AB961: Bill Text

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB961,1 Section 1. 104.001 of the statutes is repealed.

AB961,2 Section 2 . 104.01 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB961,2,6 104.01 (1g) “Consumer price index" means the average of the consumer price index over each 12-month period for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, all items, not seasonally adjusted, as determined by the bureau of labor statistics of the U.S. department of labor.

AB961,3 Section 3. 104.01 (5g) of the statutes is repealed.

AB961,4 Section 4. 104.01 (7m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB961,5 Section 5 . 104.035 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB961,3,2 104.035 Minimum wage; established. (1) Employees generally. Except as provided in subs. (2) and (3), the minimum wage is as follows:

AB961,3,4 (a) For wages earned before the first day of the 15th month beginning after publication .... [LRB inserts date], $8.50 per hour.

AB961,3,7 (b) For wages earned beginning on the first day of the 15th month beginning after publication .... [LRB inserts date], and ending on the last day of the 26th month beginning after publication .... [LRB inserts date], $10 per hour.

AB961,3,10 (c) For wages earned beginning on the first day of the 27th month beginning after publication .... [LRB inserts date], and ending on the last day of the 38th month beginning after publication .... [LRB inserts date], $11.50 per hour.

AB961,3,13 (d) For wages earned beginning on the first day of the 39th month beginning after publication .... [LRB inserts date], and ending on the last day of the 50th month beginning after publication .... [LRB inserts date], $13 per hour.

AB961,3,16 (e) For wages earned beginning on the first day of the 51st month beginning after publication .... [LRB inserts date], and ending on the last day of the 62nd month beginning after publication .... [LRB inserts date], $14 per hour.

AB961,3,19 (f) For wages earned beginning on the first day of the 63rd month beginning after publication .... [LRB inserts date], and ending on the last day of the 74th month beginning after publication .... [LRB inserts date], $15 per hour.

AB961,3,22 (g) For wages earned beginning on the first day of the 75th month beginning after publication .... [LRB inserts date], the amount determined by the department under sub. (4).

AB961,3,24 (2) Minimum wage established by department. The department shall promulgate rules providing the minimum wage for all of the following:

AB961,3,25 (a) Opportunity employees.

AB961,4,1 (b) Agricultural employees.

AB961,4,2 (c) Camp counselors.

AB961,4,3 (d) Golf caddies.

AB961,4,5 (e) An employee or worker with a disability covered under a license under s. 104.07.

AB961,4,6 (f) A student learner.

AB961,4,8 (g) A student employed by an independent college or university for less than 20 hours per week.

AB961,4,11 (3) Employment exempted by department. The department shall promulgate rules exempting from the minimum wage requirement under subs. (1) and (2) all of the following:

AB961,4,13 (a) A person engaged in casual employment in and around an employer's home on an irregular or intermittent basis for not more than 15 hours per week.

AB961,4,17 (b) A person who resides in the home of an employer who, due to advanced age or physical or mental disability, cannot care for his or her own needs, for the purpose of companionship and who spends not more than 15 hours per week on general household work for the employer.

AB961,4,19 (c) An elementary or secondary school student performing student work-like activities in the student's school.

AB961,5,4 (4) Department to revise. (a) Subject to par. (b), by the date specified in sub. (1) (g) and annually thereafter, the department shall revise the minimum wage under sub. (1) (g) by calculating the percentage difference between the consumer price index for the 12-month period ending on the last day of the last month for which that information is available and the consumer price index for the 12-month period ending on the last day of the month 12 months prior to that month, adjusting the minimum wage then in effect by that percentage difference, and rounding that result to the nearest multiple of 5 cents. The department shall annually have the revised amount published in the Wisconsin Administrative Register and on the department's Internet site.

AB961,5,8 (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply if the consumer price index for the 12-month period ending on the last day of the last month for which that information is available has not increased over the consumer price index for the 12-month period ending on the last day of the month 12 months prior to that month.

AB961,5,10 (5) Gender-specific minimum wage prohibited. The department may not establish a different minimum wage for men and women.

AB961,6 Section 6 . 104.045 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB961,5,12 104.045 (title) Tips, meals, Meals, lodging, and hours worked.

AB961,7 Section 7 . 104.045 (1) of the statutes is repealed.

AB961,8 Section 8 . 227.01 (13) (Lw) of the statutes is created to read:

AB961,5,15 227.01 (13) (Lw) Adjusts the minimum wage under s. 104.035 (8m).

AB961,9 Section 9 . Effective date.

AB961,5,18 (1) Minimum wage. This act takes effect on the first day of the 3rd month beginning after publication.

AB961,5,19 (End)