State Regulations: Wisconsin
Date Revised: 5/12/2013
| Governing Body: | Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health, Food Safety and Recreational Licensing | |
| License Required: | Yes | |
| License Information: | ||
| Criminal Background Checks Required: | Yes | |
| Criminal Background Checks Information: |
Crime Information Bureau Attn:Record Check Unit PO Box 2688 Madison, WI 53701-2688 608-261-0660
Wisconsin Dept. of Justice, Record Check Forms Web-based searches: $2 - Nonprofit Mail Requests: $7 - Nonprofit Fingerprint Searches: $34.25 Employees |
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| State Allows FBI Checks: | Yes
Applicable only for organizations mandated by state statute. Wisconsin camps typically do not fall into this category. |
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| Driving Record Checks: | Request forms available online at the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Drivers & Vehicles website
$5-$10 |
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| State Sex Offender Registry: | Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry | |
| Minimum Wage: | $7.25 per hour | |
| Coverage and Exemptions: | Covers all employers (including the state and its political subdivisions, all state and local government departments and agencies, and state and local legislatures and courts) and employees unless specifically exempt; Exemptions: casual domestic employees in work that is not connected to the employer’s business and occurs on an irregular basis of not more than 15 hours a week for any one employer | |
| Subminimum Wage: | Camp counselors age 18 and over: $315.00 per week if no room or board provided; $240 per week if only board provided; and $189 per week if room and board provided. Camp counselors age 17 or younger: $275 per week if no room or board provided; $209 per week if only board provided; and $165 per week if room and board provided. Opportunity employees (under age 20 during the first 90 consecutive days of employment) and minors (under age 18): $5.90/hour. | |
| Minimum Wage Source: | Wisconsin Administrative Code, Department of Workforce Development, Labor Standards, 272.03, 272.05, 272.07(3g), 272.08, 272.09(15)(c)(2) | |
| Overtime Pay Requirements: | No general provision. 1½ times the minimum wage after 40-hour week for nonexempt employees in: manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile industries; beauty parlors; confectionary stores; telegraph or telephone offices or exchanges, or express or transportation companies; hotels; laundries; restaurants; and state and local government. | |
| Exemptions: | Administrators, executives, and professionals; movie theater and amusement or recreational establishment employees; agricultural and domestic workers; employees of certain independent contractors | |
| Meal/Rest Period Requirments: | Meal period: at least 30 minutes taken reasonably close to typical meal times (6 a.m., 12 p.m., 6 p.m., and 12 a.m.), or midway in a shift. Working for more than 6 consecutive hours without a meal break is prohibited for minors and discouraged for adults. | |
| Other Wages Source: | Wisconsin Administrative Code, Department of Workforce Development, Labor Standards, 274.02(2), 274.03, 274.04, 270.11(3), 274.015 | |
| Additional Info: | None | |
| * Federal minimum wage rate applies | ||
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