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AB68-SSA1,865,15
1108.04 (8) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), if If an employee fails, without good
2cause, to accept suitable work when offered, the employee is ineligible to receive
3benefits until the employee earns wages after the week in which the failure occurs
4equal to at least 6 times the employee's weekly benefit rate under s. 108.05 (1) in
5employment or other work covered by the unemployment insurance law of any state
6or the federal government. For purposes of requalification, the employee's weekly
7benefit rate shall be that rate which would have been paid had the failure not
8occurred. This paragraph does not preclude an employee from establishing a benefit
9year during a period in which the employee is ineligible to receive benefits under this
10paragraph if the employee qualifies to establish a benefit year under s. 108.06 (2) (a).
11Except as provided in par. (b), the The department shall charge to the fund's
12balancing account any benefits otherwise chargeable to the account of an employer
13that is subject to the contribution requirements under ss. 108.17 and 108.18
14whenever an employee of that employer fails, without good cause, to accept suitable
15work offered by that employer.
AB68-SSA1,1793 16Section 1793. 108.04 (8) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,1794 17Section 1794. 108.04 (8) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,865,2018 108.04 (8) (d) (intro.) With respect to the first 6 10 weeks after the employee
19became unemployed, “suitable work," for purposes of par. (a), means work to which
20all of the following apply:
AB68-SSA1,1795 21Section 1795. 108.04 (8) (dm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,866,222 108.04 (8) (dm) With respect to the 7th 11th week after the employee became
23unemployed and any week thereafter, “suitable work," for purposes of par. (a), means
24any work that the employee is capable of performing, regardless of whether the
25employee has any relevant experience or training, that pays wages that are above

1the lowest quartile of wages for similar work in the labor market area in which the
2work is located, as determined by the department.
AB68-SSA1,1796 3Section 1796 . 108.04 (11) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,866,124 108.04 (11) (bm) The department shall apply any ineligibility under par. (be)
5against benefits and weeks of eligibility for which the claimant would otherwise be
6eligible after the week of concealment and within 6 years after the date of an initial
7determination issued under s. 108.09 finding that a concealment occurred. The
8claimant shall not receive waiting period credit under s. 108.04 (3) for the period of
9ineligibility applied under par. (be).
If no benefit rate applies to the week for which
10the claim is made, the department shall use the claimant's benefit rate for the
11claimant's next benefit year beginning after the week of concealment to determine
12the amount of the benefit reduction.
AB68-SSA1,1797 13Section 1797. 108.04 (12) (f) 1m. and 2m. of the statutes are renumbered
14108.05 (7m) (a) and (b) and amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,866,1715 108.05 (7m) (a) The intent of the legislature in enacting this paragraph
16subsection is to prevent the payment of duplicative government benefits for the
17replacement of lost earnings or income, regardless of an individual's ability to work.
AB68-SSA1,866,2018 (b) In this paragraph subsection, “ social security disability insurance payment"
19means a payment of social security disability insurance benefits under 42 USC ch.
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subch. II.
AB68-SSA1,1798 21Section 1798. 108.04 (12) (f) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,1799 22Section 1799. 108.04 (12) (f) 4. of the statutes is renumbered 108.05 (7m) (e).
AB68-SSA1,1800 23Section 1800. 108.05 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,867,3
1108.05 (1) (am) On or before June 30 of each year, the department shall
2calculate, from quarterly wage reports under s. 108.205 for the prior calendar year,
3the state's annual average weekly wage in employment covered under this chapter.
AB68-SSA1,1801 4Section 1801. 108.05 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,867,65 108.05 (1) (cm) The department shall set the maximum weekly benefit amount
6as follows:
AB68-SSA1,867,87 1. For benefits paid for a week of total unemployment that commences on or
8after January 5, 2014, but before January 2, 2022, $370.
AB68-SSA1,867,109 2. For benefits paid for a week of total unemployment that commences on or
10after January 2, 2022, but before January 1, 2023, $409.
AB68-SSA1,867,1311 3. For benefits paid for a week of total unemployment that commences on or
12after January 1, 2023, but before January 7, 2024, $409 or 50 percent of the state's
13annual average weekly wage, rounded up to the nearest dollar, whichever is greater.
AB68-SSA1,867,1714 4. For benefits paid for a week of total unemployment that commences on or
15after January 7, 2024, the department shall set an annual maximum weekly benefit
16amount that takes effect on the 1st Sunday in January of each calendar year and that
17is equal to the greater of the following:
AB68-SSA1,867,1918 a. Seventy-five percent of the state's annual average weekly wage, rounded up
19to the nearest dollar.
AB68-SSA1,867,2020 b. The maximum benefit amount in effect in the previous calendar year.
AB68-SSA1,1802 21Section 1802. 108.05 (1) (r) of the statutes is renumbered 108.05 (1) (r) (intro.)
22and amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,868,523 108.05 (1) (r) (intro.) Except as provided in s. 108.062 (6) (a), each eligible
24employee shall be paid benefits for each week of total unemployment that
25commences on or after January 5, 2014,
at the a weekly benefit rate specified in this

1paragraph. Unless sub. (1m) applies, the weekly benefit rate shall
equal to 4 percent
2of the employee's base period wages that were paid during that quarter of the
3employee's base period in which the employee was paid the highest total wages,
4rounded down to the nearest whole dollar, except that, if that amount as provided
5under sub. (1m), and unless one of the following applies:
AB68-SSA1,868,7 61. If the employee's weekly benefit rate calculated under this paragraph is less
7than $54, no benefits are payable to the employee and, if that amount.
AB68-SSA1,868,10 82. If the employee's weekly benefit rate is more than $370 the maximum weekly
9benefit amount under par. (cm)
, the employee's weekly benefit rate shall be $370 and
10except that, if
the maximum weekly benefit amount under par. (cm).
AB68-SSA1,868,13 113. If the employee's benefits are exhausted during any week under s. 108.06 (1),
12the employee shall be paid the remaining amount of benefits payable to the employee
13under s. 108.06 (1).
AB68-SSA1,868,16 14(s) The department shall publish on its Internet site a weekly benefit rate
15schedule of quarterly wages and the corresponding weekly benefit rates as
16calculated in accordance with this paragraph subsection.
AB68-SSA1,1803 17Section 1803. 108.05 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,869,718 108.05 (3) (a) Except as provided in pars. (c) , and (d) and (dm) and s. 108.062,
19if an eligible employee earns wages in a given week, the first $30 of the wages shall
20be disregarded and the employee's applicable weekly benefit payment shall be
21reduced by 67 percent of the remaining amount, except that no such employee is
22eligible for benefits if the employee's benefit payment would be less than $5 for any
23week. For purposes of this paragraph, “wages" includes any salary reduction
24amounts earned that are not wages and that are deducted from the salary of a
25claimant by an employer pursuant to a salary reduction agreement under a cafeteria

1plan, within the meaning of 26 USC 125, and any amount that a claimant would have
2earned in available work under s. 108.04 (1) (a) which is treated as wages under s.
3108.04 (1) (bm), but excludes any amount that a claimant earns for services
4performed as a volunteer fire fighter, volunteer emergency medical services
5practitioner, or volunteer emergency medical responder. In applying this paragraph,
6the department shall disregard discrepancies of less than $2 between wages reported
7by employees and employers.
AB68-SSA1,1804 8Section 1804. 108.05 (3) (dm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,1805 9Section 1805. 108.05 (7m) (title), (c) and (d) of the statutes are created to read:
AB68-SSA1,869,1010 108.05 (7m) (title) Social security disability insurance payments.
AB68-SSA1,869,1511 (c) If a monthly social security disability insurance payment is issued to a
12claimant, the department shall reduce benefits otherwise payable to the claimant for
13a given week in accordance with par. (d). This subsection does not apply to a lump
14sum social security disability insurance payment in the nature of a retroactive
15payment or back pay.
AB68-SSA1,869,1816 (d) The department shall allocate a monthly social security disability insurance
17payment by allocating to each week the fraction of the payment attributable to that
18week.
AB68-SSA1,1806 19Section 1806. 108.05 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,869,2320 108.05 (9) Rounding of benefit amounts. Notwithstanding sub. (1), benefits
21payable for a week of unemployment as a result of applying sub. (1m), (3) or, (7), or
22(7m)
or s. 108.04 (11) or (12), 108.06 (1), 108.13 (4) or (5) or 108.135 shall be rounded
23down to the next lowest dollar.
AB68-SSA1,1807 24Section 1807. 108.05 (10) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,870,4
1108.05 (10) Deductions from benefit payments. (intro.) After calculating the
2benefit payment due to be paid for a week under subs. (1) to (7) (7m), the department
3shall make deductions from that payment to the extent that the payment is sufficient
4to make the following payments in the following order:
AB68-SSA1,1808 5Section 1808. 108.133 of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,1809 6Section 1809. 108.14 (2e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,870,227 108.14 (2e) The department may shall provide a secure means of electronic
8interchange between itself and employing units, claimants, and other persons that,
9upon request to and with prior approval by the department, may
shall be used for
10departmental transmission or receipt of any document specified by the department
11that is related to the administration of this chapter in lieu of any other means of
12submission or receipt specified in this chapter. The secure means of electronic
13interchange shall be used by employing units, claimants, and other persons unless
14a person demonstrates good cause for not being able to use the secure means of
15electronic interchange. The department shall determine by rule what constitutes
16good cause, for purposes of this subsection. Subject to s. 137.25 (2) and any rules
17promulgated thereunder, the department may permit the use of the use of electronic
18records and electronic signatures for any document specified by the department that
19is related to the administration of this chapter.
If a due date is established by statute
20for the receipt of any document that is submitted electronically to the department
21under this subsection, then that submission is timely only if the document is
22submitted by midnight of the statutory due date.
AB68-SSA1,1810 23Section 1810. 108.14 (8n) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,871,1224 108.14 (8n) (e) The department shall charge this state's share of any benefits
25paid under this subsection to the account of each employer by which the employee

1claiming benefits was employed in the applicable base period, in proportion to the
2total amount of wages he or she earned from each employer in the base period, except
3that if s. 108.04 (1) (f), (5), (7) (a), (c), (cg), (e), (L), (q), (s), or (t), (7m), or (8) (a) or (b),
4or 108.07 (3), (3r), or (5) (am) 2., or 108.133 (3) (f) would have applied to employment
5by such an employer who is subject to the contribution requirements of ss. 108.17 and
6108.18, the department shall charge the share of benefits based on employment with
7that employer to the fund's balancing account, or, if s. 108.04 (1) (f) or (5) or 108.07
8(3) would have applied to an employer that is not subject to the contribution
9requirements of ss. 108.17 and 108.18, the department shall charge the share of
10benefits based on that employment in accordance with s. 108.07 (5) (am) 1. and 2.
11The department shall also charge the fund's balancing account with any other state's
12share of such benefits pending reimbursement by that state.
AB68-SSA1,1811 13Section 1811 . 108.14 (26m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,871,1614 108.14 (26m) (a) The department shall allocate all available federal funding
15for the purpose specified in s. 108.19 (1e) (d) before allocating any general purpose
16revenue for that purpose.
AB68-SSA1,871,2417 (b) If federal funding is received for the purpose specified in s. 108.19 (1e) (d)
18prior to July 1, 2023, the secretary of administration may, to the extent permitted
19under federal law, lapse from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (nc) to the general
20fund an amount not to exceed the amounts in the schedule under s. 20.445 (1) (ar)
21or the amount of federal funding received, whichever is less. This paragraph does
22not apply with respect to amounts received as administrative grants by the state
23under 42 USC 502 or to amounts received by this state under section 903 (d) of the
24federal Social Security Act, as amended, 42 USC 1103.
AB68-SSA1,1812 25Section 1812. 108.141 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,872,8
1108.141 (7) (a) The department shall charge the state's share of each week of
2extended benefits to each employer's account in proportion to the employer's share
3of the total wages of the employee receiving the benefits in the employee's base
4period, except that if the employer is subject to the contribution requirements of ss.
5108.17 and 108.18 the department shall charge the share of extended benefits to
6which s. 108.04 (1) (f), (5), (7) (a), (c), (cg), (e), (L), (q), (s), or (t), (7m), or (8) (a) or (b),
7or 108.07 (3), (3r), or (5) (am) 2., or 108.133 (3) (f) applies to the fund's balancing
8account.
AB68-SSA1,1813 9Section 1813 . 108.16 (6m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,872,1310 108.16 (6m) (a) The benefits thus chargeable under s. 108.04 (1) (f), (5), (5g),
11(7) (h), (8) (a) or (b), (13) (c) or (d) or (16) (e), 108.07 (3), (3r), (5) (am) 2. and (bm) 3.
12a., (5m), and (6), 108.133 (3) (f), 108.14 (8n) (e), 108.141, 108.151, or 108.152 or sub.
13(6) (e) or (7) (a) and (b).
AB68-SSA1,1814 14Section 1814 . 108.16 (6m) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin
15Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,872,1816 108.16 (6m) (a) The benefits thus chargeable under s. 108.04 (1) (f), (5), (5g),
17(7) (h), (8) (a), (13) (c) or (d) or (16) (e), 108.07 (3), (3r), (5) (am) 2. and (bm) 3. a., (5m),
18and (6), 108.14 (8n) (e), 108.141, 108.151, or 108.152 or sub. (6) (e) or (7) (a) and (b).
AB68-SSA1,1815 19Section 1815. 108.17 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,873,520 108.17 (2) (b) The department may shall electronically provide a means
21whereby an employer that files its employment and wage reports electronically may
22determine the amount of contributions due for payment by the employer under s.
23108.18 for each quarter. If an employer that is subject to a contribution requirement
24files its employment and wage reports under s. 108.205 (1) electronically, in the
25manner prescribed by the department for purposes of this paragraph, the

1department may require the employer to determine electronically the amount of
2contributions due for payment by the employer under s. 108.18 for each quarter. In
3such case, the employer is excused from filing contribution reports under par. (a).
4The employer shall pay the amount due for each quarter by the due date specified
5in par. (a).
AB68-SSA1,1816 6Section 1816. 108.17 (2b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,873,197 108.17 (2b) The department shall prescribe a form and methodology for filing
8contribution reports under sub. (2) electronically. Each employer of 25 or more
9employees, as determined under s. 108.22 (1) (ae),
that does not use an employer
10agent to file its contribution reports under this section shall file its contribution
11reports electronically in the manner and form prescribed by the department, unless
12the employer demonstrates good cause for not being able to file contribution reports
13electronically. The department shall determine by rule what constitutes good cause,
14for purposes of this subsection
. Each employer that becomes subject to an electronic
15reporting requirement under this subsection shall file its initial report under this
16subsection for the quarter during which the employer becomes subject to the
17reporting requirement. Once an employer becomes subject to a reporting
18requirement under this subsection, it shall continue to file its reports under this
19subsection unless that requirement is waived by the department.
AB68-SSA1,1817 20Section 1817. 108.17 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,874,521 108.17 (7) (a) Each employer whose net total contributions paid or payable
22under this section for any 12-month period ending on June 30 are at least $10,000

23shall pay all contributions under this section by means of electronic funds transfer
24beginning with the next calendar year, unless the employer demonstrates good cause
25for not being able to pay contributions by electronic funds transfer. The department

1shall determine by rule what constitutes good cause, for purposes of this subsection
.
2Once an employer becomes subject to an electronic payment requirement under this
3paragraph, the employer shall continue to make payment of all contributions by
4means of electronic funds transfer unless that requirement is waived by the
5department.
AB68-SSA1,1818 6Section 1818. 108.19 (1s) (a) 5. of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,1819 7Section 1819. 108.205 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,874,198 108.205 (2) Each employer of 25 or more employees, as determined under s.
9108.22 (1) (ae),
that does not use an employer agent to file its reports under this
10section shall file the quarterly report under sub. (1) electronically in the manner and
11form prescribed by the department, unless the employer demonstrates good cause for
12not being able to file reports electronically. The department shall determine by rule
13what constitutes good cause, for purposes of this subsection
. An employer that
14becomes subject to an electronic reporting requirement under this subsection shall
15file its initial report under this subsection for the quarter during which the employer
16becomes subject to the reporting requirement. Once an employer becomes subject
17to the reporting requirement under this subsection, the employer shall continue to
18file its quarterly reports under this subsection unless that requirement is waived by
19the department.
AB68-SSA1,1820 20Section 1820 . 108.221 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 108.221 (1) (a)
21(intro.) and amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,875,222 108.221 (1) (a) (intro.) Any employer described in s. 108.18 (2) (c) or engaged
23in the painting or drywall finishing of buildings or other structures
who knowingly
24and intentionally provides false information to the department for the purpose of
25misclassifying or attempting to misclassify an individual who is an employee of the

1employer as a nonemployee shall, for each incident, be assessed a penalty by the
2department as follows:
AB68-SSA1,875,5 31. For each act occurring before the date of the first determination of a violation
4of this subsection, the employer shall be assessed a penalty
in the amount of $500
5for each employee who is misclassified, but not to exceed $7,500 per incident.
AB68-SSA1,1821 6Section 1821 . 108.221 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,875,97 108.221 (1) (a) 2. For each act occurring after the date of the first determination
8of a violation of this subsection, the employer shall be assessed a penalty in the
9amount of $1,000 for each employee who is misclassified.
AB68-SSA1,1822 10Section 1822 . 108.221 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 108.221 (2) (intro.)
11and amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,875,1512 108.221 (2) (intro.) Any employer described in s. 108.18 (2) (c) or engaged in the
13painting or drywall finishing of buildings or other structures
who, through coercion,
14requires an individual to adopt the status of a nonemployee shall be assessed a
15penalty by the department as follows:
AB68-SSA1,875,18 16(a) For each act occurring before the date of the first determination of a
17violation of this subsection, the employer shall be assessed a penalty
in the amount
18of $1,000 for each individual so coerced, but not to exceed $10,000 per calendar year.
AB68-SSA1,1823 19Section 1823 . 108.221 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,875,2220 108.221 (2) (b) For each act occurring after the date of the first determination
21of a violation of this subsection, the employer shall be assessed a penalty in the
22amount of $2,000 for each individual so coerced.
AB68-SSA1,1824 23Section 1824. 109.03 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,876,5
1109.03 (1) (b) School district and private school employees who voluntarily
2request payment over a 12-month period for personal services performed during the
3school year, unless, with respect to private school employees, the employees are
4covered under a valid collective bargaining agreement which precludes this method
5of payment.
AB68-SSA1,1825 6Section 1825 . 109.09 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,877,37 109.09 (1) The department shall investigate and attempt equitably to adjust
8controversies between employers and employees as to regarding alleged wage
9claims. The department may receive and investigate any wage claim that is filed
10with the department, or received by the department under s. 109.10 (4), no later than
112 years after the date the wages are due. The department may, after receiving a wage
12claim, investigate any wages due from the employer against whom the claim is filed
13to any employee during the period commencing 2 years before the date the claim is
14filed. The department shall enforce this chapter and s. ss. 66.0903, 2013 stats., s.
15103.49, 2013 stats., s. 229.8275, 2013 stats., and s. 16.856, 2015 stats., and ss.
103.02,
16103.49, 103.82, and 104.12 , and 229.8275. In pursuance of this duty, the department
17may sue the employer on behalf of the employee to collect any wage claim or wage
18deficiency and ss. 109.03 (6) and 109.11 (2) and (3) shall apply to such actions. Except
19for actions under s. 109.10, the department may refer such an action to the district
20attorney of the county in which the violation occurs for prosecution and collection and
21the district attorney shall commence an action in the circuit court having appropriate
22jurisdiction. Any number of wage claims or wage deficiencies against the same
23employer may be joined in a single proceeding, but the court may order separate
24trials or hearings. In actions that are referred to a district attorney under this
25subsection, any taxable costs recovered by the district attorney shall be paid into the

1general fund of the county in which the violation occurs and used by that county to
2meet its financial responsibility under s. 978.13 (2) (b) for the operation of the office
3of the district attorney who prosecuted the action.
AB68-SSA1,1826 4Section 1826. 109.09 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,1827 5Section 1827 . 111.01 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,877,8 6111.01 Declaration of policy. The public policy of the state as to employment
7relations and collective bargaining, in the furtherance of which this subchapter is
8enacted, is declared to be as follows:
AB68-SSA1,877,12 9(1) It recognizes that there are 3 major interests involved, namely: the public,
10the employee, and the employer. These 3 interests are to a considerable extent
11interrelated. It is the policy of the state to protect and promote each of these interests
12with due regard to the situation and to the rights of the others.
AB68-SSA1,878,2 13(2) Industrial peace, regular and adequate income for the employee, and
14uninterrupted production of goods and services are promotive of all of these
15interests. They are largely dependent upon the maintenance of fair, friendly, and
16mutually satisfactory employment relations and the availability of suitable
17machinery for the peaceful adjustment of whatever controversies may arise. It is
18recognized that certain employers, including farmers, farmer cooperatives, and
19unincorporated farmer cooperative associations, in addition to their general
20employer problems, face special problems arising from perishable commodities and
21seasonal production that require adequate consideration. It is also recognized that
22whatever may be the rights of disputants with respect to each other in any
23controversy regarding employment relations, they should not be permitted, in the
24conduct of their controversy, to intrude directly into the primary rights of 3rd parties

1to earn a livelihood, transact business, and engage in the ordinary affairs of life by
2any lawful means and free from molestation, interference, restraint, or coercion.
AB68-SSA1,878,7 3(3) Negotiations of terms and conditions of work should result from voluntary
4agreement between employer and employee. For the purpose of such negotiation an
5employee has the right, if the employee desires, to associate with others in organizing
6and bargaining collectively through representatives of the employee's own choosing,
7without intimidation or coercion from any source.
AB68-SSA1,878,14 8(4) It is the policy of the state, in order to preserve and promote the interests
9of the public, the employee, and the employer alike, to establish standards of fair
10conduct in employment relations and to provide a convenient, expeditious, and
11impartial tribunal by which these interests may have their respective rights and
12obligations adjudicated. While limiting individual and group rights of aggression
13and defense, the state substitutes processes of justice for the more primitive methods
14of trial by combat.
AB68-SSA1,1828 15Section 1828 . 111.04 (1) and (2) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered
16111.04 and amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,878,24 17111.04 Rights of employees. Employees shall have the right of
18self-organization and the right to form, join or assist labor organizations, to bargain
19collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in lawful,
20concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or
21protection. (2) Employees shall also have the right to refrain from self-organization;
22forming, joining, or assisting labor organizations; bargaining collectively through
23representatives; or engaging in activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or
24other mutual aid or protection
such activities.
AB68-SSA1,1829 25Section 1829 . 111.04 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,1830
1Section 1830. 111.06 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,880,32 111.06 (1) (c) To encourage or discourage membership in any labor
3organization, employee agency, committee, association, or representation plan by
4discrimination in regard to hiring, tenure, or other terms or conditions of
5employment except in a collective bargaining unit where an all-union agreement is
6in effect. An employer may enter into an all-union agreement with the voluntarily
7recognized representative of the employees in a collective bargaining unit, where at
8least a majority of such employees voting have voted affirmatively, by secret ballot,
9in favor of the all-union agreement in a referendum conducted by the commission,
10except that where the bargaining representative has been certified by either the
11commission or the national labor relations board as the result of a representation
12election, no referendum is required to authorize the entry into an all-union
13agreement. An authorization of an all-union agreement continues, subject to the
14right of either party to the all-union agreement to petition the commission to conduct
15a new referendum on the subject. Upon receipt of the petition, if the commission
16determines there is reasonable ground to believe that the employees concerned have
17changed their attitude toward the all-union agreement, the commission shall
18conduct a referendum. If the continuance of the all-union agreement is supported
19on a referendum by a vote at least equal to that provided in this paragraph for its
20initial authorization, it may continue, subject to the right to petition for a further
21vote by the procedure under this paragraph. If the continuance of the all-union
22agreement is not supported on a referendum, it terminates at the expiration of the
23contract of which it is then a part or at the end of one year from the date of the
24announcement by the commission of the result of the referendum, whichever is
25earlier. The commission shall declare any all-union agreement terminated

1whenever it finds that the labor organization involved has unreasonably refused to
2receive as a member any employee of such employer. An interested person may, as
3provided in s. 111.07, request the commission to perform this duty
.
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