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Sections 111.31-111.395 of the Wisconsin Statutes- provides that it is unlawful for employers, employment agencies, labor unions and licensing agencies to discriminate against employees and job applicants because of any of the following:
Related Information:
- Age
- Ancestry
- Arrest Record
- Color
- Conviction Record
- Creed (WI Legislature website)
- Disability
- Genetic Testing (WI Legislature website)
- Honesty Testing (PDF)
- Marital Status (WI Legislature website)
- Military Service (WI Legislature website)
- National Origin
- Pregnancy or Childbirth
- Race
- Sex (WI Legislature website)
- Sexual Orientation
- Use or nonuse of lawful products off the employer's premises during nonworking hours (WI Legislature website)
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Employees may not be harassed in the workplace based on their protected status nor retaliated against for filing a complaint, for assisting with a complaint, or for opposing discrimination in the workplace - read Retaliation Protection under The Fair Employment Law.
NOTE: There is a 300-day time limit for filing a discrimination complaint.
Act 20 amends the Wisconsin Fair Employment Law, effective July 2, 2009, to allow Complainants who have received findings of discrimination to file an action in circuit court to obtain additional damages. Read a summary of these changes in the law - Summary of 2009 Wisconsin Act 20 (PDF)