Mailing Address:
ATTENTION: WISCONSIN DEPT. OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
EQUAL RIGHTS
201 EAST WASHINGTON AVE, ROOM A300
PO BOX 8928
MADISON, WI 53708

Telephone Numbers and Contact information
Phone #:(608) 266-6860
Phone #:(608) 264-8752
Phone #:(608) 266-0946 Jennifer Ortiz - Administrator
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Phone #:
Fax Number:(608) 267-4592

Web Page:  http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/
E-mail to:   Jennifer.Ortiz@dwd.state.wi.us

Program Details:
Operating Agency: Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (Governmental)
Person In Charge: :
Hours: Most State Offices are open from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, except for holidays.
Eligibility: Employee's having need of leave after the birth or adoption of a child, health needs of spouse, child or elderly parents, and for personal serious health condition.
Fees: None.
Intake Process: Call for information or visit website.
Service Area: Wisconsin.

Program/Service Notes:
The Wisconsin Family and Medical Leave Act requires that all employers with 50 or more permanent employees must allow employees of either sex up to six weeks of leave in a twelve month period for the care of a child, spouse or parent with serious health condition, up to two weeks of leave in a twelve-month period for the employee's own serious health condition. The law also states that no one may "interfere with, restrain or deny the exercise of any right" provided under the law and it also prohibits discharging against anyone for opposing a practice prohibited under the law, for filing a charge under the law, for assisting in an investigation or other proceeding under the law or for testifying in an investigation or hearing held in relation to rights guaranteed by the law.

All Employers who have 25 or more employees must post a notice which states the employer's policies for family and medical leave and employers with 50 or more employees must also post , in one or more conspicuous places, a poster developed by the Department, which states the employees rights under the law. These employee's rights posters are available from the Department of Workforce Development. The penalty for violation is $100 for each offense.

This information was last updated on 05/21/2008

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