Wisconsin Act 67 (2017) blocks cities from requiring private employers to provide paid sick leave, paid family leave, or other paid time-off benefits. Madison's earlier paid-sick-leave ordinance is unenforceable.
2017 Wisconsin Act 67 amended Wis. Stat. 103.10 and related provisions to preempt any local government from enacting ordinances mandating paid or unpaid leave benefits for private employees. The law was passed in response to local ordinances in Milwaukee and Madison that had attempted to require paid sick days. Wisconsin still follows the federal Family and Medical Leave Act for unpaid leave at qualifying employers and the state Wisconsin Family and Medical Leave Act under Wis. Stat. 103.10. Madison can require paid leave only for its own city employees and direct contractors, not for private workers in the city.
Cities attempting to enforce local paid-leave ordinances face state lawsuits and likely permanent injunctions. Private employers in Madison face only federal and state leave laws, not local mandates.
See how Madison's paid leave preemption rules stack up against other locations.
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