Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Workforce Development
DWD 270-279 - Labor Standards
Chapter DWD 274 - Hours Of Work And Overtime
Section DWD 274.01 - Definitions
Current through August 26, 2024
(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.
