SB21-SSA1,913,22 (a) An employee or worker with a disability covered under a license under s. 104.07.

SB21-SSA1,913,23 (b) A student learner.

SB21-SSA1,913,25 (c) A student employed by an independent college or university for less than 20 hours per week.

SB21-SSA1,914,3 (8) Employment exempted by department. The department shall promulgate rules exempting from the minimum wage requirements under subs. (1) to (7) all of the following:

SB21-SSA1,914,5 (a) A person engaged in casual employment in and around an employer's home on an irregular or intermittent basis for not more than 15 hours per week.

SB21-SSA1,914,9 (b) A person who resides in the home of an employer who, due to advanced age or physical or mental disability, cannot care for his or her own needs, for the purpose of companionship and who spends not more than 15 hours per week on general household work for the employer.

SB21-SSA1,914,11 (c) An elementary or secondary school student performing student work-like activities in the student's school.

SB21-SSA1,914,12 (9) Gender-specific minimum wage prohibited.

SB21-SSA1,3078hm Section 3078hm. 104.04 (title) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,3078i Section 3078i. 104.04 of the statutes is renumbered 104.035 (9) and amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,915,2 104.035 (9) The department shall investigate, ascertain, determine, and fix such reasonable classifications, and shall impose general or special orders, determining the living wage, and shall carry out the purposes of this chapter. Such investigations, classifications, and orders shall be made as provided under s. 103.005, and the penalties specified in s. 103.005 (12) shall apply to and be imposed for any violation of this chapter. In determining the living wage, the department may consider the effect that an increase in the living wage might have on the economy of the state, including the effect of a living wage increase on job creation, retention, and expansion, on the availability of entry-level jobs, and on regional economic conditions within the state. The department may not establish a different minimum wage for men and women. Said orders shall be subject to review in the manner provided in ch. 227.

SB21-SSA1,3078im Section 3078im. 104.045 of the statutes is renumbered 104.045 (intro.) and amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,915,7 104.045 Tipped employees Tips, meals, lodging, and hours worked. (intro.) The department shall by rule determine what amount of promulgate rules governing all of the following:

SB21-SSA1,915,9 (1) The counting of tips or similar gratuities may be counted toward fulfillment of the employer's obligation under this chapter.

SB21-SSA1,3078j Section 3078j. 104.045 (2) and (3) of the statutes are created to read:

SB21-SSA1,915,12 104.045 (2) The deduction of meals or lodging provided by an employer to an employee from the employer's obligation under this chapter.

SB21-SSA1,915,14 (3) The determination of hours worked by an employee during which the employee is entitled to the minimum wage established under s. 104.035.

SB21-SSA1,3078jm Section 3078jm. 104.05 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,3078ke Section 3078ke. 104.06 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,3078km Section 3078km. 104.07 (1) and (2) of the statutes are amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,915,24 104.07 (1) The department shall make promulgate rules, and, except as provided under subs. (5), (6), and (7), grant licenses a license to any employer who employs any employee who is unable to earn the living wage determined by the department, permitting the employee to work for a wage that for whom the minimum wage established under s. 104.035 is not commensurate with the employee's ability. Each license so granted shall establish a wage for the licensee any such employees of the licensee.

SB21-SSA1,916,6 (2) The department shall make promulgate rules, and, except as provided under subs. (5), (6), and (7), grant licenses a license to a sheltered workshops workshop, to permit the employment of workers with disabilities who are unable to earn the living wage at a wage that is commensurate with their ability and productivity. A license granted to a sheltered workshop under this subsection may be issued for the entire workshop or a department of the workshop.

SB21-SSA1,3078ks Section 3078ks. 104.08 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,916,10 104.08 (2m) Any person working in a trade industry for which a living minimum wage has been established for minors, and who has no trade, shall be employed under an apprentice contract under s. 106.01.

SB21-SSA1,3078L Section 3078L. 104.10 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,916,18 104.10 Penalty for intimidating witness. Any employer who discharges or threatens to discharge, or who in any way discriminates, or threatens to discriminate against, any employee because the employee has testified or is about to testify, or because the employer believes that the employee may testify, in any investigation or proceeding relative to the enforcement of this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of may be fined $25 for each offense.

SB21-SSA1,3078Lm Section 3078Lm. 104.11 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,3078m Section 3078m. 104.12 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,917,2 104.12 Complaints. Any person may register with the department a complaint that the wages paid to an employee for whom a living minimum wage has been established under s. 104.035 are less than that living minimum wage, and the department shall investigate the matter and take all proceedings necessary to enforce the payment of a that minimum wage that is not less than the living wage. Section 111.322 (2m) applies to discharge and other discriminatory acts arising in connection with any proceeding under this section.