What Wisconsin law adds on top of federal law for nurses and EMS, and who to call.
Every rule here was read on the statute, regulation or agency page it cites. Checked November 10, 2026.
General information, not legal advice. Laws change and your facts decide how they apply. Before you act, confirm with the agency listed here or with an employment lawyer or your union representative.
Who to call in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Equal Rights Division (Labor Standards)Unpaid wages and state labor complaints. Start a complaint
U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour DivisionUnpaid wages and overtime, PUMP Act, FMLA. Contact · 1-866-487-9243
OSHAPrivate-employer safety complaints, and retaliation for raising safety (30 days under the OSH Act). Public employees: see Unions and public employers. Contact
Quit or fired, you must be paid in full by your regular payday under the employer's payroll schedule.
Who it covers: Employees without a written contract for a definite period, including state and local government employees; not commissioned sales agents, managers or executives.
Limits and exceptions to know (the law may have others; read the source):
Managers, executives and employees privy to confidential employer-employee matters aren't covered by this chapter. (Wis. Stat. § 109.01(1r))
"who quits employment or who is discharged from employment shall be paid in full by no later than the date on which the employee regularly would have been paid under the employer's established payroll schedule"
For Wisconsin we have not yet confirmed state rules on mandatory overtime, staffing ratios, plans and committees, meal and rest breaks. That does not mean Wisconsin has no rule on them: we leave a topic off until we have read it at the source, and only federal rules are shown for it here.