Wisconsin Code § 895.492

Civil liability exemption; certificate of qualification for employment
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(1) In this section:
(a) “Employee” has the meaning given in s. 101.01 (3) and
also includes a former employee.
(b) “Employer” has the meaning given in s. 101.01 (4).
(2) An employer who hires an employee who has been issued
a certificate of qualification for employment under s. 973.25 is
immune from liability for the intentional acts or omissions of the
employee, for the acts of the employee that are outside of the
course of the employee’s employment, and in any proceeding on
a claim against the employer for negligent hiring, retention, training, or supervision of the employee unless the employer, when he
or she hired the employee, acted maliciously towards the plaintiff
or with intentional disregard of the rights of the plaintiff.

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