Recent Posting Requirements, Enactments & Reporting Highlights, 2005

State of Wisconsin Employer Postings

http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/dwd/posters.htm#Wisconsin_Posters

1. Employee Rights Under Wisconsin's Business Closing/Mass Layoff Law (50+ employees) 9-2002

2. Fair Employment Law 9-2002.

3. Family and Medical Leave Law (50+ employees) 9-2002

4. Notification Required for Cessation of Health Care Benefits (50+) 03/2005

5. Retaliation Protection For Health Care Workers (all employers that are health care providers) 09/2002

6. Unemployment Benefits, Notice to Employees About Claiming 12/2003

7. State and County Minimum Wage Updates!    Details on Minimum Wage Changes!

Federal Employer Postings

1. Equal Opportunity is the Law, Age Discrimination, Americans With Disabilities Act

2. Family & Medical Leave Law (with 50+ employees)

3. Federal Minimum Wage -Your Rights Under the Fair Labor Standards Law (all employers covered by law)

4. Job Safety & Health Protection (for all private employers)

5. Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Summary (All employers covered by Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, and all public employers covered under COMM 32)

6. Your Rights Under USERRA: http://www.dol.gov/vets/programs/userra/poster.pdf

The Uninformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act: The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), prohibits discrimination against persons because of their service in the Armed Forces Reserve, the National Guard, or other uniformed services. USERRA prohibits an employer from denying any benefit of employment on the basis of an individual’s membership, application for membership, performance of service, application for service, or obligation for service in the uniformed services. USERRA also protects the right of veterans, reservists, National Guard members, and certain other members of the uniformed services to reclaim their civilian employment after being absent due to military service or training.  Visit 2006 Update and the original USERRA Update by Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek, SC.

To buy the complete set of posters:

http://store.poster4business.com/poster-content-page-wisconsin.html

 

 

 

Impact of Overtime Changes on Salary Exemptions

 

New Child Labor Law Updates:      http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/er/equal_rights_division/new_child_labor_rules.htm

   New Hire Reporting (Updated 2-18-2005)

Wisconsin law requires employers to report each newly hired employee to the State Directory of New Hires within 20 days after the employee starts work. 

Employers must also report to the State Directory of New Hires, employees who return to work after an unpaid interval of more than 90 days (in other words, seasonal workers)

How to report?

1.    Internet:  http://www.newhire-usa.com/wi/

2.    Phone:    1-888-300-4473

3.    Paper:     Wisconsin New Hire Reporting
                PO Box 14431
                Madison, WI 53714-0431

Seats for Workers Law  (Updated 2-07-2005)
             Section 103.16 Wisconsin Statutes requires that manufacturing, mechanical, and commercial                establishments provide seats for workers when they are not actively engaged in work duties.  

Sample Permanent Records Which Employers Must Keep  (Updated 2-07-2005)

• Name and address

• Date of Birth

• Date of entering and leaving employment

• Time of beginning and ending of work each day

• Time of beginning and ending of meal periods if employees’ meal periods are required or such meal periods are to be deducted from work time.  This requirement shall not apply when work is of such a nature that production or business activity ceases on a regularly scheduled basis.

• Total number of hours per day and per week

• Rate of pay and wages paid each payroll period

• The amount of and reason for each deduction from the wages earned.

• Output of employee, if paid on other than a time basis.