DOC 313.17(1) (1) Each inmate employee working in a PSPIEC program shall be paid a wage comparable to that paid in the private sector for work of a similar nature in the locality in which the prison industry is located or, as a minimum, the federal minimum wage.

DOC 313.17(2) (2) Overtime hours shall be compensated for in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 USC 201.

DOC 313.17(3) (3) An inmate employee injured in the performance of job duties shall receive injury compensation pay in an amount equal to the amount the inmate employee would have received had the inmate employee worked during the inmate’s recuperation.

DOC 313.17(4) (4) The regular work schedule for PSPIEC programs shall be as close to 40 hours per week as possible based on institution schedules and prison industries workload.

DOC 313.17(5) (5) An inmate employee who has been laid off and is called back to the same position within 60 calendar days shall return at the inmate employee’s former wage rate. If the inmate employee is called back to a different position, the inmate employee shall receive an appropriate wage for the duties being performed.

DOC 313.17 History History: CR 16-055: cr., Register February 2018, No. 746, eff. 3-1-18; correction in (intro.) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register February 2018 No. 746.

DOC 313.18 DOC 313.18 Correctional farms. Employment provisions of this chapter apply to inmate employees who work on correctional farms or at correctional farm dairy processing plants that are owned or operated by the department, except that inmate employees who work in agricultural positions on correctional farms are exempt from overtime provisions under s. DOC 313.12 (3) but are eligible to receive pay adjustments under s. DOC 313.12 (2).

DOC 313.18 History History: CR 16-055: cr., Register February 2018, No. 746, eff. 3-1-18.