Wisconsin Code § 103.12

Local regulation of employment benefits; statewide concern; uniformity
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(1) The legislature finds
that each employer in this state should be allowed to determine
the employment benefits the employer provides to its employees
without interference by local governments. The legislature finds
that the absence of such local regulations is a matter of statewide
concern and that the enactment of an ordinance by a city, village,
town, or county regulating the employment benefits an employer
provides to its employees would be logically inconsistent with,
would defeat the purpose of, and would go against the spirit of the
legislature’s intent to allow each employer to determine the employment benefits the employer provides to its employees.
Therefore, this section shall be construed as an enactment of
statewide concern for the purpose of providing uniform regulation throughout the state regarding the employment benefits an
employer may be required to provide to its employees.
(2) In this section, “employment benefit” means anything of
value, other than wages and salary, that an employer makes available to an employee, including a retirement, pension, profit sharing, insurance, or leave benefit.
(3) (a) Except as provided in ss. 103.10 (1m) (d) and 103.11
(2) (d), no city, village, town, or county may enact or enforce an
ordinance requiring an employer to provide certain employment
benefits to its employees, to provide a minimum level of employment benefits to its employees, or to prescribe the terms or conditions of employment benefits provided to its employees.
(b) Except as provided in ss. 103.10 (1m) (d) and 103.11 (2)
(d), if a city, village, town, or county has in effect on April 18,
2018, an ordinance requiring an employer to provide certain employment benefits or to provide a minimum level of employment
benefits to its employees, the ordinance does not apply and may
not be enforced.

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