Court Opinion

ID: 9580391
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 22:04:34.997226+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:36:15.188991
License: Public Domain

Per Curiam
(on motion for rehearing). The Industrial Commission 1 has no authority under the Wisconsin Fair Employment Practices Act, ch. Ill, subchapter II, of the Wisconsin Statutes, secs. 111.31 to 111.37, either during or after conciliation or after hearing, to award back pay to parties discriminated against on account of their sex in the wages paid them. Any language to the contrary in our original opinion is there only for purposes of argument and is hereby withdrawn.
Counsel now argues for the first time that it is inconsistent to allow the cease and desist portion of the com*712bmission’s four-part order to stand while affirming the trial court’s judgment striking the second portion of the order. Neither in the circuit court nor here was any question raised as to the authority of the commission to enter that portion of the overall order. Our original opinion did not consider that portion of the order and we see no reason for considering its validity on this rehearing.

 Department of Industry, Labor & Human Relations.