City of Milwaukee - File #: 971898

• File #: 971898
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/20/1998
• In control: JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
• Final action: 4/7/1998
• Title: Resolution expressing the City of Milwaukee's opposition to Wisconsin Assembly Bill 409 relating to employment discrimination based on conviction record.
• Sponsors: ALD. PRATT
• Indexes: AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS, EMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL CONCERNS, STATE LEGISLATION

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
4/13/1998	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
4/7/1998	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	13:0
3/30/1998	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Pass	3:1
3/20/1998	0	COMMON COUNCIL	REFERRED TO; Minutes note: Ald. Pratt moved to refer the foregoing file, which was presented for Immediate Adoption, to the Judiciary and Legislation Committee. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Ald. Pratt, D'Amato, Henningsen, Schramm, Butler, Scherbert, Pawlinski, Breier, Nardelli, Murphy, Hines and President Kalwitz--12. Noes: 0. Excused: Ald. Johnson-Odom, Gordon, Frank, Richards and Witkowiak--5.

NUMB:
971898
VERS:
ORGINIAL
REF:

XXBY:
ALD. PRATT
TITL:
Resolution expressing the City of Milwaukee's opposition to Wisconsin Assembly Bill 409 relating to employment discrimination based on conviction record.
ANLS:
- Analysis -

This resolution expresses the City of Milwaukee's opposition to Assembly Bill 409 which is currently pending in the Wisconsin Legislature. Under current state law, subject to certain exceptions, an employer may not discriminate against an individual in employment based on conviction record, though the law permits such employer to refuse to employ, or to bar or terminate from employment, an individual who has been convicted of an offense the circumstances of which substantially relate to the circumstances of a particular job. Assembly Bill 409 eliminates conviction record as a prohibited basis of employment discrimination for employers and employment agencies.
BODY:
Whereas, Under current state law, subject to certain exceptions, an employer may not discriminate against an individual in employment based on conviction record; and

Whereas, Current state law permits an employer to refuse to employ, or to bar or terminate from employment, an individual who has been convicted of an offense the circumstances of which substantially relate to the circumstances of a particular job; and

Whereas, There is a bill in the Wisconsin Legislature, 1997 Assembly Bill 409, which would eliminate conviction record as a prohibited basis of employment discrimination for employers and employment agencies; and

Whereas, Assembly Bill 409 should not be supported because it allows employers to freely discriminate against anyone who may have been convicted of even a minor crime, regardless of when the crime occurred; and

Whereas, If enacted, this policy will most likely have disparate impact against minorities who make up a disproportionate number of the jail and prison populations; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Comm...