Good People, LLC,etc. R. Kisielis and M. Fencl Masters of DECEPTION; wicked, DEMAGOGUE, evil Milwaukee, Madison, Wisconsin

"Another difference between the overtime pay law in Wisconsin and the Federal Law is the penalties for unpaid overtime. The Wisconsin overtime law provides that if your attorney files it with the Department of workforce development and the Department completes its investigation before your overtime lawyer files it in court, the employer may have to pay you an additional penalty of up to the same amount. If your overtime lawyer files directly in court, or files it in court before the Department completes its investigation, the employer may have to pay you an additional penalty of up to half the same amount"

"Minimum wage and overtime coverage for most companions as defined in the FLSA, but overtime exemption for those employed directly by private households, Wis. Admin. Code 274.015, and those employed by non-profit organizations. Wis. Admin. Code 274.015, 274.01. Companions who spend less than 15 hours a week on general household work and reside in the home of the employer are also exempt from minimum wage. Wis. Admin. Code 272.06(2)".

    "Reporting workers who are complaining about wage and hour violations to immigration authorities is considered unlawful retaliation under the Fair Labor Standards Act. It is illegal retaliation for employers to threaten to report a worker to the ICE for trying to enforce her labor rights. (A number of labor and employment laws have anti-retaliation provisions.)

ICE maintains an internal policy called an operating instruction that places limitations on immigration enforcement investigations where there is an ongoing labor dispute including wage and hour violations, health and safety violations, workers compensation claims, and discrimination complaints" - National Employment Law Project

   Employment Agencies

Employment agencies are licensed businesses that have lists of employers who are looking for domestic help. The agency receives commissions for each domestic worker it places, either from the employer OR the worker. 

Workers should look for agencies that do not charge placement fees. In Illinois, employment agencies are required to note in their advertisements whether they charge applicants fees or whether the employer pays the fee so workers can be informed when they arrive at the office. Employment agencies in Illinois who charge fees to workers are required to post
their fees in any room where workers are interviewed. The agency is required to ask each worker to fill out an application form. The form should not ask for a workers social security number or immigration status! 

225 ILCS 515/5, which states that the agency may charge workers a placement fee,
that the agency and worker have agreed upon, or negotiated, and put in writing. A worker should receive a copy of any agreement she signs about amount, method of payment, or time and place of payment. No fee should be paid before the worker has received a job. 

   for example:

I dont have to pay you minimum wage. What are you going to do if I dont pay minimum wage?

Whether I am documented or not, I have a right to a minimum wage. Even if I signed something that said I agreed to less than minimum wage, you still have to pay me minimum wage.A contract to pay someone less than minimum wage is illegal.It means that contract is null:)If you do not pay me minimum wage, I can file a complaint with the Federal Department of Labor

  http://legis.wisconsin.gov/rsb/code/dwd/dwd277.pdf
  https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/105.pdf

Can you imagine how much money they made if they already made 1000 placements?:-) Million of American dollars was charged according to their IMAGINATION for many, many years!!! I hope that anyone who worked or heard about any referral agencies should help others or make complaint to Labor Department ... it does not matter about emigration status in those sensitive cases.

 Copy:
   
"A Private Employment agency cannot charge an applicant a fee for finding him/her a job. They can charge a fee for things like resume writing, job hunting skills, and other things of that nature.  However, they must make it clear what the fee is for.

I'm going to give you a website in which you can obtain additional information.  If you wish to file a complaint with this office, I will also provide you with the website where you can download a Labor Standards complaint form"

 Actually, you suppose to create our own statement in this matter. They do not have form against agencies which has contracts are nothing more than  toilet paper:-)

Notice to migrant workers who got protected by state or federal law about their minimum wages for service who suppose to be paid not less than $174 minus some deduction ... plus their own taxes and SSA. as an employee or independent contractors in order to get retirement plan in their own countries.

  
http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dwd/forms/erd/ls_119_e.htm   

or
     
http://www.dol.gov/whd/contactform.asp

Good luck with back pay:-)