Section 2.02. Definitions.

 

(1)  "Appointment committee" means the appointment committee constituted under s. 38.10 (1) (a) , (b) , (c) , or (d) , Stats.

(2)  "Board" means the technical college system board.

(3)  With the exception of the district board governing the Milwaukee area technical college, "business and industry" includes every trade, occupation, and profession.

(4)  "Employee" means any person who is not an employer as defined under sub. (5) and who receives earnings as payment for personal services, and includes a person acting in the capacity of officer or agent of a labor organization.

(5)  Except as provided in sub. (5m) , "employer" means any person who receives earnings as payment for personal services and possesses the power to hire, transfer, suspend, layoff, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees, or adjust employee grievances, or effectively recommend such action, if in connection with the exercise of such power the person exercises independent judgment in relation to the power. Employer does not include a person acting in the capacity of officer or agent of a labor organization.

(5m)  For the district board governing the Milwaukee area technical college, "employer" means a business entity, as defined in s. 13.62 (5) , Stats., a nonprofit organization that provides health care services, credit union, or cooperative association.

(6)  "District" means a technical college district.

(7)  "District board" means the district board in charge of the technical colleges of a district.

(8)  "Labor organization" means any organization of any kind, or affiliates of any such organization, in which employees participate and which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment or conditions of work.

(9)  "Minority" means a person whose race or ethnic group is either:

(a) American Indian or Alaskan Native — a person with origins in any of the original people of North America, and who maintains cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community recognition;

(b) Asian or Pacific Islander — a person having origins in the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands;

(c) Black — a person not of Hispanic culture having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa; or

(d) Hispanic — a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Caribbean, Central or South American or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.

History: Cr. Register, August, 1983, No. 332 , eff. 9-1-83; renum. (3) to (6) to be (6), (7), (9) and (3), cr (4), (5) and (8), Register, February, 1986, No. 362 , eff. 3-1-86 ; correction in (2), (6) and (7), made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 6., Stats., Register, June, 1994, No. 462 ; CR 12-032 : am. (1), (3), (5), cr. (5m) Register August 2013 No. 692 , eff. 9-1-13.