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In Oconomowoc Area School District v. Cota, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that protections against arrest record discrimination under the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act extend to non-criminal offenses, such as municipal citations. The court found the school…
The Wisconsin Fair Employment Act prohibits employers from taking adverse employment action against an applicant or employee because of the individual’s conviction record, unless the conviction is “substantially related” to the position. Wisconsin…
Within the past year, one Wisconsin resident has filed several class-action lawsuits against Wisconsin employers. In each case, the plaintiff filed a class-action lawsuit against the employer in Wisconsin federal court on the grounds that the employers had violated…
On November 15, 2015, Wisconsin became the seventh state to participate in the Records and Information from DMV’s for E-Verify (RIDE) program. Driver’s licenses and ID cards account for nearly 80% of the documents used as proof of identity by employees for E-Verify….
The City Council of Madison, Wisconsin has the joined numerous municipalities across the country by passing a legislation to ban the box – except for police and firefighter applicants – officials are now considering whether to force city vendors and…
Madison Mayor Paul Soglin and Ald. Maurice Cheeks introduce a resolution that would direct the city human resources director and the city attorney to come up with recommendations for eliminating questions regarding prior criminal convictions from city applications….
Wisconsin has become the thirteenth state to enact a law limiting the circumstances under which employers may request or require access to the personal internet accounts of applicants and employees. The 2013 Wisconsin Act 208, which amends the Wisconsin Fair…