01-1544 Oriedo v. Wisconsin Personnel Commission, et al.

Listen to this article

Micah Oriedo appeals an order affirming the Wisconsin Personnel Commission’s (WPC) decision to reject his discrimination complaint and an order denying his motion for reconsideration. Oriedo claims that the Department of Corrections, the Department of Employment Relations and the Division of Merit Recruitment and Selection (collectively, DOC or the Department) violated his rights under the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act (WFEA) by canceling a competitive recruitment process under which several minorities had applied for a career executive job within DOC. DOC instead filled the position by the reassignment of a white male through a career executive program established by administrative rules.

We affirm because we conclude that WPC reasonably determined that the decision to use the alternate hiring procedure was not intended to treat applicants differently on the basis of race and did not have a disparate impact upon minorities.

This opinion will not be published.

Dist IV, Dane County, Flanagan, J., Per Curiam

Attorneys:

For Appellant: Micah Oriedo, Madison

For Respondent: Michael J. Losse, Madison; Jennifer S. Lattis, Madison