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Wis. Stat. § 103.01 (2026)

Hours of labor; definitions

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103.01103.01 Hours of labor; definitions. In ss. 103.01 to 103.03:
103.01(1)(1) 
103.01(1)(a)(a) “Employer” means every person having control or custody of any employment or place of employment.
103.01(1)(b)(b) “Employer” includes the state, its political subdivisions and any office, department, independent agency, authority, institution, association, society or other body in state or local government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, including the legislature and the courts.
103.01(2)(2) “Employment” means any trade, occupation or process of manufacture, or any method of carrying on such trade or occupation in which any person may be engaged, or for any place of employment.
103.01(3)(3) “Place of employment” means any manufactory, mechanical or mercantile establishment, beauty parlor, laundry, restaurant, confectionary store, or telegraph or telecommunications office or exchange, any express or transportation establishment or any hotel.
103.01 HistoryHistory: 1971 c. 228 s. 44; 1975 c. 94; 1983 a. 189; 1985 a. 297 s. 76; 1989 a. 225.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1996–2008 · leading case: Musch v. Domtar Indus., Inc., 252 F.R.D. 456 (W.D. Wis. 2008).
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Musch v. Domtar Indus., Inc., 252 F.R.D. 456 (W.D. Wis. 2008). · cites it 3× “See Wis. Stat. § 103.01 ; Wis. Admin. Code DWD §§ 274.”
Arndt v. Wisconsin Dep't of Corr., 972 F. Supp. 475 (W.D. Wis. 1996). · cites it 2× “Specifically, plaintiffs argue that the state waived its sovereign immunity when it enacted the regulations codified at §§ 103.01 through 103.03. Their argument does not withstand a dose reading of the statutes.”
German v. Wisconsin Dep't of Transp., 589 N.W.2d 651 (Wis. Ct. App. 1998). “, *535 and the hours and overtime provisions in §§ 103.01-,03, Stats. Section 109.03(1), Stats.”
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