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SB70-SSA2-SA1,91,85 2. For a member of a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces, duty during
6the deployment of the member with the U.S. armed forces to a foreign country under
7a call or order to active duty under a provision of law specified in 10 USC 101 (a) (13)
8(B).
SB70-SSA2-SA1,168 9Section 168. 103.10 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,91,1310 103.10 (1) (b) Except as provided in sub. (1m) (b) 2. and s. 452.38, “employee"
11means an individual employed in this state by an employer, except the employer's
12parent, child, spouse, domestic partner, or child parent, grandparent, grandchild, or
13sibling
.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,169 14Section 169. 103.10 (1) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,91,1515 103.10 (1) (dm) “Grandchild” means the child of a child.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,170 16Section 170. 103.10 (1) (dp) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,91,1717 103.10 (1) (dp) “Grandparent” means the parent of a parent.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,171 18Section 171. 103.10 (1) (em) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,91,1919 103.10 (1) (em) “Medical isolation” means any of the following:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,91,2320 1. When a health care professional, a local health officer, or the department of
21health services advises that an individual seclude herself or himself from others
22when the individual is awaiting the result of a diagnostic test for a communicable
23disease or when the individual is infected with a communicable disease.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,91,2524 2. When a local health officer or the department of health services advises that
25an individual isolate or quarantine under s. 252.06.
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13. When an individual's employer advises that the individual not come to the
2workplace due to a concern that the individual may have been exposed to or infected
3with a communicable disease.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,172 4Section 172. 103.10 (1) (gm) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,92,65 103.10 (1) (gm) “Sibling” means a brother, sister, half brother, half sister,
6stepbrother, or stepsister, whether by blood, marriage, or adoption.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,173 7Section 173. 103.10 (1m) (b) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 103.10 (1) (an).
SB70-SSA2-SA1,174 8Section 174. 103.10 (1m) (b) 6. of the statutes is renumbered 103.10 (1) (gd).
SB70-SSA2-SA1,175 9Section 175. 103.10 (1m) (b) 7. of the statutes is renumbered 103.10 (1) (m).
SB70-SSA2-SA1,176 10Section 176. 103.10 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,92,1311 103.10 (2) (c) This section only applies to an employee who has been employed
12by the same employer for more than 52 consecutive weeks and who worked for the
13employer for at least 1,000 680 hours during the preceding 52-week period.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,177 14Section 177. 103.10 (3) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,178 15Section 178. 103.10 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,92,1816 103.10 (3) (b) 3. To care for the employee's child, spouse, domestic partner, or
17parent, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling, if the child, spouse, domestic partner, or
18parent, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling has a serious health condition.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,179 19Section 179. 103.10 (3) (b) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,92,2320 103.10 (3) (b) 4. Because of any qualifying exigency, as determined by the
21department by rule, arising out of the fact that the spouse, child, domestic partner,
22parent, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling of the employee is on covered active duty
23or has been notified of an impending call or order to covered active duty.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,180 24Section 180. 103.10 (3) (b) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
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1103.10 (3) (b) 5. Because there is an unforeseen or unexpected short-term gap
2in childcare for the employee's child, grandchild, or sibling that the employee must
3fill. The department may define by rule “unforeseen or unexpected short-term gap
4in childcare.”
SB70-SSA2-SA1,181 5Section 181. 103.10 (3) (b) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,93,86 103.10 (3) (b) 6. To care for the employee's child, spouse, domestic partner,
7parent, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling, if the child, spouse, domestic partner,
8parent, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling is in medical isolation.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,182 9Section 182. 103.10 (3) (b) 7. of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,93,1210 103.10 (3) (b) 7. To address issues of the employee or the employee's child,
11spouse, domestic partner, parent, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling related to
12being the victim of domestic abuse, sexual abuse, or stalking.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,183 13Section 183. 103.10 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,93,1714 103.10 (4) (a) Subject to pars. (b) and par. (c) and sub. (4m), an employee who
15is in medical isolation or has a serious health condition which makes the employee
16unable to perform his or her employment duties may take medical leave for the
17period during which he or she is unable to perform those duties.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,184 18Section 184. 103.10 (4) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,185 19Section 185. 103.10 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,93,2220 103.10 (4m) Duration of leave. In a 12-month period, no employee may take
21more than 12 weeks of family leave for any combination of reasons specified under
22sub. (3) or (4).
SB70-SSA2-SA1,186 23Section 186. 103.10 (6) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,94,324 103.10 (6) (b) (intro.) If an employee intends to take family leave because of the
25planned medical treatment or supervision of a child, spouse, domestic partner, or

1parent, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling or intends to take medical leave because
2of the planned medical treatment or supervision of the employee, the employee shall
3do all of the following:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,187 4Section 187. 103.10 (6) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,94,85 103.10 (6) (b) 1. Make a reasonable effort to schedule the medical treatment
6or supervision so that it does not unduly disrupt the employer's operations, subject
7to the approval of the health care provider of the child, spouse, domestic partner,
8parent, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or employee.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,188 9Section 188. 103.10 (6) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,94,1410 103.10 (6) (c) If the employee intends to take family leave under sub. (3) (b) 4.
11that is foreseeable because the spouse, child, domestic partner, parent, grandparent,
12grandchild, or sibling of the employee is on covered active duty or has been notified
13of an impending call or order to covered active duty, the employee shall provide notice
14of that intention to the employer in a reasonable and practicable manner.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,189 15Section 189. 103.10 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,94,2116 103.10 (7) (a) If an employee requests family leave for a reason described in sub.
17(3) (b) 3. or requests medical leave due to a serious health condition, the employer
18may require the employee to provide certification, as described in par. (b), issued by
19the health care provider or Christian Science practitioner of the child, spouse,
20domestic partner, parent, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or employee, whichever
21is appropriate.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,190 22Section 190. 103.10 (7) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,94,2423 103.10 (7) (b) (intro.) No employer may require certification under par. (a)
24stating more than the following:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,191 25Section 191. 103.10 (7) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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1103.10 (7) (b) 1. That the child, spouse, domestic partner, parent, grandparent,
2grandchild, sibling,
or employee has a serious health condition.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,192 3Section 192. 103.10 (7) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,95,74 103.10 (7) (cm) If an employee requests family leave for a reason described in
5sub. (3) (b) 3., the employer may require the employee to provide certification that
6the employee is responsible for the care of a child, spouse, domestic partner, parent,
7grandparent, grandchild, or sibling with a serious health condition.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,193 8Section 193. 103.10 (7) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,95,159 103.10 (7) (d) If an employee requests family leave under sub. (3) (b) 4., the
10employer may require the employee to provide certification that the spouse, child,
11domestic partner, parent, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling of the employee is on
12covered active duty or has been notified of an impending call or order to covered
13active duty. The certification under this paragraph shall be issued at such time and
14in such manner as the department may prescribe by rule, and the employee shall
15provide a copy of that certification to the employer in a timely manner.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,194 16Section 194. 103.10 (7) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,95,2117 103.10 (7) (e) If an employee requests family leave under sub. (3) (b) 5., the
18employer may require the employee to provide certification that there is an
19unforeseen or unexpected short-term gap in childcare, as defined in rule by the
20department, for the employee's child, grandchild, or sibling that the employee must
21fill. The department may prescribe by rule the form and content of the certification.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,195 22Section 195. 103.10 (7) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,96,723 103.10 (7) (f) 1. If an employee requests family leave under sub. (3) (b) 6., or
24medical leave due to medical isolation, the employer may require the employee to
25provide certification issued by a local public health official, the department of health

1services, or a health care provider or Christian Science practitioner of the child,
2spouse, domestic partner, parent, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or employee,
3whichever is appropriate, except that no employer may require certification under
4this paragraph if the sole reason for the medical isolation is due to the employer's
5request under sub. (1) (em) 3. No employer may require certification under this
6subdivision stating more than that the child, spouse, domestic partner, parent,
7grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or employee is in medical isolation.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,96,118 2. If an employee requests family leave under sub. (3) (b) 6., the employer may
9require the employee to provide certification that the employee is responsible for the
10care of a child, spouse, domestic partner, parent, grandparent, grandchild, sibling,
11or employee who is in medical isolation.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,196 12Section 196. 103.10 (7) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,96,1713 103.10 (7) (g) If an employee requests family leave under sub. (3) (b) 7., the
14employer may require the employee to provide certification that the employee is
15addressing issues of the employee or the employee's child, spouse, domestic partner,
16parent, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling related to being the victim of domestic
17abuse, sexual abuse, or stalking.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,197 18Section 197. 103.10 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,96,2419 103.10 (10) Alternative employment. Nothing in this section prohibits an
20employer and an employee with a serious health condition or in medical isolation
21from mutually agreeing to alternative employment for the employee while the
22serious health condition or medical isolation lasts. No period of alternative
23employment, with the same employer, reduces the employee's right to family leave
24or medical leave.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,198 25Section 198. 103.10 (12) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1103.10 (12) (b) An employee who believes his or her employer has violated sub.
2(11) (a) or (b) may, within 30 300 days after the violation occurs or the employee
3should reasonably have known that the violation occurred, whichever is later, file a
4complaint with the department alleging the violation. Except as provided in s.
5230.45 (1m), the department shall investigate the complaint and shall attempt to
6resolve the complaint by conference, conciliation or persuasion. If the complaint is
7not resolved and the department finds probable cause to believe a violation has
8occurred, the department shall proceed with notice and a hearing on the complaint
9as provided in ch. 227. The hearing shall be held within 60 days after the department
10receives the complaint.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,199 11Section 199. 103.10 (12) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,97,1812 103.10 (12) (c) If 2 or more health care providers disagree about any of the
13information required to be certified under sub. (7) (b), the department may appoint
14another health care provider to examine the child, spouse, domestic partner, parent,
15grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or employee and render an opinion as soon as
16possible. The department shall promptly notify the employee and the employer of
17the appointment. The employer and the employee shall each pay 50 percent of the
18cost of the examination and opinion.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,200 19Section 200. 103.10 (14) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 103.10 (14).
SB70-SSA2-SA1,201 20Section 201. 103.10 (14) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,202 21Section 202. 103.105 of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,97,23 22103.105 Family and medical leave benefits insurance program. (1)
23Definitions. In this section:
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1(a) “Application year" means the 12-month period beginning on the first day
2of the first calendar week for which family or medical leave insurance benefits are
3claimed by a covered individual.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,98,154 (b) “Average weekly earnings" means one-thirteenth of the wages paid to an
5employee during the last completed calendar quarter prior to the covered
6individual's date of eligibility for benefits under this section and includes all sick,
7holiday, vacation, and termination pay that is paid directly by an employer to an
8employee at the employee's usual rate of pay during his or her last completed
9calendar quarter as a result of employment for an employer and any total or partial
10disability payments under ch. 102 or a federal law that provides for payments on
11account of a work-related injury or illness. For self-employed individuals, “ average
12weekly earnings" means one fifty-second of the gross income reported as income to
13the federal internal revenue service in the most recent tax year in which the
14individual filed taxes prior to the individual's date of eligibility for benefits under this
15section.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,98,1916 (c) “Covered individual" means an employee who satisfies s. 103.10 (2) (c), or
17a self-employed individual who elects coverage under sub. (2), regardless of whether
18the individual is employed or unemployed at the time the individual files an
19application for family or medical leave insurance benefits.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,98,2020 (d) “Employee" has the meaning given in s. 103.10 (1) (b).
SB70-SSA2-SA1,98,2121 (e) “Employer" has the meaning given in s. 103.10 (1) (c).
SB70-SSA2-SA1,98,2422 (f) “Family leave" means an individual's leave from employment,
23self-employment, or availability for employment for a reason specified in s. 103.10
24(3) (b) 1. to 7. or 103.11 (4).
SB70-SSA2-SA1,99,2
1(g) “Family or medical leave insurance benefits" means benefits payable under
2this section from the family and medical leave benefits insurance trust fund.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,99,43 (h) “Medical leave” means leave from employment, self-employment, or
4availability for employment for any of the reasons in s. 103.10 (4).
SB70-SSA2-SA1,99,75 (i) “Self-employed individual” means a sole proprietor, partner of a
6partnership, member of a limited liability company, or other individual engaged in
7a vocation, profession, or business for himself or herself and not for an employer.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,99,108 (j) “State annual median wage" means the median hourly wage for all
9occupations in this state in a calendar year, as determined by the bureau of labor
10statistics of the U.S. department of labor, multiplied by 2,080.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,99,22 11(2) Election by self-employed individual. A self-employed individual may
12elect to be covered under this section by filing a written notice of election with the
13department in a form and manner prescribed by the department by rule. An initial
14election under this subsection becomes effective on the date on which the notice of
15election is filed, shall be for a period of not less than 3 years, and may be renewed for
16subsequent one-year periods by the filing of a written notice with the department
17that the self-employed individual intends to continue his or her coverage under this
18section. A self-employed individual who elects coverage under this section may
19withdraw that election no earlier than 3 years after the date of the initial election or
20at such other times as the department may prescribe by rule by providing notice of
21that withdrawal to the department not less than 30 days before the expiration date
22of the election.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,99,24 23(3) Eligibility for benefits. (a) Except as otherwise provided in sub. (6), a
24covered individual who is on family leave or medical leave is eligible to receive family

1or medical leave insurance benefits in the amount specified in sub. (4) and for the
2duration specified in sub. (5).
SB70-SSA2-SA1,100,143 (b) To receive family or medical leave insurance benefits, a covered individual
4shall file a claim for those benefits within the time and in the manner that the
5department prescribes by rule. On receipt of a claim for family or medical leave
6insurance benefits, the department may request from the individual's employer or
7from the self-employed individual any information necessary for the department to
8determine the individual's eligibility for those benefits and the amount and duration
9of those benefits. The employer or self-employed individual shall provide that
10information to the department within the time and in the manner that the
11department prescribes by rule. If the department determines that a covered
12individual is eligible to receive family or medical leave insurance benefits, the
13department shall provide those benefits to the individual as provided in subs. (4) and
14(5).
SB70-SSA2-SA1,100,17 15(4) Amount of benefits. Except as provided in sub. (6), the amount of family
16or medical leave insurance benefits payable for a week shall be based upon the
17covered individual's average weekly earnings, as follows:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,100,2118 (a) For the amount of the covered individual's average weekly earnings that are
19less than 50 percent of the state annual median wage in the calendar year before the
20covered individual's application year, 90 percent of the covered individual's average
21weekly earnings.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,100,2522 (b) For the amount of the covered individual's average weekly earnings that are
23more than or equal to 50 percent of the state annual median wage in the calendar
24year before the covered individual's application year, 50 percent of the covered
25individual's average weekly earnings.
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1(5) Duration of benefits. The maximum number of weeks for which family or
2medical leave insurance benefits are payable in an application year is 12 weeks. A
3covered individual may be paid family or medical leave insurance benefits
4continuously, or at the option of the covered individual, intermittently.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,101,12 5(6) Employer exemption from participation in paid family and medical leave
6benefits insurance program.
(a) If an employer provides family and medical leave
7benefits that are identical to or more generous than benefits provided under this
8section, the employer may elect to not participate in the paid family and medical
9leave benefits insurance program under this section. If the department grants an
10exemption under this subsection, the employer shall pay benefits that are at least
11identical to benefits under this section, and an employee is entitled to be paid those
12benefits.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,101,1713 (b) An employer that elects to not participate in the paid family and medical
14leave benefits insurance program under this section shall request an exemption from
15the department in writing, in the manner prescribed by the department. An
16exemption from participation is not effective until approved by the department in
17writing.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,101,2018 (c) The department may grant a written exemption from participation to an
19employer who complies with this subsection and all rules promulgated by the
20department under par. (g).
SB70-SSA2-SA1,101,2421 (d) The department may withdraw its written exemption order granted under
22par. (c) if the department determines that an employer is not providing paid family
23and medical leave benefits to employees that are at least identical to those provided
24under this section.
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