2012 Wisconsin State Labor Law Poster Includes:
-Wisconsin Minimum Wage
(Updated 09/11)
-Business Closing/Mass Layoff Law
(Updated 09/11)
-Fair Employment Law
(Updated 09/11)
-Notice To Workers With Disability
(Updated 09/11)
-OSHA-Health and Safety Protection
-Unemployment Benefits
(Updated 09/11)
-Family and Medical Leave Provisions
(Updated 09/11)
-Minor Work Hours
(Updated 12/11)
-Hazardous Chemicals Right-To-Know
-Retaliation Protection for Health Care Workers
(Updated 09/11)
-Employee Protections Against Use of Honesty Testing
(Updated 09/11)
-Cessation of Health Care Benefits
(Updated 09/11)
-Payday Notice
-Emergency Notice
The new NLRA notice comes with a mandatory size requirement of 11” x 17”. (SEPARATE OPTION PURCHASE)Who is exempt from the NLRA Notice?Most
private employers are required to post the NLRA Poster. The law
specifically excludes public sector employees, agricultural and
domestic workers, independent contractors, workers employed by a parent
or spouse, and employees of air and rail carriers covered by the
Railway Labor Act.
For Wisconsin Labor Law Quick Facts please click on
Labor Law Quick Facts.
The Wisconsin minimum wage is $7.25 per hour ($2.33 for tipped employees) and overtime is required after 40 hours. Opportunity employees get paid $5.90 per hour. “Opportunity employee” means an employee who is not yet 20 years old and who has been in employment status with a particular employer for 90 or fewer consecutive calendar days from the date of initial employment. It is unlawful for an employer to requiring or requesting that an employee or applicant take an honesty test (lie detector). Further, employers may not discriminate against a person who refuses to take a test or objects to its use.*
Generally, employees are covered by Wisconsin's minimum wage and overtime law provisions. The law requires payment of no less than minimum wage for all hours worked. Employers must pay their employees time and one-half of their regular rate of pay for all house worked over forty in a work week. There may be other requirements.*
Child labor law provisions apply to employees under 18 years of age. Ages 16 & 17 must be paid time and one-half for work in excess of 10 hours per day or 40 hours per week, whichever is greater. Minors 14-17 working in agriculture, must be paid time and one-half for work over 50 hours per week during peak periods. Following the end of work, 8 hours of rest is required before the start of work the next day. Work must be directly supervised by an adult between the hours of 12:30am –5am. Minors age 16 & 17 who are Emancipated, Living Independently, Head of Household, Enrolled in a GED Program at a Vocational or Technical College, may work 40 hours per week when public schools are in session, and up to 50 hours per week during non-school weeks.*
Wisconsin made changes to the list of
hours and times during which minors may or may not work. Multiple
changes were made including the reduction of school day work hours to 3
and the reduction of permitted time of day to 7am – 7pm (between Labor
Day and May 31). Meal period requirements were also added. The separate
listing of Federal and State laws was removed.
*NOT LEGAL ADVICE OR OPINION. PLEASE CONSULT LEGAL EXPERT IN YOUR LOCAL AREA.
