Guide to Employment Discrimination Law

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Published by: State Bar of Wisconsin PINNACLE
ISBN: 978-1-57862-743-1 452+ pp.; 9th ed. 2025-2026 (includes 2026-2027 Supplement)
Guide to Employment Discrimination Law

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Even when most employment is at-will, anti-discrimination laws apply. Help ensure your clients get the right people for the job, the right way.

The 2026-2027 supplement includes a number of changes such as:

  • In 2025, LIRC clarified the amount of employment connection to Wisconsin that is required for jurisdiction under the state’s Fair Employment Act
  • Numerous executive orders with employment-law impacts were issued in 2025, and multiple lawsuits were filed challenging several of the 2025 executive orders
  • The U.S. Supreme Court issued a 2025 opinion discussing establishing a prima facie case in a reverse-discrimination claim under Title VII and identifying the burden of proof applicable to plaintiffs in such cases
  • LIRC discussed, in 2025, whether a discrimination claim can be analyzed as “perceived” conviction-record discrimination, when complainants are entitled to back pay, and which efforts qualify as viable methods for mitigating damages
  • In 2025, LIRC decided when dismissal of a complaint for failure to comply with discovery constitutes error

The 2025-2026 Revision includes a number of changes such as:

  • Expanded discussion of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s final rule and interpretative guidance regarding enforcement of the PWFA and a 2024 decision from the Eastern District of Wisconsin regarding accommodation of an employee’s leave request under the law
  • Expanded discussion of federal, state, and local laws prohibiting race-based hair discrimination in employment
  • The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s 2025 opinion pertaining to what is included in the term “arrest record”
  • Additional discussion of an employer’s duty to reasonably accommodate an employee’s religious practices
  • A 2024 U.S. Supreme Court opinion analyzing whether changes in terms and conditions of employment were sufficient to establish a discrimination claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

1. Overview of Fair Employment Laws
2. Proof of Discrimination Under the WFEA
3. Prohibited Bases of Discrimination Under the WFEA
4. Other Restrictions Under the WFEA
5. Procedures Under the WFEA
6. Procedures Under Federal and Local Fair Employment Laws
7. Remedies Under the WFEA
8. Remedies Under Federal and Local Fair Employment Laws
9. Relationship Between Federal, State, and Local Fair Employment Laws

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