104.035(5)(5) Camp counselors. The minimum wage for a counselor at a seasonal recreational or educational camp, including a day camp, is $350 per week if meals and lodging are not furnished, $265 per week if only meals are furnished, and $210 per week if both meals and lodging are furnished. 104.035(6)(6) Golf caddies. The minimum wage for a golf caddy is $10.50 for caddying 18 holes and $5.90 for caddying 9 holes. 104.035(7)(7) Minimum wage established by department. The department shall promulgate rules providing the minimum wage for all of the following: 104.035(7)(a)(a) An employee or worker with a disability covered under a license under s. 104.07. 104.035(7)(c)(c) A student employed by an independent college or university for less than 20 hours per week. 104.035(8)(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: 104.035(8)(a)(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. 104.035(8)(b)(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. 104.035(8)(c)(c) An elementary or secondary school student performing student work-like activities in the student’s school. 104.035(9)(9) Gender-specific minimum wage prohibited. The department may not establish a different minimum wage for men and women. 104.035 HistoryHistory: 2015 a. 55 ss. 3078h, 3078i. 104.035 AnnotationUnder regulations promulgated under s. 104.045 (1), an employer taking a tip credit must have a tip declaration signed by the tipped employee each pay period to show that, when adding the tips received to the wages paid by the employer, no less than the minimum rate was received by the employee. When the employer’s time and payroll records do not contain these requirements, no tip credit is allowed, and a plaintiff may pursue back wages under s. 109.03 (5) for alleged violations of such regulations. Hussein v. Jun-Yan, LLC, 502 F. Supp. 3d 1366 (2020). 104.045104.045 Tips, meals, lodging, and hours worked. The department shall promulgate rules governing all of the following: 104.045(1)(1) The counting of tips or similar gratuities toward fulfillment of the employer’s obligation under s. 104.035 (3). The rules promulgated under this subsection shall allow an employer to require a tipped employee to use an electronic signature or other electronic means that uniquely identifies the employee to acknowledge the counting of tips or similar gratuities for purposes of s. 104.035 (3). In this subsection, “electronic signature” has the meaning given in s. 137.11 (8). 104.045(2)(2) The deduction of meals or lodging provided by an employer to an employee from the employer’s obligation under this chapter. 104.045(3)(3) The determination of hours worked by an employee during which the employee is entitled to the minimum wage established under s. 104.035. 104.045 AnnotationUnder regulations promulgated under sub. (1), an employer taking a tip credit must have a tip declaration signed by the tipped employee each pay period to show that, when adding the tips received to the wages paid by the employer, no less than the minimum rate was received by the employee. When the employer’s time and payroll records do not contain these requirements, no tip credit is allowed, and a plaintiff may pursue back wages under s. 109.03 (5) for alleged violations of such regulations. Hussein v. Jun-Yan, LLC, 502 F. Supp. 3d 1366 (2020). 104.07104.07 Rules; license to employ; student learners; sheltered workshops. 104.07(1)(1) The department shall promulgate rules, and, except as provided under subs. (5), (6), and (7), grant a license to any employer who employs any employee 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 any such employees of the licensee. 104.07(2)(2) The department shall promulgate rules, and, except as provided under subs. (5), (6), and (7), grant a license to a sheltered workshop, to permit the employment of workers with disabilities 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. 104.07(3)(3) No student learner or employee shall be employed at a wage less than the rate so established. 104.07(4)(a)(a) Except as provided in par. (bm), the department shall require each applicant for a license under sub. (1) or (2) who is an individual to provide the department with the applicant’s social security number, and shall require each applicant for a license under sub. (1) or (2) who is not an individual to provide the department with the applicant’s federal employer identification number, when initially applying for or applying to renew the license. 104.07(4)(b)(b) If an applicant who is an individual fails to provide the applicant’s social security number to the department or if an applicant who is not an individual fails to provide the applicant’s federal employer identification number to the department, the department may not issue or renew a license under sub. (1) or (2) to or for the applicant unless the applicant is an individual who does not have a social security number and the applicant submits a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation as required under par. (bm). 104.07(4)(bm)(bm) If an applicant who is an individual does not have a social security number, the applicant shall submit a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation to the department that the applicant does not have a social security number. The form of the statement shall be prescribed by the department. A license issued under sub. (1) or (2) in reliance upon a false statement submitted under this paragraph is invalid. 104.07(4)(c)(c) The department of workforce development may not disclose any information received under par. (a) to any person except to the department of revenue for the sole purpose of requesting certifications under s. 73.0301 or the department of children and families for purposes of administering s. 49.22. 104.07(5)(5) The department of workforce development shall deny, suspend, restrict, refuse to renew, or otherwise withhold a license under sub. (1) or (2) for failure of the applicant or licensee 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 licensee 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 the memorandum of understanding entered into under s. 49.857 and not as provided in ch. 227. 104.07(6)(6) The department shall deny an application for the issuance or renewal of a license under sub. (1) or (2), or revoke such a license already issued, if the department of revenue certifies under s. 73.0301 that the applicant or licensee 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. 104.07(7)(a)(a) The department may deny an application for the issuance or renewal of a license under sub. (1) or (2), or revoke such a license already issued, if the department determines that the applicant or licensee 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. 104.07(7)(b)(b) If the department denies an application or revokes a license under par. (a), the department shall mail a notice of denial or revocation to the applicant or licensee. The notice shall include a statement of the facts that warrant the denial or revocation and a statement that the applicant or licensee 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 licensee is liable for delinquent contributions reviewed at a hearing under s. 108.227 (5) (a). 104.07(7)(c)(c) If, after a hearing under s. 108.227 (5) (a), the department affirms a determination under par. (a) that an applicant or licensee is liable for delinquent contributions, the department shall affirm its denial or revocation. An applicant or licensee may seek judicial review under s. 108.227 (6) of an affirmation by the department of a denial or revocation under this paragraph. 104.07(7)(d)(d) If, after a hearing under s. 108.227 (5) (a), the department determines that a person whose license 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 license or approve the application, unless there are other grounds for revocation or denial. The department may not charge a fee for reinstatement of a license under this paragraph. 104.07 Cross-referenceCross-reference: See also s. DWD 272.09, Wis. adm. code. 104.08(1m)(a)(a) “Trade” means an occupation involving physical labor and characterized by mechanical skill and training such as render a period of instruction reasonably necessary. 104.08(1m)(b)(b) “Trade industry” means an industry involving physical labor and characterized by mechanical skill and training such as render a period of instruction reasonably necessary. 104.08(2m)(2m) Any person working in a trade industry for which a minimum wage has been established for minors, and who has no trade, shall be employed under an apprentice contract under s. 106.01. 104.08(3)(a)(a) The department shall investigate, determine, and declare what occupations and industries are included within a “trade” or a “trade industry.” 104.08(3)(b)(b) The department may make exceptions to the operation of sub. (2m) when conditions make its application unreasonable. 104.09104.09 Records. Each employer shall keep a record of the names and addresses of all student learners and employees, the hours of employment and wages of each, and such other records pertaining to ability as the department requires, except that an employer is not required to keep a record of the hours of employment of an employee who is exempt under rules promulgated by the department from the requirement under s. 103.02 that an employee be paid overtime compensation, as defined in s. 103.025 (1) (c), and who is not compensated on an hourly rate basis. 104.10104.10 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, may be fined $25 for each offense. 104.10 HistoryHistory: 2005 a. 12; 2015 a. 55. 104.12104.12 Complaints. Any person may register with the department a complaint that the wages paid to an employee for whom a minimum wage has been established under s. 104.035 are less than that minimum wage, and the department shall investigate the matter and take all proceedings necessary to enforce the payment of that minimum wage. Section 111.322 (2m) applies to discharge and other discriminatory acts arising in connection with any proceeding under this section.
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