Wis. Admin. Code DWD § 274.01

Current through March 24, 2024
Section DWD 274.01 - Definitions
(1) "Day" means a calendar day or a period of 24 consecutive hours.
(2) "Week" means a calendar week or a regular reoccurring period of 168 hours in the form of 7 consecutive 24 hour periods.
(3) "Regular" time means 40 hours of work per week.
(4) "Overtime" means hours in excess of 40 hours of work per week.
(5) "Mercantile" means "pertaining to merchants or trade," and is synonymous with the word commercial. Commercial is viewed with regard to profit or designed for profit; designed for mass appeal, emphasizing skill and subjects useful in business. "Trade" means the business or work in which one engages regularly, an occupation requiring manual or mechanical skill; the persons engaged in an occupation, business, or industry, dealings between persons or groups; the business of buying and selling or bartering commodities or services; to do business with, to have dealings, to give one thing in exchange for another.

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Workforce Development § DWD 274.01

Cr. Register, March, 1977, No. 255, eff. 4-1-77; am. (1) to (4) and cr. (5), Register, December, 1980, No. 300, eff. 1-1-81; correction in (3) and (4) made under s. 13.93(2m) (b) 7, Stats., Register, February, 1996, No. 482; CR 03-053: am. (3) and (4) Register November 2003 No. 575, eff. 12-1-2003.