Paid Time Off
(PTO) Policy (WI)

Summary

This template is a paid time off policy that grants employees in Wisconsin paid time off from work for a variety of reasons in lieu of an individual vacation policy, sick leave policy, or personal leave policy. This template includes practical guidance, drafting notes, alternate clauses, and optional clauses. This template is intended for private employers. Employers may include this policy in an employee handbook or distribute it as a standalone policy. This template does not differ from the non-jurisdictional Paid Time Off (PTO) Policy, except that it contains practical guidance, drafting notes, alternate clauses, and optional clauses that address issues under Wisconsin and federal law. For information on drafting paid time off polices, see Paid Time Off (PTO) Policies: Key Drafting Tips. For information on state laws governing paid time off, see Paid Vacation and PTO State Law Survey. For state-specific template PTO polices, which include vacation leave, see the Other Leaves column of Attendance, Leaves, and Disabilities State Expert Forms Chart. For a non-jurisdictional policy governing vacation leave only, see Vacation Policy. For a non-jurisdictional policy governing sick leave, see Sick Leave Policy. For a non-jurisdictional personal leave policy, see Personal Days Policy or Personal Leave of Absence Policy. For information on Wisconsin leave laws, see Leave Law (WI). For information on state leave laws, see Paid Sick Leave State and Local Law Survey (Private Employers) and Paid Vacation and PTO State Law Survey.