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Wis. Stat. § 111.375 (2026)

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111.375111.375 Department to administer.

111.375(1)(1) This subchapter shall be administered by the department. The department may make, amend and rescind such rules as are necessary to carry out this subchapter. The department or the commission may, by such agents or agencies as it designates, conduct in any part of this state any proceeding, hearing, investigation or inquiry necessary to the performance of its functions. The department shall preserve the anonymity of any employee who is the aggrieved party in a complaint of discrimination in promotion, compensation or terms and conditions of employment, of unfair honesty testing or of unfair genetic testing against his or her present employer until a determination as to probable cause has been made, unless the department determines that the anonymity will substantially impede the investigation.

111.375(2)(2) This subchapter applies to each agency of the state.

111.375 HistoryHistory: 1975 c. 94; 1977 c. 29, 196; 1979 c. 221, 319, 355; 1981 c. 334 s. 13; Stats. 1981 s. 111.375; 1991 a. 117; 2003 a. 33.

111.375 Cross-referenceCross-reference: See also ch. DWD 218, Wis. adm. code.

111.375 AnnotationAdministrative remedies available under the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act, this subchapter, are the exclusive remedies for violations. The act does not provide a remedy for emotional distress resulting from discriminatory firing. Bachand v. Connecticut General Life Insurance Co., 101 Wis. 2d 617, 305 N.W.2d 149 (Ct. App. 1981).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 16 cases, 1986–2012 · leading case: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel v. Wisconsin Dep't of Admin., 2009 WI 79 (Wis. 2009).

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel v. Wisconsin Dep't of Admin., 2009 WI 79 (Wis. 2009). · cites it 4× “32 (9)(a); Wis. Stat. § 111.375 (1); Wis. Stat. § 111.”

Aldrich v. Labor & Indus. Review Comm'n, 2012 WI 53 (Wis. 2012). · cites it 2× “A complaint shall be written on a form which is available at any division office or on any form acceptable to the department.”

City of Madison v. State Dep't of Workforce Dev., 2003 WI 76 (Wis. 2003). · cites it 2× “Wis. Stat. § 111.375 . The complaint and investigation procedure is set forth in Wis.”

Jocz v. Labor & Indus. Review Comm'n, 538 N.W.2d 588 (Wis. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 4× “" See § 111.375(1), Stats. (1983-84). 8 Further, the legislature conferred upon the Department the power to *293 "receive and investigate a complaint charging discrimination or discriminatory practices .”

Currie v. State Dep't of Indus., Labor & Human Relations, 565 N.W.2d 253 (Wis. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “Section 111.375, Stats.; Franklin v. Foxboro Co.”

Duello v. Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of Wisconsin Sys., 487 N.W.2d 56 (Wis. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 5× “The Equal Rights Division referred her complaint to the state Personnel Commission pursuant to sec. 111.375(2), Stats. 4 The commission *31 "placed on hold" Duello's complaint, pending the outcome of her appeal to the CFRR.”

Mursch v. Van Dorn Co., 627 F. Supp. 1310 (W.D. Wis. 1986). · cites it 2× “The act provides that the Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations shall administer its provisions, and gives the department authority to investigate complaints of discrimination, hold hearings, and to order relief, including back pay.”

Hazelton v. State Pers. Comm'n, 505 N.W.2d 793 (Wis. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “Sections 111.375(2) and 230.45(1)(b), Stats.”

Busse v. Gelco Express Corp., 678 F. Supp. 1398 (E.D. Wis. 1988). · cites it 2× “The WFEA was created to remedy various forms of discrimination, including sex discrimination.”

Wisconsin Dep't of Transp. v. Wisconsin Pers. Comm'n, 500 N.W.2d 664 (Wis. 1993). · cites it 2× “, merely states that with regard to a class 3 contested case such as this one, "an agency may by rule permit the taking and preservation of evidence " Sections 111.375(1) and 227.11, Stats., similarly lack express authorization for the Commission's order in this case.”

Hilmes v. Dep't of Indus., Labor & Human Relations, 433 N.W.2d 251 (Wis. Ct. App. 1988). “We note that the information sent by the department to Hilmes included a recitation of sec. 111.375, Stats. That statute states, in relevant part: "The department may make, amend and rescind such rules as are necessary to carry out this subchapter.”

Anderson v. Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of Wisconsin Sys., 140 F.3d 704 (7th Cir. 1998). “Wis. Stat. § 111.375 (2). Anderson did not file with the Personnel Commission until the 300th day, however, making the subsequent transmittal of his complaint to the EEOC untimely.”

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— Wis. Stat. § 111.375(1) — 2 cases

Jocz v. Labor & Indus. Review Comm'n, 538 N.W.2d 588 (Wis. Ct. App. 1995). “" See § 111.375(1), Stats. (1983-84). 8 Further, the legislature conferred upon the Department the power to *293 "receive and investigate a complaint charging discrimination or discriminatory practices .”

Wisconsin Dep't of Transp. v. Wisconsin Pers. Comm'n, 500 N.W.2d 664 (Wis. 1993). “, merely states that with regard to a class 3 contested case such as this one, "an agency may by rule permit the taking and preservation of evidence " Sections 111.375(1) and 227.11, Stats., similarly lack express authorization for the Commission's order in this case.”

— Wis. Stat. § 111.375(2) — 6 cases

Duello v. Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of Wisconsin Sys., 487 N.W.2d 56 (Wis. Ct. App. 1992). “The Equal Rights Division referred her complaint to the state Personnel Commission pursuant to sec. 111.375(2), Stats. 4 The commission *31 "placed on hold" Duello's complaint, pending the outcome of her appeal to the CFRR.”

Hazelton v. State Pers. Comm'n, 505 N.W.2d 793 (Wis. Ct. App. 1993). “Sections 111.375(2) and 230.45(1)(b), Stats.”

Duello v. Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of Wisconsin Sys., 501 N.W.2d 38 (Wis. 1993).

Wisconsin Dep't of Transp. v. Wisconsin Pers. Comm'n, 486 N.W.2d 545 (Wis. Ct. App. 1992).

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