{"id":"DUT-WI-018","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Wisconsin","state":"WI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Wisconsin Legislature (codified statute; administered by the Department of Safety and Professional Services)","authority":"Wis. Stat. ch. 101, subch. I","instrument":"Wis. Stat. § 101.055 (2019-20), Public employee safety and health","title":"Public employee safety and health: DSPS shall adopt standards protecting public employees \u0027at least equal to\u0027 federal OSHA standards; inspections, orders, variances, records and employee rights for public employers","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMP"],"addressees":["employers (public employers only: \u0027the state, any agency or any political subdivision of the state\u0027)"],"clause":"(3) Standards. (a) The department shall adopt, by administrative rule, standards to protect the safety and health of public employees. The standards shall provide protection at least equal to that provided to private sector employees under standards promulgated by the federal occupational safety and health administration...","enforcement":"DSPS orders under sub. (5) with posting and correction deadlines; § 101.02(13)(a) forfeitures; records and inspection duties (sub. (7)).","functions":[],"notes":"Every public employer in Wisconsin (the State, its agencies and every political subdivision) was bound to standards \u0027at least equal to\u0027 federal OSHA\u0027s, including provisions \u0027for informing employees about hazards in the workplace, precautions to be taken\u0027 and \u0027for the use of protective equipment\u0027 (sub. (3)(b)), enforced by DSPS inspection and orders that \u0027the employer shall post... at or near the site of violation\u0027 (sub. (5)); § 101.11 applies to public employers as well.","sourceUrl":"https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/2019/101.055","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":312865,"grade":"primary","character":"workplace_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-WI","url":"/library/DUT-WI-018","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-WI-018","citation":"Wisconsin Legislature (codified statute; administered by the Department of Safety and Professional Services), Wis. Stat. § 101.055 (2019-20), Public employee safety and health (standing) (Ex. DUT-WI-018)","stateName":"Wisconsin","related":["DUT-WI-007","DUT-WI-012"]}