SB673,13 Section 13. 102.01 (2) (ad) of the statutes is repealed.

SB673,14 Section 14. 102.01 (2) (ar) of the statutes is repealed.

SB673,15 Section 15. 102.01 (2) (dm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB673,10,10 102.01 (2) (dm) “Order" means any decision, rule, regulation, direction, requirement, or standard of the department or the division, or any other determination arrived at or decision made by the department or the division.

SB673,16 Section 16 . 102.04 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB673,10,17 102.04 (1) (b) 1. Every person who usually at any time employs 3 or more employees for services performed in this state, whether in one or more trades, businesses, professions, or occupations, and whether in one or more locations. A person who employs 3 or more employees for services performed in this state becomes subject to this chapter on the day on which the person employs 3 or more such employees.

SB673,17 Section 17 . 102.04 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB673,10,22 102.04 (1) (b) 2. Every person who usually employs less fewer than 3 employees, provided the person has paid wages of $500 or more in any calendar quarter for services performed in this state. Such employer a person shall become subject to this chapter on the 10th day of the month next succeeding such quarter.

SB673,18 Section 18 . 102.04 (2g) of the statutes is created to read:

SB673,11,3 102.04 (2g) Liability under s. 102.03 with respect to a leased employee, as defined in s. 102.315 (1) (g), shall be determined as provided in s. 102.315 (2) or (2m) (c), whichever is applicable.

SB673,19 Section 19 . 102.04 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB673,11,15 102.04 (2m) A Except as otherwise provided in an employee leasing agreement that meets the requirements of s. 102.315 (2m), a temporary help agency is the employer of an employee whom the temporary help agency has placed with or leased to another employer that compensates the temporary help agency for the employee's services. A Except as provided in s. 102.315 (2m) (c), a temporary help agency is liable under s. 102.03 for all compensation and other payments payable under this chapter to or with respect to that employee, including any payments required under s. 102.16 (3), 102.18 (1) (b) 3. or (bp), 102.22 (1), 102.35 (3), 102.57, or 102.60. Except as permitted under s. 102.29, a temporary help agency may not seek or receive reimbursement from another employer for any payments made as a result of that liability.

SB673,20 Section 20. 102.04 (2r) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB673,11,20 102.04 (2r) (b) The franchisor has been found by the department or the division to have exercised a type or degree of control over the franchisee or the franchisee's employees that is not customarily exercised by a franchisor for the purpose of protecting the franchisor's trademarks and brand.

SB673,21 Section 21. 102.07 (8) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB673,11,25 102.07 (8) (c) The division department may not admit in evidence any state or federal law, regulation, or document granting operating authority , or a license when determining whether an independent contractor meets the conditions specified in par. (b) 1. or 3.

SB673,22 Section 22. 102.11 (1) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB673,12,8 102.11 (1) (am) 1. The employee is a member of a class of employees that does the same type of work at the same location and, in the case of an employee in the service of the state, is employed in the same office, department, independent agency, authority, institution, association, society, or other body in state government or, if the department or the division determines appropriate, in the same subunit of an office, department, independent agency, authority, institution, association, society, or other body in state government.

SB673,23 Section 23. 102.12 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB673,13,3 102.12 Notice of injury, exception, laches. No claim for compensation may be maintained unless, within 30 days after the occurrence of the injury or within 30 days after the employee knew or ought to have known the nature of his or her disability and its relation to the employment, actual notice was received by the employer or by an officer, manager or designated representative of an employer. If no representative has been designated by posters placed in one or more conspicuous places where notices to employees are customarily posted, then notice received by any superior is sufficient. Absence of notice does not bar recovery if it is found that the employer was not misled by that absence. Regardless of whether notice was received, if no payment of compensation, other than medical treatment or burial expense, is made, and if no application is filed with the department within 2 years after the date of the injury or death or the date the employee or his or her dependent knew or ought to have known the nature of the disability and its relation to the employment, the right to compensation for the injury or death is barred, except that the right to compensation is not barred if the employer knew or should have known, within the 2-year period, that the employee had sustained the injury on which the claim is based. Issuance of notice of a hearing on the motion of the department or the division has the same effect for the purposes of this section as the filing of an application. This section does not affect any claim barred under s. 102.17 (4).

SB673,24 Section 24. 102.13 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB673,13,12 102.13 (1) (c) So long as the employee, after a written request of the employer or insurer that complies with par. (b), refuses to submit to or in any way obstructs the examination, the employee's right to begin or maintain any proceeding for the collection of compensation is suspended, except as provided in sub. (4). If the employee refuses to submit to the examination after direction by the department, the division, or an examiner, or in any way obstructs the examination, the employee's right to the weekly indemnity that accrues and becomes payable during the period of that refusal or obstruction, is barred, except as provided in sub. (4).

SB673,25 Section 25. 102.13 (1) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB673,13,18 102.13 (1) (d) 2. Any physician, chiropractor, psychologist, dentist, physician assistant, advanced practice nurse prescriber, or podiatrist who attended a worker's compensation claimant for any condition or complaint reasonably related to the condition for which the claimant claims compensation may be required to testify before the division department when the division department so directs.

SB673,26 Section 26. 102.13 (1) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB673,14,2 102.13 (1) (d) 3. Notwithstanding any statutory provisions except par. (e), any physician, chiropractor, psychologist, dentist, physician assistant, advanced practice nurse prescriber, or podiatrist attending a worker's compensation claimant for any condition or complaint reasonably related to the condition for which the claimant claims compensation may furnish to the employee, employer, worker's compensation insurer, or department, or division information and reports relative to a compensation claim.

SB673,27 Section 27. 102.13 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB673,14,6 102.13 (1) (f) If an employee claims compensation under s. 102.81 (1), the department or the division may require the employee to submit to physical or vocational examinations under this subsection.

SB673,28 Section 28. 102.13 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: