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File #: 85779    Version: 1 Name: Equal Opportunities Considerations
Type: Ordinance Status: Items Referred
File created: 10/22/2024 In control: EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION
On agenda: 10/29/2024 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Amending Section 39.03(8)(i)3.b. of the Madison General Ordinances related to the Equal Opportunities Ordinance to align with state law.
Sponsors: Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford

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Amending Section 39.03(8)(i)3.b. of the Madison General Ordinances related to the Equal Opportunities Ordinance to align with state law.

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DRAFTER’S ANALYSIS:    This change to the City’s Equal Opportunities Ordinance replaces the 3-year limitation on crimes or other offenses that an employer can consider when making an employment decision regarding an employee. This change is to make the City’s Ordinance more congruent with state law.

 

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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:

 

                     1.                     Subparagraph b. or Paragraph 3. of Subdivision (i) of Subsection (8) entitled “Employment Practices” of Section 39.03 entitled “Equal Opportunities Ordinance” of the Madison General Ordinances is amended as follows:

 

“b.                     Has been within the past three (3) years placed on probation, paroled, released from incarceration, or paid a fine, for a felony, misdemeanor, or other offense, the circumstances of which substantially relate to the circumstances of the particular job or licensed activity;. Whether the circumstances of any such offense substantially relate to the circumstances of the particular job or licensed activity shall be based oan the facts of the particular offense, including but not limited to the seriousness of the offense, the passage of time since the employee or applicant was placed on probation, paroled, released from incarceration, or paid a fine, for a felony, misdemeanor, or other offense, the age of the employee or applicant at the time the offense occurred, and the character of the employee or applicant.