Wisconsin Legislature: Worker's compensation

Witness exclusion order: law enforcement officer may be ordered to testify before other witnesses in criminal or delinquency cases - AB373

Witness or interpreter attending a court hearing: mileage reimbursement increased - AB802

Witness to a crime: causing bodily harm or threats to cause made a felony - AB337

American Heart Month recognized February 2008; Wear Red for Women Day recognized February 1, 2008 - AJR97

American Heart Month recognized February 2008; Wear Red for Women Day recognized February 1, 2008 - SJR84

Domestic abuse, child abuse, or harassment temporary restraining order and injunction: notification of the service of a petition revised - AB767

Domestic abuse or violence recognition training: Barbering and Cosmetology Examining Board required to provide - AB143

Domestic abuse services grants by DHFS: additional funding provided [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 3885m, 9309 (2c)] - SB40

Domestic Violence Awareness Month declared October 2007 - SJR60

Female offender reintegration program in Milwaukee County: amount of annual grant set [Sec. 1115] - SB40

Hart, Virginia Baily: life, public service, and dedication to the causes of women and working people commended - AJR49

Hart, Virginia Baily: life, public service, and dedication to the causes of women and working people commended - SJR44

Nonprofit organization providing assistance to low-income individuals or victims of domestic violence and related crimes: county may appropriate money re capital and operational expenses - AB945

Strangulation and suffocation: felony crime created; definitions and domestic abuse assessment re violated restraining order provisions - AB499

Strangulation and suffocation: felony crime created; definitions and domestic abuse assessment re violated restraining order provisions - SB260

Tenant termination of tenancy permitted for imminent threat of serious physical harm, conditions specified; lease is void and unenforceable if landlord takes certain actions in retaliation for tenant's contact with law enforcement, health, or safety services; municipality and county prohibited from imposing a fee on property owner or occupant for call for emergency services - AB520

Tenant termination of tenancy permitted for imminent threat of serious physical harm, conditions specified; lease is void and unenforceable if landlord takes certain actions in retaliation for tenant's contact with law enforcement, health, or safety services; municipality and county prohibited from imposing a fee on property owner or occupant for call for emergency services [for further revisions, see entry under ``Landlord and tenant"] - SB269

Voluntary and informed consent to an abortion: physician requirement to provide certain information revised re suspected domestic abuse, sexual assault, or incest; materials published by DHFS to include domestic abuse services information - AB427

Voluntary and informed consent to an abortion: physician requirement to provide certain information revised re suspected domestic abuse, sexual assault, or incest; materials published by DHFS to include domestic abuse services information - SB218

Employment discrimination: action in circuit court to recover damages permitted, surcharge provision; committee to study wage disparities between men and women and minority group and nonminority group members - AB310

Employment discrimination: action in circuit court to recover damages permitted, surcharge provision; committee to study wage disparities between men and women and minority group and nonminority group members - SB165

Manufacturing devaluation property tax loss in certain counties: grant from WDF required [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 195, 9108 (10q)] - SB40

Open Enrollment Program application extended to certain pupils of the closed St. Mary's Catholic School in Auburndale re the Auburndale School District - AB476

Open Enrollment Program application extended to certain pupils of the closed St. Mary's Catholic School in Auburndale re the Auburndale School District - SB242

Attorney fee modified re action to collect public assistance reimbursement in WC proceeding; DWD duty specified - AB288

Fire fighter injury or death due to heart or respiratory disease or stroke: presumption for WC purposes that the condition is related to employment created; criteria specified - AB275

Special orders of business for March 11, 2008 established re AB-482, AB-668, AB-685, AB-688, AB-709, AB-735, AB-745, AB-765, AB-769, AB-798, AB-803, AB-807, AB-809, AB-828, AB-846, AB-849, AB-862, AB-863, AB-893, AB-898, SB-49, SB-72, SB-86, SB-142, SB-260, SB-288, SB-403, SB-430 - AR17

WC law revisions; OCI, DOJ, and DWD duties - AB758

WC law revisions; OCI, DOJ, and DWD duties - SB430

Apprenticeship programs in trades in the rubber and plastics, printing, utilities, and health care industries: appropriation to DWD for administration of - AB963

Attorney consolidation in executive branch agencies, certain exceptions provided; Division of Legal Services created in DOA; positions identified as hearing examiners, officers, or administrative law judges transferred to DHA, exception re DWD [Sec. 27, 31, 72, 518, 2143-2145, 2539, 3006, 3009, 3348, 9155 (1), 9455 (1)] - SB40

Attorney fee modified re action to collect public assistance reimbursement in WC proceeding; DWD duty specified - AB288

Boys and Girls Clubs: increased TANF funding provided [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 1447b] - SB40

Case management services to applicant for a W-2 employment position in lieu of a subsidized employment position permitted if specified criteria are met [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] - SB40

Child care providers re W-2: DWD to provide quality rating system [Sec. 1336, 9155 (2)] - SB40

Child care subsidies under W-2: DWD authorized to implement waiting list [Sec. 1424, 1431, 1432] - SB40

Child or family support: receipt and disbursement fees collected by DWD increased [Sec. 455, 3733, 3734, 3737, 9454 (2)] - SB40

Child support collection: DWD to study current methods and feasibility and efficiency of using other methods [Sec. 9154 (2)] - SB40

Child support enforcement activities: federal and state funds for; federal child support incentive payments reinstated [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 449, 450d, 459, 460d, 1473, 1474d-1476g, 9454 (3p)] - SB40

Children and Families, Department of, created; DHFS duties re services to children and families transferred to; DWD duties re W-2, child and spousal support, paternity, and medical support liability transferred to; DHFS renamed Department of Health Services [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Reorganization of state government"] - SB40

Civil Air Patrol emergency service operation: employer required to grant an unpaid leave of absence; discrimination in employment prohibited; DWD provision - AB914

Delinquent child support obliger Web site: DWD to maintain; conditions specified - AB744

Direct child care subsidies; child care administrative agency duties [Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] - MR8 AB1

DWD allocation of moneys re various public assistance and child care related purposes revised; grant moneys for the Educare Center of Milwaukee [Sec. 1421, 1436-1447, 1449-1451, 1453, 1454] - SB40

DWD child care services allocation increased and allocation of earned income tax credit decreased for fiscal year 2006-07 [Sec. 4, 5] - AB72

DWD child care services allocation increased and allocation of earned income tax credit decreased for fiscal year 2006-07 [Sec. 4, 5; S.Sub.Amdt.1: sections renumbered to 3 and 4] - SB39

Employer monitoring of employee electronic mail: prohibitions created; DWD to hear discrimination or discharge complaints - AB533

Employment discrimination: action in circuit court to recover damages permitted, surcharge provision; committee to study wage disparities between men and women and minority group and nonminority group members - AB310

Employment discrimination: action in circuit court to recover damages permitted, surcharge provision; committee to study wage disparities between men and women and minority group and nonminority group members - SB165

Executive salary group changes [Sec. 617-621, 623-626, 630] - SB40

Family and medical leave law (state): time limits for filing a complaint revised; appeal of DWD determination to LIRC; commencement of civil action against employer modified - AB868

Food stamp recipients' employment and training program transferred from DWD to DHFS; food stamp eligibility re child support noncompliance revised [Sec. 387, 464, 1397-1407, 1425, 1662-1669, 2645, 9421 (8); Enrolled SB-40: further revisions, 9154 (3k), deletes 1668, 9421 (8)] - SB40

Fraud by W-2 participants: counties and tribal governing bodies may create programs to investigate [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 453m, 1465m] - SB40

GPR appropriation conversions [Sec. 263-265, 276, 279, 302, 403, 440, 502-506, 742, 743, 2535, 2868-2870, 2910-2913] - SB40

GPR positions vacant 12 months or more eliminated [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] - SB40

GPR vocational rehabilitation services appropriation account changed from annual to continuing [Sec. 481] - SB40

Health care workers employed by health care facilities: mandatory overtime prohibited; unforeseeable emergency, worker consent, definitions, and employment discrimination provisions; DWD complaint authority - AB926

Health care workers employed by health care facilities: mandatory overtime prohibited; unforeseeable emergency, worker consent, definitions, and employment discrimination provisions; DWD complaint authority - SB512

Insurance claim intercept for MA liability or child support obligation: requirements created [Sec. 1754, 9321 (9)] - SB40

Interstate child support cases: lien enforcement provisions [Sec. 1706-1709] - SB40

Kinship care benefits funding [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 1449] - SB40

Local youth apprenticeship grants: appropriation increased - AB383

National and Community Service Board funding: DOA to determine administrative support amount needed and apportion between DOA, DHFS, DPI, and DWD [Sec. 77] - SB40

Paternity judgments: DWD payment of vital records fees in certain cases [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 3746h, i, 9354 (2d)] - SB40

Pending paternity proceedings: access to DWD and county child support agencies increased - AB39

Pending paternity proceedings: access to DWD and county child support agencies increased - SB13

Pregnant or breast-feeding employee may request and employer required to provide reasonable accommodations; undue hardship, discrimination, and complaint provisions - AB160

Pregnant or breast-feeding employee may request and employer required to provide reasonable accommodations; undue hardship, discrimination, and complaint provisions - SB75

Prevailing wage paid to laborers, workers, mechanics, and truck drivers employed on a publicly funded private construction project required; submission and inspection of payroll records of contractors, subcontractors, and agents performing the work - SB568

Prevailing wage rate determination by DWD: collecting data from public works contractors and subcontractors and certain labor organizations - SB526

Public assistance eligibility: documentary proof of citizenship or satisfactory immigration status required; exception provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] - SB40

Racine County Workforce Development Board: one-time grant for plan [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 440m, p, 9154 (5k), 9454 (5k)] - SB40

Racine Y.W.C.A. job skills training program: one-time grant for start-up costs [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 453e, f, 9154 (4k), 9454 (3k)] - SB40

Real work, real pay pilot project created; directive to DWD re continued creation and implementation of a subsidized work program eliminated [Sec. 1410, 1478, 1479, 1511, 1960-1965, 2033-2038, 2089-2094, 2162-2166, 2994, 3935, 9341 (3); Enrolled SB-40: further revisions, deletes 1960, 2033, 2090] - SB40

State minimum wage revised; DWD required to make annual adjustments - AB274

State minimum wage revised; DWD required to make annual adjustments - SB130

Traveling sales crews: regulations created; exceptions and penalty provisions - AB208

Traveling sales crews: regulations created; exceptions and penalty provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1 as amended by Senate; deleted by A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1] - SB40

Traveling sales crews: regulations created; exceptions and penalty provisions - SB80

UI appropriations derived from interest, penalties, and certain assessments consolidated [Sec. 441-445, 2651, 9254 (1)] - SB40

W-2 and TANF related revenues and expenditures re cash benefits, agency contracts and bonuses, child care subsidies, kinship care, EITC, child welfare safety services and information system, caretaker supplement, and emergency assistance [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 1436-1442, 1445, 1449, 1451, 1453, 1454] - SB40

WC law revisions; OCI, DOJ, and DWD duties - AB758