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Madison, Wisconsin Enacts Expansive Unemployment Discrimination Law
By Daniel Saperstein & Katharine Parker on
On December 3, 2013, the Common Council of Madison, Wisconsin passed ORD-13-00211 to prohibit employers from discriminating against job applicants based on their unemployment status. Madison joins a growing number of states and cities that have enacted “unemployment discrimination” laws, including New Jersey, Oregon, the City of Chicago, the District of Columbia and New…