AB31,42 Section 42 . 103.10 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB31,26,17 103.10 (2) (c) This Except as provided in sub. (4m), this section only applies to an employee who has been employed by the same employer for more than 52 consecutive weeks and who worked for the employer for at least 1,000 hours during the preceding 52-week period.

AB31,43 Section 43 . 103.10 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB31,26,24 103.10 (4m) Paid medical leave for frontline health care workers. (a) An employer that employs at least one employee shall provide at least 15 days of paid medical leave in addition to any leave provided under sub. (4) (a) to a frontline health care worker who is employed by the employer and who contracts a communicable disease. The employee does not need to meet the length of employment or hours-worked standard set forth in sub. (2) (c).

AB31,26,25 (b) An employer may apply for a grant under s. 16.34 (3) (a).

AB31,44 Section 44. 103.10 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB31,27,3 103.10 (5) (a) This Except as provided in sub. (4m), this section does not entitle an employee to receive wages or salary while taking family leave or medical leave.

AB31,45 Section 45 . 103.10 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB31,27,8 103.10 (8) Position upon return from leave. (a) Subject to par. (c), when an employee returns from family leave or, medical leave, or paid medical leave as a frontline health care worker, his or her employer shall immediately place the employee in an employment position as follows:

AB31,27,11 1. If the employment position which the employee held immediately before the family leave or, medical leave , or paid medical leave as a frontline health care worker began is vacant when the employee returns, in that position.

AB31,27,16 2. If the employment position which the employee held immediately before the family leave or, medical leave , or paid medical leave as a frontline health care worker began is not vacant when the employee returns, in an equivalent employment position having equivalent compensation, benefits, working shift, hours of employment and other terms and conditions of employment.

AB31,27,20 (b) No employer may, because an employee received family leave or, medical leave, or paid medical leave as a frontline health care worker, reduce or deny an employment benefit which accrued to the employee before his or her leave began or, consistent with sub. (9), accrued after his or her leave began.

AB31,27,25 (c) Notwithstanding par. (a), if an employee on a medical or leave, family leave, or paid medical leave as a frontline health care worker wishes to return to work before the end of the leave as scheduled, the employer shall place the employee in an employment position of the type described in par. (a) 1. or 2. within a reasonable time not exceeding the duration of the leave as scheduled.

AB31,46 Section 46. 103.10 (9) (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB31,28,7 103.10 (9) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), nothing in this section entitles a returning employee to a right, employment benefit or employment position to which the employee would not have been entitled had he or she not taken family leave or, medical leave, or paid medical leave as a frontline health care worker or to the accrual of any seniority or employment benefit during a period of family leave or, medical leave, or paid medical leave as a frontline health care worker.

AB31,28,15 (b) Subject to par. (c), during a period an employee takes family leave or, medical leave, or paid medical leave as a frontline health care worker, his or her employer shall maintain group health insurance coverage under the conditions that applied immediately before the family leave or medical leave began. If the employee continues making any contribution required for participation in the group health insurance plan, the employer shall continue making group health insurance premium contributions as if the employee had not taken the family leave or medical leave.

AB31,47 Section 47 . 103.10 (9) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB31,28,22 103.10 (9) (c) 4. If an employee ends his or her employment with an employer during or within 30 days after a period of family leave or, medical leave, or paid medical leave as a frontline health care worker, the employer may deduct from the amount returned to the employee under subd. 3. any premium or similar expense paid by the employer for the employee's group health insurance coverage while the employee was on family leave or medical the leave.

AB31,48 Section 48 . 103.10 (9) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB31,29,3 103.10 (9) (d) If an employee ends his or her employment with an employer during or at the end of a period of family leave or , medical leave, or paid medical leave as a frontline health care worker, the time period for conversion to individual coverage under s. 632.897 (6) shall be calculated as beginning on the day that the employee began the period of family leave or medical leave.

AB31,49 Section 49 . 103.10 (12) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB31,29,11 103.10 (12) (d) The department shall issue its decision and order within 30 days after the hearing. If the department finds that an employer violated sub. (11) (a) or (b), it may order the employer to take action to remedy the violation, including providing requested family leave or, medical leave, or paid medical leave as a frontline health care worker, reinstating an employee, providing back pay accrued not more than 2 years before the complaint was filed and paying reasonable actual attorney fees to the complainant.

AB31,50 Section 50 . 108.04 (2) (h) of the statutes is repealed.

AB31,51 Section 51 . 108.04 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB31,29,18 108.04 (3) (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply with respect to benefit years that begin after March 12, 2020, and before February 7, 2021 January 2, 2022. The department shall seek the maximum amount of federal reimbursement for benefits that are, during the time period specified in this paragraph, payable for the first week of a claimant's benefit year as a result of the application of this paragraph.

AB31,52 Section 52 . 108.04 (12) (f) of the statutes is repealed.

AB31,53 Section 53. 108.062 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB31,29,23 108.062 (2) (d) Specify the period or periods when the plan will be in effect, which may not exceed a total of 6 12 months in any 5-year period within the same work unit.

AB31,54 Section 54 . 108.062 (20) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: