From: Barking@The.Moon   
      
   Did'nt answer the question -   
      
   > Wisconsin has a law known as the FEA, this law makes it unlawful to   
   > discriminate against ex-cons based solely upon a felony conviction.   
      
   Under the Wisconsin FEA, employers MAY discriminate lawfully, if the   
   position bears substantially in connection with the nature of the particular   
   crime. Bank robbers cannot expect to get jobs working in a bank, for   
   example. This would be an example of lawful discrimination.   
      
   The repeal of AB 353 would make discrimination agsint felons lawful "whether   
   or not" the particular crime has any bearing on the job in question. This   
   would make all discrimination against offenders lawful. There is really no   
   reason why they might stop discriminating against "convicted former   
   inmates". They might also begin discriminating against anyone with a   
   speeding ticket, someone who had a ticket for littering, and potentially   
   worse. Perhaps one day free speech would come under attack, through   
   employment discrimination. Who knows how far they would push it.   
      
   It is pretty much a mute point anyway - because discrimination against   
   felons is almost universal in Wisconsin, despite the law. But those who   
   discriminate are aware that they are "exposed" to potential litigation, and   
   therefore they are trying to close that gap.   
      
   They are being fools - because nobody has sued them. They are also being   
   fools because there is a tremendous amount of untapped talent out there   
   which is being discarded as rubbish. This is an micro¯o economic   
   blunder.   
      
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