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· WI 1993 SESSION WRAP-UP JOBS Summer Youth EmDlovment - OVer $5 mil- protection account is established at the lion is provided from the Dislocated Workers Department of Labor and Industry. An em- Program for summer youth employment. ployee who is not paid their wages for reasons . Currently, this one-tenth of one percent sur- outlined above may collect a maximum of four charge on employers provides $23 million week's wages, or $2,000, whichever is less which is mainly used to retrain workers who from this fund. The Commissioner may suffer job loss through plant closings and attempt to recover any amounts paid to em- mass layoffs. This statutory change adds in- ployees from employers provided through this creased flexibility to the use of this fund by fund. separating it from federal requirements. Teen Job Curlew- Establishes an 11:00 p.m. Workers' ComDensstion Reinsurance As- work curfew for high school students under socistion fWCRAJRefund - Requires insur- the age of 18 on nights before a school day. ance companies to refund to employers $404 An exception is added to allow students to million in excess profits they have or will work until 11 :30 p.m. with the permission of receive from WCRA. The legislation became their parents. A fine of $100 per occurrence . necessary when it became apparent that the for each employee found violating the curfew greedy insurance industry was not going to will be assessed on the employer. return these profits to business owners who Urban Inltlstlve BusIness Losn Proarsm - originally paid the premiums which led to this surplus. Moderate median income communities among the inner ring suburbs are provided with $6 Wsae Protection Act - Provides wage pro- million in funding. The program Is targeted at tection to employees in cases where the em- low-income and minority populations. ployer no longer has assets, had filed for bankruptcy, or is no longer operating 90 days after the employee left the job. A wage . II ,