Friday, August 31, 2001
Governor
Scott McCallum
Secretary
Jennifer Reinert |
News Media Contact
Christopher Marschman
608/261-6705
e-mail: news@dwd.state.wi.us
fax: 608/266-1784 | In Celebration of Labor Day – History of "Firsts" for Wisconsin Labor - Wisconsin was the first state to create a Worker’s Compensation Program (1911)
- Wisconsin was the first state to create a regulated apprenticeship law, which still exists today (1911)
- Wisconsin created the nation’s first unemployment insurance law, three years ahead of a federal law being passed (1932)
- Wisconsin issued the nation’s first unemployment check (1936)
- Wisconsin becomes one of the first three states in the nation to prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin or ancestry in employment (1945)
- Wisconsin was the first state to outlaw job discrimination on the basis of a disability (1965)
- Wisconsin was the first state to create an Office of Refugee Services to coordinate state services for refugees (1975)
- Wisconsin was the first state to outlaw job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (1982)
- Wisconsin was the first state to appoint a Glass Ceiling Commission, aimed at elevating women and minorities into management and board room positions (1994)
- Wisconsin was the first state to use an Interactive Voice Response System to capture a full unemployment insurance initial claim (1998)
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