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Migrant Law Enforcement: Overview
The primary functions of the Migrant Law Enforcement Section are as follows:
- Inspection and Certification of All Migrant Camps in the State: Housing inspections are performed annually by BMLS
migrant labor inspectors. The migrant camp must be certified before the migrants occupy the housing units. In order to
promote consistency in the inspection process an
Annual Checklist
for Certification of Migrant camps is used when inspectors perform all pre-occupancy inspections to ensure the camp has
met all standards required by state law.
- Work Agreement Reviews: The Bureau ensures that migrant workers are provided with a Work Agreement at the time of
recruitment or prior to the commencement of employment, whichever is earlier. Each inspector will visit all of the migrant
camps assigned to them to determine whether a migrant worker has been provided with a Work Agreement. Inspectors explain to
the migrant worker all aspects of the agreement and assure that the employer complies with all the terms and conditions of
employment as outlined in that agreement, and as required by law.
- Crew leader: The Bureau is responsible to monitor and register all known crew leaders in the state. Crew leaders who
recruit migrant workers to work in the State of Wisconsin must comply with specific regulations and must obtain a certificate
from the Department to operate in this state. Crew leaders are monitored regularly to insure compliance with the state
laws.
- Field Sanitation: Employers who hire 6 or more migrant workers who are engaged in hand labor must provide sanitation
facilities to their workers. The Bureau inspects "field sanitation" facilities and assures that those facilities are
provided and kept in clean and sanitary condition.
Complaint Investigation:
The Bureau is
responsible for the investigation of all complaints of apparent violations of the migrant law. Any person may file a complaint
with the Bureau and the complaint will be investigated. Unresolved complaints may be referred to the Attorney General’s office
for prosecution.
Updated
July 29, 2009
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