Section DWD 270.09 - Permanent records to be kept by the employer(1) Every employer shall keep payroll or other records for each of their employees that contain the following information about the employee for at least 3 years: (c) Date of entering and leaving employment.(d) Time of beginning and ending of work each day.(e) Time of beginning and ending of meal periods. When employee's meal periods are required or when the meal periods are to be deducted from work time, this requirement shall not apply when work is of such a nature that production or business activity ceases on a regularly scheduled basis.(f) Total number of hours worked per day and per week.(g) Rate of pay and wages paid each payroll period.(h) The amount of and reason for each deduction from the wages earned.(i) Output of employee, if paid on other than time basis.(2) The required records or a duplicate copy shall be kept safe and accessible at the place of employment or business at which the employee is employed or at one or more established central record-keeping offices in the state of Wisconsin.(3) The required records shall be made available for inspection and transcription by a duly authorized deputy of the department during the business hours generally observed by the office at which they are kept or in the community generally.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Workforce Development DWD 270.09
CR 04-010: cr. Register November 2004 No. 587, eff. 12-1-04.