Cities or Counties with a Fair Chance Policy

Source: National Employment Law Project

Milwaukee, WI

Milwaukee County Changes Employment by Resolution

• Banned the criminal record box

Milwaukee County removed the criminal history box from its employment and job applications. The resolution that passed on October 7th of 2011 calls for the Milwaukee County Director of Intergovernmental Relations to send word to the Wisconsin Governor’s Office as well as the state’s legislature suggesting that the state enact the same reforms that Milwaukee County has and to further promote legislation that would ban-the-box for all public and private employers in the state of Wisconsin.

Milwaukee County Resource

Milwaukee County Resolution, Click here

Milwaukee County Contact

Carol Rubin, President
MOSES
[email protected]

Dane County, WI

• Banned the criminal record box

Dane County Executive Joe Parisi exhibited solidarity with the concept of banning-the-box when approached by Madison Organizing in Strength, Equity and Solidarity (MOSES) with the idea of not asking applicants for jobs with the county about their criminal history. Parisi, who had previously been a state legislator in 2009, had sponsored a bill during his tenure in the Wisconsin legislature to ban-the-box at the state level. Parisi asserted that, “We don’t have to condone what they did to get in trouble, but I, personally, want people who’ve served their debt to society to get back into the workforce.”

Dane County Resource

Dane County Application, Click here

Dane County Contact

Carol Rubin, President
MOSES
[email protected]