AB50,861,21 3. Damages awarded under subd. 2. are in addition to any back pay or other amounts awarded under s. 111.39 or 111.395.

AB50,862,2 (6) Penalties. In addition to any damages imposed under sub. (5), an employer that willfully violates this section may be required to forfeit not more than $1,000 for each violation. Each day of continued violation constitutes a separate offense.

AB50,862,6 (7) Notice posted. An employer shall post, in one or more conspicuous places where notices to employees are customarily posted, a notice in a form approved by the department setting forth employees’ rights under this section. An employer that violates this subsection shall forfeit not more than $100 for each violation.

AB50,1622 Section 1622. 103.06 (1) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,862,10 103.06 (1) (b) (intro.) “Employee” means, for purposes of compliance with the requirements specified in sub. (3) (a), any of the following who is employed by an employer:

AB50,1623 Section 1623. 103.06 (1) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,862,14 103.06 (1) (c) (intro.) “Employer” means, for purposes of compliance with the requirements specified in sub. (3) (a), any of the following that is engaged in the work described in s. 108.18 (2) (c):

AB50,1624 Section 1624. 103.06 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 103.06 (10), and 103.06 (10) (intro.) and (a), as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB50,862,21 103.06 (10) Worker classification compliance; duties of department. (intro.) For purposes of promoting and achieving compliance by employers with the laws specified in sub. (3) (a) through the proper classification of persons performing services for an employer as employees and nonemployees, the The department shall do all of the following:

AB50,863,5 (a) Educate employers, employees, nonemployees, and the public about the proper classification of persons performing services for an employer as employees and nonemployees. The department shall establish and maintain on the department’s website information regarding worker classification laws, requirements for employers and employees, penalties for noncompliance, and contact information at each state agency that administers worker classification laws.

AB50,1625 Section 1625. 103.06 (10) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,863,10 103.06 (10) (f) Design and make available to employers a notice regarding worker classification laws, requirements for employers and employees, and penalties for noncompliance. The department shall promulgate rules to implement this paragraph.

AB50,1626 Section 1626. 103.06 (11) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,863,15 103.06 (11) Notice. All employers shall post, in one or more conspicuous places where notices to employees are customarily posted, the notice designed by the department under sub. (10) (f). Any employer who violates this subsection shall forfeit not more than $100 for each offense.

AB50,1627 Section 1627. 103.08 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,863,17 103.08 Paid family and medical leave. (1) Definitions. In this section:

AB50,863,20 (a) “Application year” means the 12-month period beginning on the first day of the first calendar week for which leave benefits are claimed by an employee under this section.

AB50,864,5 (b) “Average weekly earnings” means one-thirteenth of the wages paid to an employee during the last completed calendar quarter prior to the employee’s date of eligibility for leave benefits under this section and includes all sick, holiday, vacation, and termination pay that is paid directly by an employer to an employee at the employee’s usual rate of pay during his or her last completed calendar quarter as a result of employment for an employer and any total or partial disability payments under ch. 102 or a federal law that provides for payments on account of a work-related injury or illness.

AB50,864,9 (d) “Employee” has the meaning given in s. 103.10 (b), except that it does not include employees whose compensation is established under s. 20.923 (2) or (3) or 230.12 (9m) or employees of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.

AB50,864,13 (e) “Employer” has the meaning given in s. 103.10 (1) (c), except that it does not include any entity whose employees’ compensation is established under s. 20.923 (2) or (3) or 230.12 (9m) or the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.

AB50,864,15 (f) “Family leave” means leave from employment taken for any of the reasons under s. 103.10 (3) (b) 1. to 7.

AB50,864,17 (g) “Insurer” means a company that issues an insurance policy to an employer to provide leave benefits under this section.

AB50,864,18 (h) “Leave benefits” means benefits provided under sub. (2).

AB50,864,20 (i) “Medical leave” means leave from employment taken for any of the reasons under s. 103.10 (4).

AB50,865,2 (2) Paid benefit requirement. Each employer shall provide paid leave benefits to their employees for up to 8 weeks of family and medical leave in the amount specified in sub. (3). Employees shall be paid leave benefits for consecutive family and medical leave or intermittent family leave and medical leave at the employee’s sole discretion.

AB50,865,4 (3) Benefit amount. The amount of leave benefits for a week for which those benefits are payable is as follows:

AB50,865,8 (a) For the amount of the employee's average weekly earnings that are not more than 50 percent of the state annual median wage in the calendar year before the employee’s application year, 90 percent of that individual's average weekly earnings.

AB50,865,11 (b) For the amount of the employee’s average weekly earnings that are more than 50 percent of the state annual median wage in the calendar year before the employee’s application year, 50 percent of that employee’s average weekly earnings.

AB50,865,13 (4) Insurance. (a) An employer may contract with an insurance company to provide coverage for the leave benefits required under sub. (2).