Bills by subject

Employment

170 bills and resolutions. 26 became law, 6 were vetoed, and 76 never got a public hearing. They span 3 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2025–26 session.

This is the Legislature's own subject heading, not our category, so a bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under this term. Each count comes from the bill's official history.

Latest activity

The 5 bills on this subject with the newest recorded action.

SB 1001 The establishment of a family and medical leave insurance program; family leave to care for a family member and for the active duty of a family member; the employers that must allow an employee to take family or medical leave; allowing a local government to adopt ordinances requiring employers to provide leave benefits; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Jul 8, 2026
AB 1012 The establishment of a family and medical leave insurance program; family leave to care for a family member and for the active duty of a family member; the employers that must allow an employee to take family or medical leave; allowing a local government to adopt ordinances requiring employers to provide leave benefits; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Jun 16, 2026
AB 146 Requests for information from employers about unemployment insurance claims.
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 162 Workforce metrics. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 169 Various changes to the unemployment insurance law. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 68

Mar 23, 2026
AB 50: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
May 13, 2026
AB 146: Requests for information from employers about unemployment insurance claims.
Vetoed by the governor.
May 13, 2026
AB 162: Workforce metrics. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
May 13, 2026
AB 169: Various changes to the unemployment insurance law. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 186: Study of guaranteed employment grant program and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 235: Workforce literacy grant program. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
May 13, 2026
AB 269: Delivery network couriers and transportation network drivers, Department of Financial Institutions’ approval to offer portable benefit accounts, providing for insurance coverage, modifying administrative rules related to accident and sickness insurance, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
May 13, 2026
AB 281: The employment eligibility verification program and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 297: Performance grants based on improving employment rates for individuals on probation, parole, or extended supervision. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 367: Exemptions from minimum wage, overtime pay, and recordkeeping requirements for minor league baseball players.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.

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Mar 23, 2026
AB 369: A tax credit for employer-provided child care. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 462: Employee misclassification; construction contractor registration; reporting state tax law violations committed by construction industry employers; and granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 470: Eliminating the right-to-work law. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 474: State preemption of local employment regulations. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 476: Prohibiting abusive work environments and creating a cause of action. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 480: Requiring job postings to include salary range and benefits, retaining records of job postings, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 512: Prohibiting an employer from relying on information about a prospective employee’s compensation when making employment decisions or inquiring about a prospective employee’s compensation and from restricting an employee’s right to disclose compensation information, allowing actions in circuit court, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 567: Covenants not to compete in employment contracts.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 607: Housing and homelessness; emergency rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 30, 2026
AB 651: Various changes to the worker’s compensation law, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 652: Various changes to the unemployment insurance law. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 675: Noncompete clauses for medical practitioners.
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2026
AB 750: Admission of students to technical college programs.
Vetoed by the governor.
Apr 2, 2026
AB 778: Eligibility for the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and the Transitional Jobs program. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 794: Independent contractor healthcare workers and healthcare worker platforms.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 889: Creating the Wisconsin Climate Corps program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 3, 2026
AB 1004: Prohibiting education employers from entering into certain agreements related to information about alleged immoral conduct by an employee and civil immunity for information provided to a prospective employer.
Became law.
Jun 16, 2026
AB 1012: The establishment of a family and medical leave insurance program; family leave to care for a family member and for the active duty of a family member; the employers that must allow an employee to take family or medical leave; allowing a local government to adopt ordinances requiring employers to provide leave benefits; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1016: Funding for child care provider workforce training and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 2, 2026
AB 1160: Misclassification of employees and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1166: Requiring an employer to provide reasonable break time and accommodations for an employee who is breastfeeding the employee’s child to express breast milk for the child. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 7, 2026
AB 1179: Creating WisEARNS, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 30, 2026
AB 1180: Prohibitions on postemployment nonsolicitation clauses in employment contracts.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1202: Reporting a contributor’s place of employment.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1229: Prohibitions on nondisparagement clauses in employment contracts.
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2026
SB 45: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 151: Requests for information from employers about unemployment insurance claims.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 187: Study of guaranteed employment grant program and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 196: Various changes to the unemployment insurance law. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 201: Workforce metrics. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 240: Workforce literacy grant program. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 256: Delivery network couriers and transportation network drivers, Department of Financial Institutions’ approval to offer portable benefit accounts, providing for insurance coverage, modifying administrative rules related to accident and sickness insurance, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 287: The employment eligibility verification program and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 302: Performance grants based on improving employment rates for individuals on probation, parole, or extended supervision. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 19, 2026
SB 374: Exemptions from minimum wage, overtime pay, and recordkeeping requirements for minor league baseball players.
Became law.
Apr 6, 2026
SB 376: A tax credit for employer-provided child care. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 458: Eliminating the right-to-work law. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 460: Prohibiting abusive work environments and creating a cause of action. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 464: State preemption of local employment regulations. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 488: Requiring job postings to include salary range and benefits, retaining records of job postings, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 540: Prohibiting an employer from relying on information about a prospective employee’s compensation when making employment decisions or inquiring about a prospective employee’s compensation and from restricting an employee’s right to disclose compensation information, allowing actions in circuit court, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 605: Housing and homelessness; emergency rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 657: Noncompete clauses for medical practitioners.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 676: Various changes to the worker’s compensation law, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 677: Various changes to the unemployment insurance law. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 767: Eligibility for the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and the Transitional Jobs program. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 768: Independent contractor healthcare workers and healthcare worker platforms.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1000: Prohibiting education employers from entering into certain agreements related to information about alleged immoral conduct by an employee and civil immunity for information provided to a prospective employer.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Jul 8, 2026
SB 1001: The establishment of a family and medical leave insurance program; family leave to care for a family member and for the active duty of a family member; the employers that must allow an employee to take family or medical leave; allowing a local government to adopt ordinances requiring employers to provide leave benefits; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1017: Funding for child care provider workforce training and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 30, 2026
SB 1096: Allowing private individuals, families, and private employers to elect health care coverage through plans offered by the Group Insurance Board, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1131: Requiring an employer to provide reasonable break time and accommodations for an employee who is breastfeeding the employee’s child to express breast milk for the child. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 7, 2026
SB 1137: Creating WisEARNS, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1157: Reporting a contributor’s place of employment.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 30, 2026
SB 1170: Prohibitions on postemployment nonsolicitation clauses in employment contracts.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1175: Prohibitions on nondisparagement clauses in employment contracts.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1178: Creating the Wisconsin Climate Corps program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SJR 148: Commending employers that permit employees to leave work to perform volunteer emergency medical services duties.
Stopped in committee.

2011–12 session: 43

Mar 23, 2012
AB 3: Tax incentives for job creation, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 17: Tax benefits for hiring new employees and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Aug 2, 2012
AB 40: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 41: Preemption of city, village, town, or county ordinances requiring employers to provide employees with leave from employment to deal with family, medical, or health issues.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 129: Creation of the Wisconsin Venture Capital Authority, creation of the badger jobs fund and the jobs now fund certification program, both of which are to be administered by the Wisconsin Venture Capital Authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 213: Adopting federal law as it relates to excluding from an employee's income certain payments from an employer related to medical care.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 220: An income and franchise tax credit for workplace wellness programs, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 277: Adopting federal law as it relates to excluding from an employee's income certain payments from an employer related to medical care.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 280: Exempting from income taxation certain employer-paid fringe benefits for mass transit expenses.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 310: Various changes in the unemployment insurance law, providing a penalty, and making appropriations.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.

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Mar 23, 2012
AB 336: Opportunities to win prizes that are received by employees as compensation from employers.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 344: Employment discrimination based on employment status.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 364: Prohibiting abusive work environments and permitting a person who has been subject to such an environment to bring a civil action.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 457: Various changes in the unemployment insurance law.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 462: Eligibility of certain employees who are affected by labor disputes for unemployment compensation benefits.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 504: Concealment of benefit claim information, availability for work, interest on delinquent payments, and the composition and authority of appeal tribunals under the unemployment insurance law.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 513: A program to employ 10,000 individuals in southeastern Wisconsin.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 556: Requiring participation in the food stamp employment and training program.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 572: Tax credit programs administered by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
May 10, 2012
AB 736: School conference and activities leave.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 79: Expression of support by members of the Wisconsin assembly for the American Jobs Act.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 3: Tax incentives for job creation, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 8: Conforming the state family and medical leave law to the federal family and medical leave law and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
May 9, 2011
SB 23: Preemption of city, village, town, or county ordinances requiring employers to provide employees with leave from employment to deal with family, medical, or health issues.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 32: Ordinances establishing standards for places of employment and public buildings.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 94: Creation of the Wisconsin Venture Capital Authority, creation of the badger jobs fund and the jobs now fund certification program, both of which are to be administered by the Wisconsin Venture Capital Authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 137: Making companies that hire persons who are not legally in the United States ineligible for certain tax exemptions, governmental contracts, grants, and loans, granting rule-making authority, and providing penalties.
Stopped in committee.
Dec 12, 2011
SB 151: Opportunities to win prizes that are received by employees as compensation from employers.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 164: An income and franchise tax credit for workplace wellness programs, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 171: Exempting from income taxation certain employer-paid fringe benefits for mass transit expenses.
Stopped in committee.
Nov 7, 2011
SB 203: Adopting federal law as it relates to excluding from an employee's income certain payments from an employer related to medical care.
Became law.
Apr 5, 2012
SB 219: Various changes in the unemployment insurance law, providing a penalty, and making appropriations.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 249: Employment discrimination based on employment status.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 16, 2012
SB 275: Membership of technical college district boards.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 277: Prohibiting abusive work environments and permitting a person who has been subject to such an environment to bring a civil action.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 292: Reporting of the principal place of employment of certain individuals who make political contributions.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 346: Eligibility of certain employees who are affected by labor disputes for unemployment compensation benefits.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 10, 2012
SB 417: Concealment of benefit claim information, availability for work, interest on delinquent payments, and the composition and authority of appeal tribunals under the unemployment insurance law.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 477: Tax credit programs administered by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 495: The return of federal funds to the federal government.
Stopped in committee.
Aug 16, 2012
SB 559: Payment of unemployment insurance benefits under a work-sharing program.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SJR 34: Collective bargaining by employees (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SJR 67: Recognizing that it is the right, duty, and privilege of the legislature to control the expenditure of moneys appropriated by law.
Stopped in committee.

2009–10 session: 59

Apr 28, 2010
AB 9: A requirement that all employers in this state grant a paid leave of absence on Veterans Day to employees who are veterans.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 14: The regulation of traveling sales crews, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 30: Employer monitoring of employee electronic mail usage.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
May 17, 2010
AB 32: Extending the employer notification program administered by the Department of Transportation to noncommercial motor vehicle drivers.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 40: The filing of a wage claim or the bringing of a wage claim action by a collective bargaining representative on behalf of an employee and the priority of a wage claim lien over a prior lien of a commercial lending institution and over the rights of a purchaser of any property of the employer.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 53: Making companies that employ unauthorized aliens ineligible for certain tax exemptions, governmental contracts, grants, and loans, granting rule-making authority, and providing penalties.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 64: Employer monitoring of employee electronic mail usage.
Stopped in committee.
May 26, 2010
AB 75: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 91: An income and franchise tax credit for workplace wellness programs, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 110: Access to employment records of candidates for law enforcement positions.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.

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Dates are each bill's latest recorded action. Every subject