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: - Complaints
- Fair Employment Law & Complaint Process (WI Dept. of Workforce Development)
- Filing a Charge of Employment Discrimination (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
- Information on filing a civil rights complaint (WI Dept. of Workforce Development)
- Directories
- Attorney referral list (WI Dept. of Workforce Development)
List of lawyers "who may be willing to represent persons in cases filed before the Equal Rights Division (ERD)"
- Attorney referral list (WI Dept. of Workforce Development)
- 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. - 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 Discriminatory Interview Questions (WI Dept. of Workforce Development)
- LGBTQ+ Resources in Business and the Workplace (Library of Congress)
- Personal Internet Account Privacy (WI Legislative Council)
- Prohibited Employment Policies / Practices (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
- Arrest Records
- Arrest & Conviction Records Under the Law (WI Civil Rights Bureau)
- Employment Background Checks (Federal Trade Commission)
- What Employers Need to Know About Background Checks (Federal Trade Commission)
- Forms
- Litigating Employment Discrimination Cases (Legal Assistant Today, 2007)
Information and "practice-tested forms".
- Litigating Employment Discrimination Cases (Legal Assistant Today, 2007)
- Local Resources
- Civil rights decision digest (City of Madison)
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"
Search for more statutes, regulations & opinions.
- Civil Rights Bureau (WI Dept. of Workforce Development)
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- OSHA & Workplace Safety
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Library Resources
- Discrimination in Employment Resources
- Employers Legal Handbook
- Employment Coordinator
- Employment Discrimination
- Employment Discrimination Law
- Employment discrimination law
- Your rights in the workplace