Section 332.01. Definitions.

  In this chapter:

(1)  "Agency" has the meaning given in s. 101.055 (2) (a) , Stats.

(2)  "Approved" means acceptable to the department.

(3)  "Department" means the department of safety and professional services, unless otherwise specified.

(4)  "Place of employment" means any place as defined in s. 101.01 (11) , Stats., and includes farms of a public employer where research or education takes place.

(5)  "Public employee" or "employee" has the meaning given in s. 101.055 (2) (b) , Stats.

(6)  "Public employee representative" or "employee representative" has the meaning given in s. 101.055 (2) (c) , Stats.

(7)  "Public employer" or "employer" has the meaning given in s. 101.055 (2) (d) , Stats.

(8)  "Secretary" means the secretary of the department of safety and professional services or an authorized representative.

(9)  "Workplace" means any site where public employees are required or directed to be by public employers to carryout assigned duties and functions, except a private-sector employer's workplace is not considered to be a workplace of a public employer while any public-sector employees perform their work there, such as a safety inspection or investigation.

Cr. Register, February, 1999, No. 518 , eff. 3-1-99; correction in (4) was made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register June 2002 No. 558 ; correction in (3), (8) (intro.) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 6., 7., Stats., Register December 2011 No. 672 ; CR 14-060 : r. and recr. (1), (5) to (7), renum. (8) to SPS 332.17, cr. (8) and (9) Register August 2015 No. 716 , eff. 9-1-15 .

Note

Under s. 101.055 (2) (a) , Stats., "agency" means an office, department, independent agency, authority, institution, association, society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, and includes the legislature and the courts. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Under s. 101.055 (2) (b) , Stats., "public employee" or "employee" means any employee of the state, of any agency or of any political subdivision of the state. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Under s. 101.055 (2) (c) , Stats., "public employee representative" or "employee representative" means an authorized collective bargaining agent, an employee who is a member of a workplace safety committee or any person chosen by one or more public employees to represent those employees. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Under s. 101.055 (2) (b) , Stats., (d) "public employer" or "employer" means the state, any agency or any political subdivision of the state. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1