department shall make grants to persons providing employment and training activities to dislocated workers including all of the following:
106.15(3)(a)
(a) Job search assistance, including participation in job clubs.
106.15(3)(c)
(c) Support services, including but not limited to transportation assistance, relocation assistance, financial counseling, personal counseling and programs conducted in cooperation with employers or labor organizations.
106.15(4)
(4) Grant approval. The department may award a grant under this section only if both of the following occur:
106.15(4)(a)
(a) The dislocated workers committee approves the local plan or application for funding and refers its decision to the secretary.
106.15(4)(b)
(b) After receiving a referral under
par. (a), the secretary approves the local plan or application for funding.
106.15(5)
(5) Local plan or application review. In reviewing local plans and applications for funding under this section, the dislocated workers committee and the secretary shall consider all of the following:
106.15(5)(a)
(a) The severity of the need for the program in the community to be served when compared with the severity of need in other communities.
106.15(5)(b)
(b) The appropriateness of the skill development or training to be provided, including whether the demand for that skill exceeds the supply.
106.15(5)(c)
(c) Whether the program provides for labor organizations to participate in program planning.
