Wisconsin
For Wisconsin, waiting period (days) is 3 days; retroactive trigger (days) is 7 calendar days; how days are counted is The three-day waiting period includes Saturday and may include Sunday, if the worker normally works on Sunday. Compensation is payable beginning on the 4th day of lost time; statute or rule citation is Wis. Stat. § 102.43, recorded from its source on 2026-08-17.
- State
- Wisconsin our reading
- Waiting period (days)
- 3 days
- Retroactive trigger (days)
- 7 calendar days
- How days are counted
- The three-day waiting period includes Saturday and may include Sunday, if the worker normally works on Sunday. Compensation is payable beginning on the 4th day of lost time. verified
- Statute or rule citation
- Wis. Stat. § 102.43 our reading
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What the source says
There is a three-day waiting period for compensation that includes Saturday and may include Sunday, if you normally work on Sunday. No compensation is paid for these first three days unless you are off work for more than seven days. In that case, the first three days are paid for retroactively.
— dwd.wisconsin.gov, retrieved 2026-08-17
Source
- dwd.wisconsin.govhttps://dwd.wisconsin.gov/wc/workers/