It’s never been easier to find the employment information you need – fast!
Almost everyone feels overworked and underpaid. But what do you do when it becomes more than an attitude and turns into a legal issue? The Wisconsin Wages and Hours Handbook is your quick reference to skillfully handling compensation and work-hour issues.

From minors starting their first jobs to high-level executives earning six-figure salaries, be confident in any employment situation by taking advantage of the Handbook’s variety of legal tools. Imagine the time you’ll save with these topics at your fingertips:

• Compensable work hours
• Calculating overtime
• Exempt versus nonexempt status for overtime
• Permissible and impermissible payroll deductions
• Recourse for employees who are not paid properly or on time
• Special rules for migrant and seasonal workers
• And much more!

Make use of current information
Completely revised in 2009 and supplemented in 2010, you’ll find updates in the following areas:

• Updates to the federal and state minimum-wage amounts
• Discussion of proposed additional changes to the state minimum wage
• Updates to the state prevailing wage rates
• Discussion of the Milwaukee prevailing-wage ordinance

Protect employers and employees alike
Whether you’re representing employers or employees, the Handbook is designed for the protection of all. So guard against legal violations by using the Handbook’s detailed analyses of federal laws, along with the official text of Wisconsin’s most often cited wage and hour statutes and regulations.

Summary of Contents

CHAPTER 1
Basic History and Concepts of State and Federal Wage and Hour Laws

CHAPTER 2
Coverage Under Minimum-Wage and Overtime Laws

• Wages Defined
• Employers
• Employees
• Independent Contractors

CHAPTER 3
Minimum-Wage Laws

• Minimum-Wage Rates
• Hours Worked

CHAPTER 4
Overtime Laws

• Overtime Rate
• Joint Employment
• Remedial Training

CHAPTER 5
Record Keeping

• Timekeeping and the Rounding of Time
• Information to Be Kept

CHAPTER 6
Child Labor Laws and Regulations

• Work Permits
• Work Permitted
• Hours of Work
• Hazardous Employment Prohibited
• Volunteer Services by Minors
• Student Learners, High School Graduates, and Apprentices
• Student Worklike Activities
• Fees, Revocations, and Postings

CHAPTER 7
Enforcement of Minimum-Wage and Overtime Laws

• Wisconsin Compliance Audits and Penalties
• FLSA Compliance Audits and Penalties
• Statutes of Limitation

CHAPTER 8
Miscellaneous Provisions

• Frequency of Wage Payments
• Payroll Withholding
• Termination Pay
• Accrual and Loss of Vacation (PTO)
• Deductions for Faulty Workmanship, Loss, Theft, or Damage
• Mass Layoffs and Plant Closings
• Garnishments
• Equal Pay/Comparable Worth
• Prevailing Wage Law

CHAPTER 9
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers

• Contracting
• Record Keeping
• Hours of Work
• Frequency of Wage Payments
• Enforcement

Find specific information fast
Use this well-organized paperback’s detailed table of contents and index to efficiently find the information you need. You’ll be glad you added the Wisconsin Wages and Hours Handbook to your library if you deal with employment law in any way.

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6" x 9" paperback
392+ pp.; 2nd ed., 2009

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