Wisconsin Administrative Code

DWD 277.06 License renewal. (1) Before May 31 of each year, the department shall mail a renewal application and bond form to each licensed agent. (2) By July 10 of each year, each licensed agent shall submit to the department the following: (a) The completed renewal application. …

DWD 277.07 Licenses withheld, suspended, or revoked. (1) The license may be withheld, suspended, or revoked by the department if the applicant for a license or licensee fails to meet the requirements of ch. 105, Stats., or ch. DWD 277. (2) The license may be withheld, suspended, …

DWD 277.08 Moving place of business. (1) No agent shall open, conduct or maintain an office at any place of business other than that approved by the department. (2) A place of business shall not be moved unless the agent first obtains the written consent of the department. (3) No…

DWD 277.09 Classifications, fee schedules, and other requirements. (1) CLASSIFICATIONS OF LICENSES. (a) Class I applicant-paid fee agencies. A class I license is for agencies which charge and collect a fee from the applicant for securing work for persons in the following position…

DWD 277.10 Receipts, refunds, and other contractual provisions applicable to all classes. (1) The agency shall give every person from whom a fee is received for services rendered a receipt which shall include: (a) Name of the person paying the fee. (b) Amount of the fee. (c) Date…

DWD 277.11 Orders from employers. No employment agent shall refer an employee to employment without having obtained either orally or in writing authorization therefor, and if no employment of the kind specified by the employment agent existed at the place to which such employee w…

DWD 277.13 Applicant travel expense. The employment agent shall clearly advise the applicant who is liable for all necessary expenses incurred by the applicant when referred to a position outside the city where the agent is located. Failure by the agent to advise the applicant ei…

DWD 277.14 Records to be kept. For the purpose of this chapter, each employment agency shall keep, in the English language, for at least 2 years, the following records: (1) A record of all applications for employment showing the name and address of the applicant. (2) A record of …

DWD 277.15 Applicant-paid fee agents. (1) All advertising, including newspaper ads, informational flyers, and bulletins, shall contain the name of the employment agency and a statement that the agency is a Xlicensed employment agent.Y (2) Advertisements for positions located in c…

DWD 277.16 Inducing discharge or termination of employment. No employment agent shall persuade, induce or procure, or attempt to persuade, induce, or procure any employer or agent of any employer to discharge any employee. History: Cr. Register, July, 1970, No. 175, eff. 8-1-70.

DWD 277.18 Posting of license, fee schedule, and rules. (1) The license shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the main room of the agency. (2) The name of the agency and the fact that he is licensed shall be posted on or near the main entrance door of the agency. (3) All stat…

DWD 277.19 Notice to home care consumers and workers. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section: (a) XHome care consumerY or XconsumerY has the meaning given in s. 105.115 (1) (b), Stats. History: Cr. Register, July, 1970, No. 175, eff. 8-1-70; r. (2), (3) and (4), Register, June, 1985, N…

DWD 279.001 Purpose.

DWD 279.002 Interpretation.

DWD 279.01 Definitions and scope.

DWD 279.02 Employer notice.

DWD 279.03 Who must receive notice.

DWD 279.04 When employer notice must be given.

DWD 279.05 Extension of notice.

DWD 279.06 Content of employer notice. DWD 279.07 DWD 279.08 DWD 279.09 DWD 279.10 DWD 279.11 DWD 279.12 DWD 279.13 Note: Chapter Ind 79 was renumbered chapter ILHR 279 under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 1., Stats., Register, February, 1996, No. 482. Chapter ILHR 279 was renumbered chapter …

DWD 279.07 Posting of notice. An employer shall permanently post in one or more conspicuous places where notices to employees are customarily posted a written notice of employees[ rights, in a form approved by the department, as required by s. 109.07 (7), Stats. Note: A copy of t…

DWD 279.08 Exceptions. An employer is not liable for failure to give notice if the department, upon complaint, determines the business closing or mass layoff is caused by any of the following: (1) A strike or a lockout not intended to evade the requirements of s. 109.07, Stats., …

DWD 279.09 Applicability. (1) Voluntary notice by an employer is encouraged, even in situations which technically do not constitute a business closing or mass layoff. For that reason, whether particular actions by employers actually constitute a business closing or mass layoff wi…

DWD 279.10 Complaint. A complaint concerning an employer[s failure to give timely notice of a business closing or mass layoff, may be filed by any affected employee, the highest official of any municipality in which the affected employment site is located, or the collective barga…

DWD 279.11 Reviews. (1) After a department investigator has issued an initial determination on a claim, the claimant or the employer named in the claim may request an administrative review. If an investigator has issued a determination on whether notice should be given under s. 1…

DWD 279.12 Referrals. The department shall refer each claim filed by an employee to the department of justice unless the claim is satisfied. Note: The intent of this section is to provide for a prompt informal review of initial determinations. These decisions should not be subjec…

DWD 279.13 Records and inspections. The employer shall maintain and have available for inspection by the department copies of all notices and correspondence delivered to affected employees, municipalities, collective bargaining representatives and the department, as well as any r…

DWD 290.001 Scope. This chapter applies to all prevailing wage rate determinations under ss. 66.0903, 66.0904, and 103.49, 2009 Stats., and to the certification of prevailing wage rates and the notification of minor subcontractors under s. 103.50, 2009 Stats. History: Cr. Registe…

DWD 290.01 Definitions. The following definitions shall apply to all prevailing wage rate determinations issued by the department pursuant to this chapter: (1) XAllowable rateY means the rate determined by the department from its review of a collective bargaining agreement by sub…

DWD 290.015 Collecting and compiling wage rate information. (1) ANNUAL SURVEY. For the purpose of making prevailing wage rate determinations, the department shall conduct an annual survey of employers and compile the prevailing wage rate for each trade or occupation in each area.…

DWD 290.02 Apprentices. (1) Apprentices may work at less than the prevailing wage rate for the work they perform when they are employed pursuant to and individually registered in a bona fide apprenticeship program administered by the U.S. department of labor, a state agency recog…

DWD 290.025 Subjourneypersons. (1) The department shall include a determination of one or more subjourneyperson wage rates for a particular trade or occupation in a prevailing wage determination under the criteria set forth in this section. (2) The department shall determine whet…

DWD 290.03 Classification of laborers, workers, mechanics and truck drivers. (1) Wages paid for work done in any given trade or occupation shall be computed at a wage rate not less than the prevailing wage rate specified in the prevailing wage rate determination issued for a proj…

DWD 290.035 Classification of projects. (1) BUILDING OR HEAVY CONSTRUCTION. A building or heavy construction project includes sheltered enclosures with walk-in access for the purpose of housing persons, employees, machinery, equipment, or supplies and nonsheltered work such as ca…

DWD 290.04 Straight time wages. (1) An employer may discharge its obligation for payment for work done less than or equal to the prevailing hours of labor as defined in s. 103.49 (1) (c), 2009 Stats., by paying the total prevailing wage rate in cash or by paying in cash and incur…

DWD 290.05 Overtime wages. All hours worked by a laborer, worker, mechanic or truck driver in excess of the prevailing hours of labor per day or per week must be paid at a rate at least 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay. Sums paid by an employer for bona fide economic benefi…

DWD 290.08 Prevailing wage rate determinations for individual projects. (1) Every state agency or local governmental unit shall request the department to determine the prevailing wage rates for all trades or occupations required to complete any project of public works which meets…

DWD 290.09 Procedure for requesting exemption from applying for individual project prevailing wage rate determinations. (1) The petition of any local governmental unit for exemption from applying to the department to determine the prevailing wage rates for any individual public w…

DWD 290.10 Procedure for an administrative review. (1) This section applies to a request for review by a local government unit under s. 66.0903 (3) (br), 2009 Stats., an owner or developer of real property under s. 66.0904 (4) (e), 2009 Stats., or a state agency under s. 103.49 (…

DWD 290.11 Procedure when a covered entity fails to request a required prevailing wage rate determination or incorporate a required prevailing wage rate determination into a contract. (1) When the department finds that a state agency or local governmental unit has not requested a…

DWD 290.12 Posting of prevailing wage rates. (1) A clearly legible copy of the prevailing wage rate determination issued by the department or exempted local governmental unit, together with the provisions of s. 66.0903 (10) (a) and (11) (a), 66.0904 (8) (a) and (9) (a), or 103.49…

DWD 290.13 Evidence of compliance by agent and subcontractor. (1) AFFIDAVIT OF COMPLIANCE. Upon completion of their portion of work on a project of public works or a publicly funded private construction project and prior to receiving final payment for work on the project, each ag…

DWD 290.14 Evidence of compliance by prime contractor. (1) AFFIDAVIT OF COMPLIANCE. Upon completion of the project of public works or publicly funded private construction project and prior to receiving its final payment for work on the project, each prime contractor shall file a …

DWD 290.145 Evidence of compliance by owner or developer of real property. Prior to the local governmental unit accepting the dedication of any work completed under s. 66.0903 (2), 2009 Stats., each owner or developer of real property shall file an owner or developer affidavit of…

DWD 290.155 Minimum estimated project costs. (1) This chapter does not apply to any project of public works for which the estimated cost of completion is below $25,000. (1m) This chapter does not apply to a publicly funded private construction project that receives less than $1,0…

DWD 290.16 Complaints. Any person may request an inspection pursuant to s. 66.0903 (10) (c), 66.0904 (8) (c), or 103.49 (5) (c), 2009 Stats. The request shall be in writing and shall identify the involved project; contractor, subcontractor, or agent; and trade or occupation. The …

DWD 290.17 Standard contract language. (1) Every state agency or local governmental unit shall insert or cause to be inserted a clause in every prime contract that clearly states that the applicable project of public works is subject to the provisions of either s. 66.0903 or 103.…

DWD 290.18 Electronic certified payroll records. (1) CONTRACTOR REPORTING. Except as noted in sub. (2), by the 7th day of the month following a month in which a contractor, subcontractor, or contractor[s or subcontractor[s agent performs work on a prevailing wage project, the con…

DWD 290.19 Application of effective date. (1) PROJECTS OF PUBLIC WORKS, REQUESTS FOR BIDS. For projects under s. 66.0903, 2009 Stats., which are subject to bidding, the department shall apply the threshold amount of $25,000 to projects for which a request for bids is issued after…

DWD 294.01 Applicability. (1) SCOPE OF CHAPTER. This chapter: (a) Prescribes certain policies and procedures governing the debarment of contractors from contracts involving any state agency or local governmental unit. (b) Sets forth the treatment to be accorded to debarred contra…