AB50,867,424(b) No person may discharge or otherwise discriminate against any person for
1exercising any right provided under this section, opposing a practice prohibited 2under this section, filing a complaint or attempting to enforce any right provided 3under this section, or testifying or assisting in any action or proceeding to enforce 4any right provided under this section. AB50,867,85(c) No collective bargaining agreement or employer policy may diminish or 6abridge an employee’s rights under this section. Any agreement purporting to 7waive or modify an employee’s rights under this section is void as against public 8policy and unenforceable. AB50,867,139(8) Notice posted. Each employer shall post, on its website and in one or 10more conspicuous places where notices to employees are customarily posted, a 11notice in a form approved by the department setting forth employees’ rights under 12this section. Any employer that violates this subsection shall forfeit not more than 13$100 for each violation. AB50,867,1414(9) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules to implement this section. AB50,162815Section 1628. 103.10 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 103.10 (1) 16(a) and amended to read: AB50,867,1817103.10 (1) (a) “Child” means a natural, adopted, or foster child, a stepchild, or 18a legal ward to whom any of the following applies:. AB50,162919Section 1629. 103.10 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is repealed. AB50,163020Section 1630. 103.10 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed. AB50,163121Section 1631. 103.10 (1) (ap) of the statutes is created to read: AB50,867,2222103.10 (1) (ap) “Covered active duty” means any of the following: AB50,868,2
11. For a member of a regular component of the U.S. armed forces, duty during 2the deployment of the member with the U.S. armed forces to a foreign country. AB50,868,632. For a member of a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces, duty during 4the deployment of the member with the U.S. armed forces to a foreign country 5under a call or order to active duty under a provision of law specified in 10 USC 101 6(a) (13) (B). AB50,16327Section 1632. 103.10 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: AB50,868,118103.10 (1) (b) Except as provided in sub. (1m) (b) 2. and s. 452.38, “employee” 9means an individual employed in this state by an employer, except the employer’s 10parent, child, spouse, domestic partner, or child parent, grandparent, grandchild, 11or sibling. AB50,163312Section 1633. 103.10 (1) (dm) of the statutes is created to read: AB50,868,1313103.10 (1) (dm) “Grandchild” means the child of a child. AB50,163414Section 1634. 103.10 (1) (dp) of the statutes is created to read: AB50,868,1515103.10 (1) (dp) “Grandparent” means the parent of a parent. AB50,163516Section 1635. 103.10 (1) (em) of the statutes is created to read: AB50,868,1717103.10 (1) (em) “Medical isolation” means any of the following: AB50,868,21181. When a health care professional, a local health officer, or the department of 19health services advises that an individual seclude herself or himself from others 20when the individual is awaiting the result of a diagnostic test for a communicable 21disease or when the individual is infected with a communicable disease. AB50,868,23222. When a local health officer or the department of health services advises 23that an individual isolate or quarantine under s. 252.06. AB50,869,3
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. AB50,16364Section 1636. 103.10 (1) (gm) of the statutes is created to read: AB50,869,65103.10 (1) (gm) “Sibling” means a brother, sister, half brother, half sister, 6stepbrother, or stepsister, whether by blood, marriage, or adoption. AB50,16377Section 1637. 103.10 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read: AB50,869,98103.10 (1) (h) “Spouse” means an employee’s legal husband or wife the person 9to whom an employee is legally married. AB50,163810Section 1638. 103.10 (1m) (b) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 103.10 (1) 11(an). AB50,163912Section 1639. 103.10 (1m) (b) 6. of the statutes is renumbered 103.10 (1) 13(gd). AB50,164014Section 1640. 103.10 (1m) (b) 7. of the statutes is renumbered 103.10 (1) (m). AB50,164115Section 1641. 103.10 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read: AB50,869,1816103.10 (2) (c) This section only applies to an employee who has been employed 17by the same employer for more than 52 consecutive weeks and who worked for the 18employer for at least 1,000 680 hours during the preceding 52-week period. AB50,164219Section 1642. 103.10 (3) (a) of the statutes is repealed. AB50,164320Section 1643. 103.10 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: AB50,869,2321103.10 (3) (b) 3. To care for the employee’s child, spouse, domestic partner, or 22parent, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling, if the child, spouse, domestic partner, 23or parent, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling has a serious health condition. AB50,1644
1Section 1644. 103.10 (3) (b) 4. of the statutes is created to read: AB50,870,52103.10 (3) (b) 4. Because of any qualifying exigency, as determined by the 3department by rule, arising out of the fact that the spouse, child, domestic partner, 4parent, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling of the employee is on covered active 5duty or has been notified of an impending call or order to covered active duty. AB50,16456Section 1645. 103.10 (3) (b) 5. of the statutes is created to read: AB50,870,107103.10 (3) (b) 5. Because there is an unforeseen or unexpected short-term gap 8in childcare for the employee’s child, grandchild, or sibling that the employee must 9fill. The department may define by rule “unforeseen or unexpected short-term gap 10in childcare.” AB50,164611Section 1646. 103.10 (3) (b) 6. of the statutes is created to read: AB50,870,1412103.10 (3) (b) 6. To care for the employee’s child, spouse, domestic partner, 13parent, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling, if the child, spouse, domestic partner, 14parent, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling is in medical isolation. AB50,164715Section 1647. 103.10 (3) (b) 7. of the statutes is created to read: AB50,870,1816103.10 (3) (b) 7. To address issues of the employee or the employee’s child, 17spouse, domestic partner, parent, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling related to 18being the victim of domestic abuse, sexual abuse, or stalking. AB50,164819Section 1648. 103.10 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: AB50,870,2320103.10 (4) (a) Subject to pars. (b) and par. (c) and sub. (4m), an employee who 21is in medical isolation or has a serious health condition which makes the employee 22unable to perform his or her employment duties may take medical leave for the 23period during which he or she is unable to perform those duties. AB50,1649
1Section 1649. 103.10 (4) (b) of the statutes is repealed. AB50,16502Section 1650. 103.10 (4m) of the statutes is created to read: AB50,871,53103.10 (4m) Duration of leave. In a 12-month period, no employee may 4take more than 8 weeks of leave for any combination of reasons specified under sub. 5(3) or (4). AB50,16516Section 1651. 103.10 (6) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: AB50,871,117103.10 (6) (b) (intro.) If an employee intends to take family leave because of 8the planned medical treatment or supervision of a child, spouse, domestic partner, 9or parent, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling or intends to take medical leave 10because of the planned medical treatment or supervision of the employee, the 11employee shall do all of the following: AB50,165212Section 1652. 103.10 (6) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: AB50,871,1613103.10 (6) (b) 1. Make a reasonable effort to schedule the medical treatment 14or supervision so that it does not unduly disrupt the employer’s operations, subject 15to the approval of the health care provider of the child, spouse, domestic partner, 16parent, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or employee. AB50,165317Section 1653. 103.10 (6) (c) of the statutes is created to read: AB50,871,2318103.10 (6) (c) If the employee intends to take family leave under sub. (3) (b) 4. 19that is foreseeable because the spouse, child, domestic partner, parent, 20grandparent, grandchild, or sibling of the employee is on covered active duty or has 21been notified of an impending call or order to covered active duty, the employee shall 22provide notice of that intention to the employer in a reasonable and practicable 23manner. AB50,1654
1Section 1654. 103.10 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: AB50,872,72103.10 (7) (a) If an employee requests family leave for a reason described in 3sub. (3) (b) 3. or requests medical leave due to a serious health condition, the 4employer may require the employee to provide certification, as described in par. (b), 5issued by the health care provider or Christian Science practitioner of the child, 6spouse, domestic partner, parent, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or employee, 7whichever is appropriate. AB50,16558Section 1655. 103.10 (7) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: AB50,872,109103.10 (7) (b) (intro.) No employer may require certification under par. (a) 10stating more than the following: AB50,165611Section 1656. 103.10 (7) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: AB50,872,1312103.10 (7) (b) 1. That the child, spouse, domestic partner, parent, 13grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or employee has a serious health condition. AB50,165714Section 1657. 103.10 (7) (cm) of the statutes is created to read: AB50,872,1815103.10 (7) (cm) If an employee requests family leave for a reason described in 16sub. (3) (b) 3., the employer may require the employee to provide certification that 17the employee is responsible for the care of a child, spouse, domestic partner, parent, 18grandparent, grandchild, or sibling with a serious health condition. AB50,165819Section 1658. 103.10 (7) (d) of the statutes is created to read: AB50,873,320103.10 (7) (d) If an employee requests family leave under sub. (3) (b) 4., the 21employer may require the employee to provide certification that the spouse, child, 22domestic partner, parent, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling of the employee is on 23covered active duty or has been notified of an impending call or order to covered
1active duty. The certification under this paragraph shall be issued at such time and 2in such manner as the department may prescribe by rule, and the employee shall 3provide a copy of that certification to the employer in a timely manner. AB50,16594Section 1659. 103.10 (7) (e) of the statutes is created to read: AB50,873,105103.10 (7) (e) If an employee requests family leave under sub. (3) (b) 5., the 6employer may require the employee to provide certification that there is an 7unforeseen or unexpected short-term gap in childcare, as defined in rule by the 8department, for the employee’s child, grandchild, or sibling that the employee must 9fill. The department may prescribe by rule the form and content of the 10certification. AB50,166011Section 1660. 103.10 (7) (f) of the statutes is created to read: AB50,873,2212103.10 (7) (f) 1. If an employee requests family leave under sub. (3) (b) 6., or 13medical leave due to medical isolation, the employer may require the employee to 14provide certification issued by a local public health official, the department of 15health services, or a health care provider or Christian Science practitioner of the 16child, spouse, domestic partner, parent, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or 17employee, whichever is appropriate, except that no employer may require 18certification under this paragraph if the sole reason for the medical isolation is due 19to the employer’s request under sub. (1) (em) 3. No employer may require 20certification under this subdivision stating more than that the child, spouse, 21domestic partner, parent, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or employee is in 22medical isolation. AB50,874,3232. If an employee requests family leave under sub. (3) (b) 6., the employer may
1require the employee to provide certification that the employee is responsible for the 2care of a child, spouse, domestic partner, parent, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, 3or employee who is in medical isolation. AB50,16614Section 1661. 103.10 (7) (g) of the statutes is created to read: AB50,874,95103.10 (7) (g) If an employee requests family leave under sub. (3) (b) 7., the 6employer may require the employee to provide certification that the employee is 7addressing issues of the employee or the employee’s child, spouse, domestic partner, 8parent, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling related to being the victim of domestic 9abuse, sexual abuse, or stalking. AB50,166210Section 1662. 103.10 (10) of the statutes is amended to read: AB50,874,1611103.10 (10) Alternative employment. Nothing in this section prohibits an 12employer and an employee with a serious health condition or in medical isolation 13from mutually agreeing to alternative employment for the employee while the 14serious health condition or medical isolation lasts. No period of alternative 15employment, with the same employer, reduces the employee’s right to family leave 16or medical leave. AB50,166317Section 1663. 103.10 (12) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: AB50,875,418103.10 (12) (b) An employee who believes his or her employer has violated sub. 19(11) (a) or (b) may, within 30 300 days after the violation occurs or the employee 20should reasonably have known that the violation occurred, whichever is later, file a 21complaint with the department alleging the violation. Except as provided in s. 22230.45 (1m), the department shall investigate the complaint and shall attempt to 23resolve the complaint by conference, conciliation or persuasion. If the complaint is
1not resolved and the department finds probable cause to believe a violation has 2occurred, the department shall proceed with notice and a hearing on the complaint 3as provided in ch. 227. The hearing shall be held within 60 days after the 4department receives the complaint. AB50,16645Section 1664. 103.10 (12) (c) of the statutes is amended to read: AB50,875,126103.10 (12) (c) If 2 or more health care providers disagree about any of the 7information required to be certified under sub. (7) (b), the department may appoint 8another health care provider to examine the child, spouse, domestic partner, 9parent, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or employee and render an opinion as 10soon as possible. The department shall promptly notify the employee and the 11employer of the appointment. The employer and the employee shall each pay 50 12percent of the cost of the examination and opinion. AB50,166513Section 1665. 103.10 (14) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 103.10 (14). AB50,166614Section 1666. 103.10 (14) (b) of the statutes is repealed. AB50,166715Section 1667. 103.12 of the statutes is repealed. AB50,166816Section 1668. 103.165 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: AB50,875,1817103.165 (3) (a) 3. The decedent’s father or mother parent or parents if the 18decedent leaves no surviving spouse, domestic partner under ch. 770, or children. AB50,166919Section 1669. 103.36 of the statutes is repealed. AB50,167020Section 1670. 103.44 of the statutes is created to read: AB50,875,2321103.44 Compensation included in job postings. In each job posting 22seeking applicants that is made by an employer, the employer shall include the 23compensation for the position. AB50,1671
1Section 1671. 103.49 of the statutes is created to read: AB50,876,22103.49 Wage rate on state work. (1) Definitions. In this section: AB50,876,113(a) “Area” means the county in which a proposed project of public works that 4is subject to this section is located or, if the department determines that there is 5insufficient wage data in that county, “area” means those counties that are 6contiguous to that county or, if the department determines that there is insufficient 7wage data in those counties, “area” means those counties that are contiguous to 8those counties or, if the department determines that there is insufficient wage data 9in those counties, “area” means the entire state or, if the department is requested to 10review a determination under sub. (3) (c), “area” means the city, village, or town in 11which a proposed project of public works that is subject to this section is located. AB50,876,1712(am) “Bona fide economic benefit” means an economic benefit for which an 13employer makes irrevocable contributions to a trust or fund created under 29 USC 14186 (c) or to any other bona fide plan, trust, program, or fund no less often than 15quarterly or, if an employer makes annual contributions to such a bona fide plan, 16trust, program, or fund, for which the employer irrevocably escrows moneys at least 17quarterly based on the employer’s expected annual contribution.
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