AB68-SSA1,1833
16Section
1833. 111.31 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,881,817
111.31
(1) The legislature finds that the practice of unfair discrimination in
18employment against properly qualified individuals by reason of their age, race,
19creed, color, disability, marital status, sex, national origin, ancestry, sexual
20orientation,
gender expression, gender identity, arrest record, conviction record,
21military service, use or nonuse of lawful products off the employer's premises during
22nonworking hours, or declining to attend a meeting or to participate in any
23communication about religious matters or political matters, substantially and
24adversely affects the general welfare of the state. Employers, labor organizations,
25employment agencies, and licensing agencies that deny employment opportunities
1and discriminate in employment against properly qualified individuals solely
2because of their age, race, creed, color, disability, marital status, sex, national origin,
3ancestry, sexual orientation,
gender expression, gender identity, arrest record,
4conviction record, military service, use or nonuse of lawful products off the
5employer's premises during nonworking hours, or declining to attend a meeting or
6to participate in any communication about religious matters or political matters,
7deprive those individuals of the earnings that are necessary to maintain a just and
8decent standard of living.
AB68-SSA1,1834
9Section
1834
. 111.31 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act ....
10(this act), is amended to read:
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111.31
(1) The legislature finds that the practice of unfair discrimination in
12employment against properly qualified individuals by reason of their age, race,
13creed, color, disability, marital status, sex, national origin, ancestry, sexual
14orientation, gender expression, gender identity, arrest record, conviction record,
15military service, use or nonuse of lawful products off the employer's premises during
16nonworking hours, or declining to attend a meeting or to participate in any
17communication about religious matters or political matters, substantially and
18adversely affects the general welfare of the state. Employers, labor organizations,
19employment agencies, and licensing agencies that deny employment opportunities
20and discriminate in employment against properly qualified individuals solely
21because of their age, race, creed, color, disability, marital status, sex, national origin,
22ancestry, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, arrest record,
23conviction record, military service,
status as a holder or nonholder of a license under
24s. 343.03 (3r), use or nonuse of lawful products off the employer's premises during
25nonworking hours, or declining to attend a meeting or to participate in any
1communication about religious matters or political matters, deprive those
2individuals of the earnings that are necessary to maintain a just and decent standard
3of living.
AB68-SSA1,1835
4Section
1835. 111.31 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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111.31
(2) It is the intent of the legislature to protect by law the rights of all
6individuals to obtain gainful employment and to enjoy privileges free from
7employment discrimination because of age, race, creed, color, disability, marital
8status, sex, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation,
gender expression, gender
9identity, arrest record, conviction record, military service, use or nonuse of lawful
10products off the employer's premises during nonworking hours, or declining to
11attend a meeting or to participate in any communication about religious matters or
12political matters, and to encourage the full, nondiscriminatory utilization of the
13productive resources of the state to the benefit of the state, the family, and all the
14people of the state. It is the intent of the legislature in promulgating this subchapter
15to encourage employers to evaluate an employee or applicant for employment based
16upon the individual qualifications of the employee or applicant rather than upon a
17particular class to which the individual may belong.
AB68-SSA1,1836
18Section 1836
. 111.31 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act ....
19(this act), is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,883,820
111.31
(2) It is the intent of the legislature to protect by law the rights of all
21individuals to obtain gainful employment and to enjoy privileges free from
22employment discrimination because of age, race, creed, color, disability, marital
23status, sex, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender
24identity, arrest record, conviction record, military service,
status as a holder or
25nonholder of a license under s. 343.03 (3r), use or nonuse of lawful products off the
1employer's premises during nonworking hours, or declining to attend a meeting or
2to participate in any communication about religious matters or political matters, and
3to encourage the full, nondiscriminatory utilization of the productive resources of the
4state to the benefit of the state, the family, and all the people of the state. It is the
5intent of the legislature in promulgating this subchapter to encourage employers to
6evaluate an employee or applicant for employment based upon the individual
7qualifications of the employee or applicant rather than upon a particular class to
8which the individual may belong.
AB68-SSA1,1837
9Section
1837. 111.31 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,883,2010
111.31
(3) In the interpretation and application of this subchapter, and
11otherwise, it is declared to be the public policy of the state to encourage and foster
12to the fullest extent practicable the employment of all properly qualified individuals
13regardless of age, race, creed, color, disability, marital status, sex, national origin,
14ancestry, sexual orientation,
gender expression, gender identity, arrest record,
15conviction record, military service, use or nonuse of lawful products off the
16employer's premises during nonworking hours, or declining to attend a meeting or
17to participate in any communication about religious matters or political matters.
18Nothing in this subsection requires an affirmative action program to correct an
19imbalance in the work force. This subchapter shall be liberally construed for the
20accomplishment of this purpose.
AB68-SSA1,1838
21Section 1838
. 111.31 (3) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act ....
22(this act), is amended to read:
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111.31
(3) In the interpretation and application of this subchapter, and
24otherwise, it is declared to be the public policy of the state to encourage and foster
25to the fullest extent practicable the employment of all properly qualified individuals
1regardless of age, race, creed, color, disability, marital status, sex, national origin,
2ancestry, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, arrest record,
3conviction record, military service,
status as a holder or nonholder of a license under
4s. 343.03 (3r), use or nonuse of lawful products off the employer's premises during
5nonworking hours, or declining to attend a meeting or to participate in any
6communication about religious matters or political matters. Nothing in this
7subsection requires an affirmative action program to correct an imbalance in the
8work force. This subchapter shall be liberally construed for the accomplishment of
9this purpose.
AB68-SSA1,1839
10Section
1839. 111.32 (7j) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,884,1311
111.32
(7j) “Gender expression” means an individual's actual or perceived
12gender-related appearance, behavior, or expression, regardless of whether these
13traits are stereotypically associated with the individual's assigned sex at birth.
AB68-SSA1,1840
14Section
1840. 111.32 (7k) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,884,1615
111.32
(7k) “Gender identity” means an individual's internal understanding
16of the individual's gender, or the individual's perceived gender identity.
AB68-SSA1,1841
17Section 1841
. 111.32 (9m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,884,1818
111.32
(9m) “Lawful product” includes marijuana.
AB68-SSA1,1842
19Section 1842
. 111.32 (11m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,884,2320
111.32
(11m) “Marijuana” means all parts of the plants of the genus Cannabis,
21whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from any part of the
22plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation
23of the plant, its seeds or resin, including tetrahydrocannabinols.
AB68-SSA1,1843
24Section 1843
. 111.32 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,885,2
1111.32
(12) “Marital status" means the status of being married, single,
2divorced, separated
, or
widowed
a surviving spouse.
AB68-SSA1,1844
3Section
1844. 111.321 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,885,12
4111.321 Prohibited bases of discrimination. Subject to ss. 111.33 to
5111.365, no employer, labor organization, employment agency, licensing agency, or
6other person may engage in any act of employment discrimination as specified in s.
7111.322 against any individual on the basis of age, race, creed, color, disability,
8marital status, sex, national origin, ancestry,
sexual orientation, gender expression,
9gender identity, arrest record, conviction record, military service, use or nonuse of
10lawful products off the employer's premises during nonworking hours, or declining
11to attend a meeting or to participate in any communication about religious matters
12or political matters.
AB68-SSA1,1845
13Section 1845
. 111.321 of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act ....
14(this act), is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,885,23
15111.321 Prohibited bases of discrimination. Subject to ss. 111.33 to
16111.365, no employer, labor organization, employment agency, licensing agency, or
17other person may engage in any act of employment discrimination as specified in s.
18111.322 against any individual on the basis of age, race, creed, color, disability,
19marital status, sex, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender expression,
20gender identity, arrest record, conviction record, military service,
status as a holder
21or nonholder of a license under s. 343.03 (3r), use or nonuse of lawful products off the
22employer's premises during nonworking hours, or declining to attend a meeting or
23to participate in any communication about religious matters or political matters.
AB68-SSA1,1846
24Section 1846
. 111.322 (2m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,886,4
1111.322
(2m) (a) The individual files a complaint or attempts to enforce any
2right under s. 103.02, 103.10, 103.11, 103.13, 103.28, 103.32, 103.34, 103.455,
3103.50, 104.12, 109.03, 109.07, 109.075, 146.997, or 995.55, or ss. 101.58 to 101.599
4or 103.64 to 103.82.
AB68-SSA1,1847
5Section 1847
. 111.322 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,886,96
111.322
(2m) (b) The individual testifies or assists in any action or proceeding
7held under or to enforce any right under s. 103.02, 103.10, 103.11, 103.13, 103.28,
8103.32, 103.34, 103.455,
103.50, 104.12, 109.03, 109.07, 109.075, 146.997, or 995.55,
9or ss. 101.58 to 101.599 or 103.64 to 103.82.
AB68-SSA1,1848
10Section 1848
. 111.322 (2m) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,886,1311
111.322
(2m) (c) The individual files a complaint or attempts to enforce a right
12under s. 66.0903, 103.49, or 229.8275 or testifies or assists in any action or
13proceeding under s. 66.0903, 103.49, or 229.8275.
AB68-SSA1,1849
14Section
1849. 111.335 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 111.335 (3) (ar).
AB68-SSA1,1850
15Section
1850. 111.335 (3) (ae) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,886,2216
111.335
(3) (ae) 1. Employment discrimination because of conviction record
17includes, but is not limited to, requesting an applicant, employee, member, licensee,
18or any other individual, on an application form or otherwise, to supply information
19regarding a crime the record of which has been expunged under s. 973.015. A request
20to supply information regarding criminal convictions shall not be construed as a
21request to supply information regarding a crime the record of which has been
22expunged under s. 973.015.
AB68-SSA1,887,223
2. Notwithstanding par. (ar) 1., it is employment discrimination because of
24conviction record for an employer or licensing agency to engage in any act of
25employment discrimination specified in s. 111.322 on the basis of a conviction the
1record of which has been expunged under s. 973.015. This subdivision does not apply
2to the extent that its application conflicts with federal law.
AB68-SSA1,1851
3Section 1851
. 111.335 (3) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,887,94
111.335
(3) (ag) 1. Employment discrimination because of conviction record
5includes a prospective employer requesting an applicant for employment, on an
6application form or otherwise, to supply information regarding the conviction record
7of the applicant, or otherwise inquiring into or considering the conviction record of
8an applicant for employment, before the applicant has been selected for an interview
9by the prospective employer.
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2. Subdivision 1. does not prohibit a prospective employer from notifying
11applicants for employment that, subject to this section and ss. 111.321 and 111.322,
12an individual with a particular conviction record may be disqualified by law or under
13the employer's policies from employment in particular positions.
AB68-SSA1,1852
14Section
1852. 111.335 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,887,1915
111.335
(4) (b) It is employment discrimination because of conviction record for
16a licensing agency to refuse to license any individual under sub. (3)
(a) (ar) 1. or to
17bar or terminate an individual from licensing under sub. (3)
(a) (ar) 1. because the
18individual was adjudicated delinquent under ch. 938 for an offense other than an
19exempt offense.
AB68-SSA1,1853
20Section
1853. 111.335 (4) (c) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,887,2321
111.335
(4) (c) 1. (intro.) If a licensing agency refuses to license an individual
22under sub. (3)
(a) (ar) 1. or bars or terminates an individual from licensing under sub.
23(3)
(a) (ar) 1., the licensing agency shall, subject to subd. 2., do all of the following:
AB68-SSA1,1854
24Section
1854. 111.335 (4) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,888,5
1111.335
(4) (e) A state licensing agency that may refuse to license individuals
2under sub. (3)
(a) (ar) 1. or that may bar or terminate an individual from licensure
3under sub. (3)
(a) (ar) 1. shall publish on the agency's Internet site a document
4indicating the offenses or kinds of offenses that may result in such a refusal, bar, or
5termination.
AB68-SSA1,1855
6Section
1855. 111.335 (4) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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111.335
(4) (f) 1. A state licensing agency that may refuse to license individuals
8under sub. (3)
(a) (ar) 1. or that may bar or terminate individuals from licensing
9under sub. (3)
(a) (ar) 1. shall allow an individual who does not possess a license to,
10without submitting a full application and without paying the fees applicable to
11applicants, apply to the agency for a determination of whether the individual would
12be disqualified from obtaining the license due to his or her conviction record.
AB68-SSA1,1856
13Section 1856
. 111.35 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,888,1614
111.35
(2) (e) Conflicts with any federal or state statute, rule or regulation.
15This paragraph does not apply with respect to violations concerning marijuana or
16tetrahydrocannabinols under 21 USC 841 to 865.
AB68-SSA1,1857
17Section
1857. 111.36 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,888,19
18111.36 (title)
Sex, sexual orientation
, gender expression, gender
19identity; exceptions and special cases.
AB68-SSA1,1858
20Section
1858. 111.36 (1) (br) of the statutes is amended to read:
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111.36
(1) (br) Engaging in harassment that consists of unwelcome verbal or
22physical conduct directed at another individual because of that individual's gender,
23gender expression, or gender identity, other than the conduct described in par. (b),
24and that has the purpose or effect of creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive
25work environment or has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with that
1individual's work performance. Under this paragraph, substantial interference with
2an employee's work performance or creation of an intimidating, hostile or offensive
3work environment is established when the conduct is such that a reasonable person
4under the same circumstances as the employee would consider the conduct
5sufficiently severe or pervasive to interfere substantially with the person's work
6performance or to create an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment.
AB68-SSA1,1859
7Section
1859. 111.36 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,889,118
111.36
(1) (c) Discriminating against any
woman individual on the basis of
9pregnancy, childbirth,
maternity parental leave or related medical conditions by
10engaging in any of the actions prohibited under s. 111.322, including, but not limited
11to, actions concerning fringe benefit programs covering illnesses and disability.
AB68-SSA1,1860
12Section
1860. 111.36 (1) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,889,1913
111.36
(1) (d) 1.
For any employer, labor organization, licensing agency or
14employment agency or other person to refuse Refusing to hire, employ, admit or
15license
, or to bar or terminate any individual; barring or terminating from
16employment, membership
, or licensure any individual
,; or
to discriminate 17discriminating against
an
any individual in promotion,
in compensation
, or in
the 18terms, conditions
, or privileges of employment because of the individual's sexual
19orientation
,;
or gender expression, or gender identity.
AB68-SSA1,1861
20Section
1861. 111.36 (1) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,890,221
111.36
(1) (d) 2.
For any employer, labor organization, licensing agency or
22employment agency or other person to discharge Discharging or otherwise
23discriminate discriminating against any person because
he or she the person has
24opposed any discriminatory practices under this paragraph or because
he or she the
1person has made a complaint, testified or assisted in any proceeding under this
2paragraph.
AB68-SSA1,1862
3Section
1862. 111.36 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,890,84
111.36
(4) Notwithstanding s. 111.322, it is not employment discrimination for
5an employer to require an employee to adhere to reasonable workplace appearance,
6grooming, and dress standards not precluded by other provisions of state or federal
7law, provided that an employer shall allow an employee to appear or dress
8consistently with the employee's gender identity or gender expression.
AB68-SSA1,1863
9Section
1863. 111.39 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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111.39
(4) (b) If the department finds probable cause to believe that any
11discrimination has been or is being committed, that unfair honesty testing has
12occurred or is occurring or that unfair genetic testing has occurred or is occurring,
13it may endeavor to eliminate the practice by conference, conciliation or persuasion.
14If the department does not eliminate the discrimination, unfair honesty testing or
15unfair genetic testing, the department shall issue and serve a written notice of
16hearing, specifying the nature of the discrimination that appears to have been
17committed or unfair honesty testing or unfair genetic testing that has occurred, and
18requiring the person named, in this section called the “respondent", to answer the
19complaint at a hearing before an examiner. The notice shall specify a time of hearing
20not less than 30 days after service of the complaint, and a place of hearing
within
21either the county of the respondent's residence or the county in which the
22discrimination, unfair honesty testing or unfair genetic testing appears to have
23occurred. The department shall designate the place of hearing, which may include
24a remote, web-based, or in-person hearing in a location accessible and in proximity
1to the parties. The testimony at the hearing shall be recorded or taken down by a
2reporter appointed by the department.
AB68-SSA1,1864
3Section 1864
. 111.39 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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111.39
(4) (d) The department shall serve a certified copy of the findings and
5order on the respondent, the order to have the same force as other orders of the
6department and be enforced as provided in s. 103.005.
The department shall also
7serve a certified copy of the findings and order on the complainant, together with a
8notice advising the complainant about the right to seek, and the time for seeking,
9review by the commission under sub. (5); about the right to bring, and the time for
10bringing, an action for judicial review under s. 111.395; and about the right to bring,
11and the time for bringing, an action under s. 111.397 (1) (a). Any person aggrieved
12by noncompliance with the order may have the order enforced specifically by suit in
13equity. If the examiner finds that the respondent has not engaged in discrimination,
14unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing as alleged in the complaint, the
15department shall serve a certified copy of the examiner's findings
served on the
16complainant
, together with shall be accompanied by an order dismissing the
17complaint.
AB68-SSA1,1865
18Section 1865
. 111.39 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,892,419
111.39
(5) (b) If
no petition is filed the respondent or complainant does not file
20a petition under par. (a) within 21 days from the date that a copy of the findings and
21order of the examiner is
mailed to the last-known address of the respondent served
22on that party, the findings and order shall be considered final for purposes of
23enforcement under sub. (4) (d). If a timely petition is filed, the commission, on review,
24may either affirm, reverse
, or modify the findings or order in whole or in part
, or set
25aside the findings and order and remand to the department for further proceedings.
1Such actions shall be based on a review of the evidence submitted. If the commission
2is satisfied that a respondent or complainant has been prejudiced because of
3exceptional delay in the receipt of a copy of any findings and order
it, the commission 4may extend the time another 21 days for filing the petition with the department.
AB68-SSA1,1866
5Section 1866
. 111.39 (5) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,892,116
111.39
(5) (d) The commission shall serve a certified copy of the commission's
7decision on the respondent. The commission shall also serve a certified copy of the
8commission's decision on the complainant, together with a notice advising the
9complainant about the right to bring, and the time for bringing, an action for judicial
10review under s. 111.395 and about the right to bring, and the time for bringing, an
11action under s. 111.397 (1) (a).
AB68-SSA1,1867
12Section 1867
. 111.397 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,892,24
13111.397 Civil action. (1) (a) Except as provided in this paragraph, the
14department or an individual alleged or found to have been discriminated against or
15subjected to unfair honesty testing or unfair genetic testing may bring an action in
16circuit court requesting the relief described in sub. (2) (a) against an employer, labor
17organization, or employment agency that is alleged or found to have engaged in that
18discrimination, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing. The department or
19an individual alleged or found to have been discriminated against or subjected to
20unfair honesty testing or unfair genetic testing may not bring an action under this
21paragraph against a local governmental unit, as defined in s. 19.42 (7u), or against
22an employer, labor organization, or employment agency that employs fewer than 15
23individuals for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current
24or preceding year.
AB68-SSA1,893,4
1(b) If a petition for judicial review of the findings and order of the commission
2concerning the same violation as the violation giving rise to the action under par. (a)
3is filed, the circuit court shall consolidate the proceeding for judicial review and the
4action under par. (a).
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(c) An individual alleged or found to have been discriminated against or
6subjected to unfair honesty testing or unfair genetic testing is not required to file a
7complaint under s. 111.39 or seek review under s. 111.395 in order for the department
8or the individual to bring an action under par. (a).
AB68-SSA1,893,109
(d) An action under par. (a) shall be commenced within 300 days after the
10alleged discrimination, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing occurred.
AB68-SSA1,894,2
11(2) (a) Subject to pars. (b) and (c), in an action under sub. (1) (a), if the circuit
12court finds that discrimination, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing has
13occurred, or if such a finding has been made by an examiner or the commission and
14not been further appealed, the circuit court may order any relief that an examiner
15would be empowered to order under s. 111.39 (4) (c) after a hearing on a complaint
16filed under s. 111.39. In addition, the circuit court shall order the defendant to pay
17to the individual discriminated against or subjected to unfair honesty testing or
18unfair genetic testing any other compensatory damages, and punitive damages
19under s. 895.043 that the circuit court or jury finds appropriate, plus reasonable costs
20and attorney fees incurred in the action. If any relief was ordered under s. 111.39 or
21111.395, the circuit court shall specify whether the relief ordered under this
22paragraph is in addition to or replaces the relief ordered under s. 111.39 or 111.395.
23The sum of the amount of compensatory damages for future economic losses and for
24pain and suffering, emotional distress, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, and
1other noneconomic losses and the amount of punitive damages that a circuit court
2may order may not exceed the following:
AB68-SSA1,894,53
1. In the case of a defendant that employs 100 or fewer employees for each
4working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding year,
5$50,000.
AB68-SSA1,894,86
2. In the case of a defendant that employs more than 100 but fewer than 201
7employees for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current
8or preceding year, $100,000.
AB68-SSA1,894,119
3. In the case of a defendant that employs more than 200 but fewer than 501
10employees for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current
11or preceding year, $200,000.
AB68-SSA1,894,1412
4. In the case of a defendant that employs more than 500 employees for each
13working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding year,
14$300,000.
AB68-SSA1,894,1715
(b) If the circuit court orders a payment under par. (a) because of a violation of
16s. 111.321, 111.37, or 111.372 by an individual employed by an employer, the
17employer of that individual is liable for the payment.
AB68-SSA1,894,2018
(c) 1. In this paragraph, “consumer price index" means the average of the
19consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, as determined by
20the bureau of labor statistics of the federal department of labor.
AB68-SSA1,895,821
2. Except as provided in this subdivision, beginning on July 1, 2022, and on
22each July 1 after that, the department shall adjust the amounts specified in par. (a)
231., 2., 3., and 4. by calculating the percentage difference between the consumer price
24index for the 12-month period ending on December 31 of the preceding year and the
25consumer price index for the 12-month period ending on December 31 of the year
1before the preceding year and adjusting those amounts by that percentage
2difference. The department shall publish the adjusted amounts calculated under
3this subdivision in the Wisconsin Administrative Register, and the adjusted amounts
4shall apply to actions commenced under sub. (1) (a) beginning on July 1 of the year
5of publication. This subdivision does not apply if the consumer price index for the
612-month period ending on December 31 of the preceding year did not increase over
7the consumer price index for the 12-month period ending on December 31 of the year
8before the preceding year.
AB68-SSA1,1868
9Section
1868. 111.70 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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111.70
(1) (a) “Collective bargaining" means the performance of the mutual
11obligation of a municipal employer, through its officers and agents, and the
12representative of its municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit, to meet and
13confer at reasonable times, in good faith, with the intention of reaching an
14agreement, or to resolve questions arising under such an agreement, with respect to
15wages, hours, and conditions of employment for public safety employees
or, for 16transit employees
and, or for municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit
17that contains a frontline worker; with respect to wages for general municipal
18employees
, who are in a collective bargaining unit that does not contain a frontline
19worker; and with respect to a requirement of the municipal employer for a municipal
20employee to perform law enforcement and fire fighting services under s. 60.553,
2161.66, or 62.13 (2e), except as provided in sub. (4) (mb) and (mc) and s. 40.81 (3) and
22except that a municipal employer shall not meet and confer with respect to any
23proposal to diminish or abridge the rights guaranteed to any public safety employees
24under ch. 164. Collective bargaining includes the reduction of any agreement
25reached to a written and signed document.
AB68-SSA1,1869
1Section
1869. 111.70 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
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111.70
(1) (f) “Fair-share agreement" means an agreement between a
3municipal employer and a labor organization that represents public safety
4employees
or, transit employees
, or a frontline worker under which all or any of the
5public safety employees or transit employees in the collective bargaining unit
or all
6or any of the employees in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker 7are required to pay their proportionate share of the cost of the collective bargaining
8process and contract administration measured by the amount of dues uniformly
9required of all members.
AB68-SSA1,1870
10Section
1870. 111.70 (1) (fd) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,896,1211
111.70
(1) (fd) “Frontline worker” means a municipal employee who is
12determined to be a frontline worker under sub. (4) (bm) 2.
AB68-SSA1,1871
13Section
1871. 111.70 (1) (fm) of the statutes is amended to read: