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Employment Discrimination

• Agencies/Organizations
  • Civil Rights Bureau (WI Dept. of Workforce Development)
    Programs & information on discrimination in employment, housing, and post secondary education; discrimination by public places of accommodation or amusement; the Family Medical Leave Act; harassment in the workplace; retaliation protection for reporting or filing a complaint or for reporting violations.
  • U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
    Presents information and laws on employment discrimination, including:
    • Age Discrimination
    • Equal Pay & Compensation Discrimination
    • National Origin Discrimination
    • Pregnancy Discrimination
    • Race/Color Discrimination
    • Religious Discrimination
    • Sex-Based Discrimination
      
• Complaints
  • Fair Employment Law & Complaint Process (WI Dept. of Workforce Development)
  • Filing a Charge of Employment Discrimination (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
  • How to File a WI Civil Rights Complaint (WI Dept. of Workforce Development)

• Arrest & Conviction Records Under the Law (WI Civil Rights Bureau)
• Employers & EEOC (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
  File an Employer Information Report (EEO-1) online. Visit the Small Businesses section to find answers to common questions all employers encounter. Learn what happens when a charge has been filed against your company and how the charge gets resolved.
• Employment Discrimination FAQs and Information (Lawyers.com)
• Equal Employment Opportunity (U.S. Dept. of Labor)
  Access the Civil Rights Center and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. Find information on discrimination in the workplace based on age, disability, race, sex, etc.
• Fair Hiring & Avoiding Loaded Interview Questions (WI Dept. of Workforce Development)
• Prohibited Employment Policies / Practices (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
• Forms
  • Litigating Employment Discrimination Cases (Legal Assistant Today, 2007)
    Information and "practice-tested forms".
• Preventing Discrimination (Nolo.com)
  
• Your Rights Against Workplace Discrimination & Harassment (Nolo.com)
  

The Law (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)

• WI Statutes: ch. 111, sub. ch. 2 "Fair Employment"
• WI Admin. Code: DWD 218 "Fair Employment"
• U.S. Code: 29 USC 206(d) "Minimum Wage -- Prohibition of Sex Discrimination"
• U.S. Code: 29 USC 621-634 "Age Discrimination in Employment"
• U.S. Code: 42 USC 2000e - 2000e-17 "Equal Employment Opportunities"
• CFR: 29 CFR pts. 1600-1699 "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission"

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Last Updated: February 20, 2012 | Up to Top