Wisconsin Wages and Hours Handbook

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Published by: State Bar of Wisconsin PINNACLE
ISBN: 978-1-57862-745-5 456+ pp.; 7th ed.; 2025-2026 (Includes 2026-2027 Supplement)
Wisconsin Wages and Hours Handbook

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From minors starting their first jobs to high-level executives earning six-plus-figure salaries, be confident in any employment situation by taking advantage of the Wisconsin Wages and Hours Handbook’s variety of legal tools.

The 2026-2027 supplement includes a number of changes such as:

  • Updated discussion of minimum wage and overtime protections
  • In 2026, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development submitted to the Legislative Council Clearinghouse draft modifications to employment-of-minors regulations
  • In August 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor reinstituted its “Payroll Audit Independent Determination” program to assist employers in resolving potential minimum wage and overtime violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act

The 2025-2026 revision is current through the 2023–24 Wisconsin Statutes, as affected by acts through 2025 Wis. Act 5; Wisconsin Administrative Register, Feb. 2025, No. 830; United States Public Law No. 119-4 (Mar. 15, 2025); and 90 Federal Register 13407 (Mar. 24, 2025).

The revision includes updated discussions, descriptions, and dates, including information about earnings thresholds for the executive, administrative, and professional exemption from minimum wage and overtime protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Summary of Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

About the Author

How to Cite This Book

Table of Contents

    1 Basic History and Concepts of State and Federal Wage and Hour Laws
    2 Coverage Under Minimum Wage and Overtime Laws
    3 Minimum‐Wage Laws
    4 Overtime Laws
    5 Record Keeping
    6 Child Labor Laws and Regulations
    7 Enforcement of Minimum‐Wage and Overtime Laws
    8 Miscellaneous Provisions
    9 Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers

Appendices
Index

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