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- Title: Gloria A. Watkins v. Labor & Industry
- Author : 1996 United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit August Term
- Release Date : January 27, 1984
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 68 KB
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Does the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act authorize the Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations (DILHR) to award reasonable attorneys fees to the prevailing complainant in a discrimination action even though that Act contains no express statutory language authorizing such an award? This is the question raised by Gloria Watkins, the prevailing party in a racial discrimination action that she brought against her employer under this Act. She contends that the authority is implicit in the language of the Act and is necessary to carry out the legislative intent. Because the Act is designed both to discourage discriminatory practices in the work place and to make whole anyone discriminated against, and because the legislature specifically mandated in the Act that the Act shall be liberally construed, we hold that DILHR has the authority to award reasonable attorneys fees to a prevailing complainant. We reverse and remand the case to DILHR for proceedings consistent with this opinion.
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