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1. Fair Employment
2. Open Housing
3. Public Accommodations & Amusements
4. Family & Medical Leave
5. Post Secondary Education
6. Retaliation Protections
a. Public Employee Health & Safety
b. Employee Right to Know
c. Elderly Abuse
d. Health Care Workers
e. Whistleblower Law for State Employees
a. Local Government Public Projects
b. State Building Public Projects
c. State Highway Projects
8. Hours of Work & Overtime
9. Records Open to Employee
10. One Day of Rest in Seven
11. Street Trades
12. Child Labor
13. Minimum Wage
14. Private Employment Agencies
15. Wage Payment & Collection
16. Business Closing & Mass Layoff
17. Cessation of Health Care Benefits
The law prohibits discrimination based on race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age, sex,
handicap, arrest or conviction record, sexual orientation, marital status, and military status. It
prohibits unfair honesty testing and genetic testing. It also prohibits discrimination because of filing
or assisting with a Labor Standards complaint or because of use or non-use of lawful products.
Enforced by complaint filed with the Equal Rights Division within 300 days)
The Law prohibits housing discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex,
age-18 and over, disability, lawful source of income, marital status, sexual orientation, and family
status.
Enforced by complaint filed with the Equal Rights Division within 1 year. Also through circuit
court.
The law prohibits discrimination, in public places, based on race, color, creed, national origin,
ancestry, sex, physical condition, developmental disability or sexual orientation.
Enforced by complaint filed with the Equal Rights Division within 300 days. Also through circuit court.
For employers of 50 or more, the law requires that:
Enforced by complaint filed with the Equal Rights Division within 30 days
The law prohibits discrimination because of physical condition or developmental disability in post-
secondary education.
Enforced by complaint filed with the Equal Rights Division within 300 days
The law provides that if a public employee reports an actual or potential hazard to the State Safety and
Buildings Division and is then retaliated against by the employer. If a public employee reasonably refuses to perform a task which represents a danger of serious injury or death or exercises any other right related to occupational safety and health and then is retaliated against by the employer.
Enforced by complaint filed with the Equal Rights Division within 30 days
The law states that employees have a right to know what toxic substances might be encountered on the job.
Also prohibits retaliation against an employee for exercising any rights under s. 101.58-101.599.
Enforced by complaint filed with the Equal Rights Division within 30 days
The law prohibits retaliation against any employee for reporting the abuse of an elderly person to a
state or county agency.
Enforced by complaint filed with the Equal Rights Division within 300 days
The law prohibits retaliation against any health care worker for reporting violations of laws, rules or
quality of care standards.
Enforced by complaint filed with the Equal Rights Division within 300 days
The law prohibits retaliation against certain state employees who disclose information about violations
of laws, rules mismanagement or abuse of authority.
Enforced by complaint filed with the Equal Rights Division within 60 days
The Statutes requires the department to determine the prevailing wage rates for all types of local public works projects and requires the department to investigate any alleged violation of such wage rates and hours of labor.
Enforced by complaint filed with the Equal Rights Division within 2 years.)
The Statutes requires the department to determine the prevailing wage rates for all types of state public works construction projects, except highways and bridges, and requires the department to investigate any
alleged violations of such wage rates and hours of labor
Enforced by complaint filed with the Equal Rights Division within 2 years.
The Statutes requires the department to determine the prevailing wage rates for all state contracted
highway construction projects. The Department of Transportation is responsible for enforcement.
Enforced by complaint filed with the Equal Rights Division within 2 years.
The Statutes requires payment of time and one half the regular rate of pay for hours worked in excess of
forty in a given week, and provides certain exemptions.
Enforced by complaint filed with the Equal Rights Division within 2 years, also through circuit court.
The Law provides employees or former employees the right to inspect their own personnel records.
Enforced by complaint filed with the Equal Rights Division within 2 years.
The law requires employers in factories or mercantile establishments to provide at least one period
consisting of twenty-four consecutive hours of rest in each calendar week. Allows for the issuance of
waivers or modifications to employers when jointly requested by labor and management.
Enforced by complaint filed with the Equal Rights Division within 2 years, also through circuit court.
The law establishes maximum daily and weekly hours, and sets time of day restrictions for minors (those
under 18 years of age) engaging in street trades (delivery, distribution or selling items door to door).
Also provides for enforcement action.
Enforced by complaint filed with the Equal Rights Division within 2 years, also through circuit
court.
The law establishes maximum daily and weekly hours, sets time of day restrictions for the employment of
minors, and explains employment prohibitions (by type of employment) for minors 11 through 17 years of
age. Also provides for enforcement action.
Enforced by complaint filed with the Equal Rights Division within 2 years, also through circuit court.
The law sets minimum wage rates, provides for special minimum wage licenses for rehabilitation facilities
and for workers with disabilities and student learners and defines what comprises “hours worked.”
Enforced by complaint filed with the Equal Rights Division within 2 years, also through circuit court.
The law provides rules for the licensing of private employment agents that require applicant-paid fees,
and for the registration of employer-paid fee agent Section Authorizes enforcement action.
Enforced by complaint filed with the Equal Rights Division within 2 years, also through circuit court.
The law requires the department to process individual wage claims from employees who have not received
earned wages, and establishes when employees must be paid.
Enforced by complaint filed with the Equal Rights Division within 2 years, also through circuit court.
The Statutes states that for employers of 50 or more requires sixty days advance written notification of
a business closing or mass layoff. Notices must be provided to the department, affected employees, the
union and the highest official of the municipality in which the business is located.
Enforced by complaint filed with the Equal Rights Division within 300 days.
The Statutes states that for employers of 50 or more requires sixty days advance written notification
when an employer decides to terminate a health care benefit plan. Notices must be provided to the
employees, retirees, and their dependents. The law does not require notification to employees who quit
or who are terminated, nor does it require notification when an employer makes changes to an existing
plan.
Enforced by complaint filed with the Equal Rights Division within 300 days.
For more information regarding these laws, contact:
STATE OF WISCONSIN
DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
EQUAL RIGHTS DIVISION
CIVIL RIGHTS BUREAU
201 E WASHINGTON AVE
ROOM A300
PO BOX 8928
MADISON WI 53708
Telephone Number: (608) 266-6860
TTY Number: (608) 264-8752
Or
819 N 6th ST
ROOM 255
MILWAUKEE WI 53203
Telephone Number: (414) 227-4384
TTY Number: (414) 227-4081
Equal Rights Division Web Site
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