1. (1) Except as provided in sub. (2) and unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning, the definitions in ch. DWD 100 apply to this chapter.

2. (2) Notwithstanding ch. DWD 100 and unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning, in this chapter:

   1. (a) “Assignment” means work assigned by an employer to an employee to be performed for a client company of the employer. An assignment ends when it is completed or when the employee is removed from the assignment.
   2. (b) “Client company” means an entity that contracts with an employer for the employer to provide labor for a determinate or indeterminate time.

   3. (c) “Employer” has the same meaning given “temporary help company,” in s. 108.02 (24m), Stats., and does not include a “professional employer organization” as defined in s. 108.02 (21e), Stats.

      Note: Section 108.02 (24m), Stats., provides that “temporary help company” means “an entity which contracts with a client to supply individuals to perform services for the client on a temporary basis to support or supplement the workforce of the client in situations such as personnel absences, temporary personnel shortages, and workload changes resulting from seasonal demands or special assignments or projects, and which, both under contract and in fact:

      (a) Negotiates with clients for such matters as time, place, type of work, working conditions, quality, and price of the services;

      (b) Determines assignments or reassignments of individuals to its clients, even if the individuals retain the right to refuse specific assignments;

      (c) Sets the rate of pay of the individuals, whether or not through negotiation;

      (d) Pays the individuals from its account or accounts; and

      (e) Hires and terminates individuals who perform services for the clients.”

History

History: CR 06-032: cr. Register July 2007 No. 619, eff. 8-1-07.