103.92(2)
(2) Inspection. The department shall administer and enforce this section and any rules promulgated under this section and may during reasonable daylight hours enter and inspect camps. No agent or employee of the department may enter the premises of a camp for inspection purposes until he or she has given notice to the owner or to the person in charge of the camp that he or she intends to make an inspection. Upon notice an agent or employee of the department may also enter any property to determine whether a camp under this section exists.
103.92(3)
(3) Certificate. The department shall inspect each camp for which application to operate is made, to determine if it is in compliance with the rules of the department establishing minimum standards for migrant labor camps. Except as provided under
subs. (6),
(7), and
(8), if the department finds that the camp is in compliance with the rules, it shall issue a certificate authorizing the camp to operate until March 31 of the next year. The department shall refuse to issue a certificate if it finds that the camp is in violation of such rules, if the person maintaining the camp has failed to pay court-ordered payments as provided in
sub. (6) or if the person maintaining the camp is liable for delinquent taxes as provided in
sub. (7) or delinquent unemployment insurance contributions as provided in
sub. (8).
103.92(4)
(4) Operation. Only certified camps may operate in this state. The department shall order the immediate closing of all other camps. A violation of any such order shall be deemed a public nuisance. All orders shall be enforced by the attorney general or the district attorney for the county in which the violation occurred at the election of the department. The circuit court of any county where violation of such an order has occurred in whole or in part shall have jurisdiction to enforce the order by injunctive and other appropriate relief.
103.92(5)
(5) Maintenance. The department may revoke any certificate previously issued if it finds that a camp is in violation of the department's rules for migrant labor camps.
103.92(6)
(6) Failure to pay support or to comply with subpoena or warrant; memorandum of understanding. The department of workforce development shall deny, suspend, restrict, refuse to renew, or otherwise withhold a certificate to operate a migrant labor camp for failure of the applicant or person operating the camp to pay court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses, or other expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse or for failure of the applicant or person operating the camp to comply, after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of children and families or a county child support agency under
s. 59.53 (5) and related to paternity or child support proceedings, as provided in a memorandum of understanding entered into under
s. 49.857. Notwithstanding
s. 103.005 (10), an action taken under this subsection is subject to review only as provided in a memorandum of understanding entered into under
s. 49.857 and not as provided in
ch. 227.
103.92(7)
(7) Liability for delinquent taxes. The department shall deny an application for the issuance or renewal of a certificate to operate a migrant labor camp, or revoke such a certificate already issued, if the department of revenue certifies under
s. 73.0301 that the applicant or person operating the camp is liable for delinquent taxes. Notwithstanding
s. 103.005 (10), an action taken under this subsection is subject to review only as provided under
s. 73.0301 (5) and not as provided in
ch. 227.
103.92(8)
(8) Liability for delinquent unemployment insurance contributions. 103.92(8)(a)(a) The department may deny an application for the issuance or renewal of a certificate to operate a migrant labor camp, or revoke such a certificate already issued, if the department determines that the applicant or person operating the camp is liable for delinquent contributions, as defined in
s. 108.227 (1) (d). Notwithstanding
s. 103.005 (10), an action taken under this paragraph is subject to review only as provided under
s. 108.227 (5) and not as provided in
ch. 227.
103.92(8)(b)
(b) If the department denies an application or revokes a certificate under
par. (a), the department shall mail a notice of denial or revocation to the applicant or person operating the camp. The notice shall include a statement of the facts that warrant the denial or revocation and a statement that the applicant or person operating the camp may, within 30 days after the date on which the notice of denial or revocation is mailed, file a written request with the department to have the determination that the applicant or person operating the camp is liable for delinquent contributions reviewed at a hearing under
s. 108.227 (5) (a).
103.92(8)(c)
(c) If, after a hearing under
s. 108.227 (5) (a), the department affirms a determination under
par. (a) that an applicant or person operating a camp is liable for delinquent contributions, the department shall affirm its denial or revocation. An applicant or person operating a camp may seek judicial review under
s. 108.227 (6) of an affirmation by the department of a denial or revocation under this paragraph.
103.92(8)(d)
(d) If, after a hearing under
s. 108.227 (5) (a), the department determines that a person whose certificate is revoked or whose application is denied under
par. (a) is not liable for delinquent contributions, as defined in
s. 108.227 (1) (d), the department shall reinstate the certificate or approve the application, unless there are other grounds for revocation or denial. The department may not charge a fee for reinstatement of a certificate under this paragraph.
103.92 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also s.
DWD 301.07, Wis. adm. code.
103.925
103.925
Access and entry. Any worker shall have the right to decide who may visit with him or her in his or her residence. No person other than the resident may prohibit, bar or interfere with, or attempt to prohibit, bar or interfere with, the access to or egress from the residence of any worker by any person, either by the erection or maintenance of any physical barrier, or by physical force or violence, or by threat of force or violence, or by posting, or by any order or notice given in any manner. This section shall not prohibit the erection or maintenance of a fence around a migrant labor camp if one or more unlocked gates or gateways in the fence are provided, nor shall this section prohibit the posting of land adjacent to a migrant labor camp if access to the camp is clearly marked, nor shall this section prevent a majority of the residents of a migrant labor camp from imposing reasonable limitations on access to common use facilities.
103.925 History
History: 1977 c. 17.
103.926
103.926
Vacating residence. After a worker's employment has been terminated, the employer may require a worker to vacate residence at the migrant labor camp operated by the employer upon final payment of wages to the worker.
103.926 History
History: 1977 c. 17.
103.93(1)(a)(a) Every employer shall pay all wages earned by any migrant worker directly to such worker on regular pay days designated in advance by the employer, but in no case less often than semimonthly. Wages shall be paid in U.S. currency or by check or draft.
103.93(1)(b)
(b) Every employer shall pay in full all wages due any migrant worker within 3 days after the termination of the period of employment for which the worker was employed except as provided under
s. 103.915 (5). If the employer is unable to determine, due to circumstances beyond the employer's control, the amount of wages, figured upon a basis or system other than time rate, due to a worker under this paragraph, the employer shall pay the worker the amount of guaranteed wages due under
s. 103.915 (4) (b) within the time required under this paragraph and shall pay any additional wages due within a reasonable time after such wages are determined.
103.93(2)
(2) Wage statement. Every employer shall furnish to each migrant worker at the time of payment of wages a written statement showing the amount of gross and net wages paid by the employer to the worker, and each amount deducted or withheld for whatever purpose.
103.93(3)
(3) Deductions. No employer or migrant labor contractor may deduct or withhold from the wages of any migrant worker any amount on account of debts accrued or anticipated unless the worker has previously authorized such deduction or withholding in writing. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit any employer of a migrant worker from deducting or withholding from any wages paid, such amounts as may be required by law or on account of any court order.
103.93(4)
(4) Overtime. Any migrant worker not employed exclusively in agricultural labor as defined in
s. 108.02 (2) shall be paid not less than one and one-half times the worker's regular rate for any hours worked on Sunday unless the worker is allowed another day of rest in that calendar week.
103.93 History
History: 1977 c. 17;
1983 a. 189 s.
329 (28).
103.93 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also s.
DWD 301.08, Wis. adm. code.
103.935(1)(1) In the case of a migrant worker employed exclusively in agricultural labor as defined in
s. 108.02 (2), the hours of labor shall be as follows:
103.935(1)(a)
(a) Except in an emergency, no migrant worker may be required to work or be penalized for failure to work on any premises for more than 6 days in any one week or more than 60 hours in any one week, or more than 12 hours in any one day.
103.935(1)(b)
(b) Whenever an employer permits a migrant worker to work on the premises of another employer in any one week or in any one day, the aggregate number of hours during which the migrant worker is required to work on such premises shall not exceed 60 in any one week or 12 in any one day.
103.935(1)(c)
(c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a migrant worker from voluntarily exceeding the limits prescribed by
pars. (a) and
(b).
103.935(2)
(2) No migrant worker may be required to work for more than 6 hours continuously without a meal period of at least 30 minutes duration unless a shift can be completed within one additional hour. The meal period need not be considered as part of the hours of labor.
103.935(3)
(3) Each migrant worker not employed exclusively in agricultural labor as defined in
s. 108.02 (2) shall be provided a rest period of at least 10 minutes duration within each 5 hours of continuous employment, which rest period shall be considered a part of the hours of labor.
103.935 History
History: 1977 c. 17;
1983 a. 189 s.
329 (28).
103.94
103.94
Civil action by migrant workers. Any migrant worker aggrieved by a violation of
ss. 103.90 to
103.97 by an employer or by a migrant labor contractor may maintain a civil action on the basis of such violation without regard to exhaustion of any administrative remedy.
103.94 History
History: 1977 c. 17.
103.945
103.945
Nonwaiver of rights. Any agreement by a migrant worker purporting to waive or to modify his or her rights under
ss. 103.90 to
103.97 shall be void as contrary to public policy.
103.945 History
History: 1977 c. 17.
103.96
103.96
Retaliation prohibited. 103.96(1)
(1) No employer or migrant labor contractor may terminate, suspend, demote, transfer or take any action otherwise unfavorable to any migrant worker in retaliation for the exercise by such worker of any right secured under the laws and regulations of the United States or of this state or any subdivision thereof.
103.96(2)
(2) Any person aggrieved under this section may maintain an action against the employer or migrant labor contractor. In addition to any other damages awarded, an employer or migrant labor contractor found to have violated this section shall be liable to such person aggrieved for full reinstatement and for back wages accumulated during the period of such unlawful retaliation. In cases of willful violation of this section, the court may assess exemplary damages up to double the amount of back wages found due in addition to any other damages awarded. In cases of aggravated circumstances, the court may also assess reasonable attorney fees in addition to any other damages awarded.
103.96 History
History: 1977 c. 17;
1993 a. 490.
103.965(1)
(1) Except as provided in
sub. (2), if the department determines that any person has violated
ss. 103.90 to
103.97 the person shall have a reasonable time, not to exceed 15 days from the day he or she receives notice of the violation, to correct the violation. If the violation is corrected within that period, no penalty may be imposed under
s. 103.97.
103.965(2)
(2) If an employer violates
s. 103.915 (1) 2 or more times in a 10-year period, or violates
s. 103.92 by failure to obtain initial certification before opening a camp 2 or more times in a 10-year period, no correction period exists if the 2nd or subsequent violation is intentional or in reckless disregard of the law. This subsection applies only if the first violation in the 10-year period is a conviction or administrative determination of violation which remains of record and is unreversed. The 10-year period shall be measured from the date of the violation which resulted in the conviction or administrative determination of violation.
103.965 History
History: 1977 c. 17;
1985 a. 191.
103.965 Note
NOTE: 1985 Wis. Act 191, which created sub. (2), provides in section 6 that no person may be denied a correction period under sub. (2) for a 2nd or subsequent violation unless the first violation occurred on or after April 22, 1986.
103.965 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also s.
DWD 301.13, Wis. adm. code.
103.967
103.967
Duties of council on migrant labor. The council on migrant labor shall:
103.967(1)
(1) Advise the department and other state officials on any matter affecting migrant workers.
103.967(2)
(2) Ascertain the conditions under which migrant workers are recruited, employed, housed and protected.
103.967(3)
(3) Review in July of every odd-numbered year the minimum hours guaranteed under
s. 103.915 (4) (b) and recommend to the legislature any changes the council finds necessary.
103.967(4)
(4) Study the coordination of federal and state statutes and rules designed to assist, serve or protect migrant workers and recommend to the department, legislature and other appropriate state agencies any changes in statutes or rules necessary to achieve uniformity insofar as possible between such state and federal statutes and rules.
103.967 History
History: 1977 c. 17.
103.968
103.968
Council review of rules. The department shall submit every rule which it proposes to promulgate under
ss. 103.90 to
103.97 to the council on migrant labor at the same time that the department files notice of its intent to promulgate the rule with the presiding officer of each house of the legislature under
s. 227.19 (2). If the council disapproves the rule within 45 days after the rule is submitted, the department may not promulgate the rule, and, if promulgated, the rule is void.
103.969
103.969
New contract compliance. Any collective bargaining agreement entered into by any person on or after June 7, 1977, shall not violate any provision of
chapter 17, laws of 1977.
103.969 History
History: 1977 c. 17.
103.97(1)(a)(a) Except as provided in
par. (b), if any person violates
ss. 103.90 to
103.97, or fails or refuses to obey any lawful order of the department or any judgment of any court in connection with
ss. 103.90 to
103.97, for each such violation, failure or refusal, such person shall forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $100. Each day of continued violation shall constitute a separate offense.
103.97(1)(b)
(b) Any person who maintains an uncertified camp in violation of an order issued by the department under
s. 103.92 for failure in any year to obtain initial certification before opening a camp shall forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $100 for the first violation, and shall forfeit not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 for any such subsequent violation occurring within 10 years. In this paragraph, a “subsequent violation" is a violation occurring after a conviction or an administrative determination of violation, either of which remains of record and is unreversed.
103.97(2)
(2) An employer is not liable for a violation of
ss. 103.90 to
103.97 if the violation is due to the employer's good faith reliance on the representations of a worker.
103.97 History
History: 1977 c. 17;
1985 a. 191.
103.97 Note
NOTE: 1985 Wis. Act 191, which created sub. (1) (b), provides in section 6 that no person may be assessed a forfeiture under sub. (1) (b) for a subsequent violation unless the first violation occurred on or after April 22, 1986.
