Wisconsin Statutes
§ 230.83 — Retaliatory action prohibited.
Wisconsin § 230.83
JurisdictionWisconsin
Ch. 230State employment relations
Subch.subch. III of ch. 230 SUBCHAPTER III
EMPLOYEE PROTECTION
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Wis. Stat. § 230.83 (2026).
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230.83
230.83(1) (1) No appointing authority, agent of an appointing authority or supervisor may initiate or administer, or threaten to initiate or administer, any retaliatory action against an employee.
230.83(2) (2) This section does not apply to an employee who discloses information if the employee knows or anticipates that the disclosure is likely to result in the receipt of anything of value for the employee or for the employee’s immediate family, unless the employee discloses information in pursuit of any award offered by any governmental unit for information to improve government administration or operation.
230.83(3) (3) Nothing in this section restricts the right of an employer to take appropriate disciplinary action against an employee who knowingly makes an untrue statement or d
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Related
Hutson v. State Personnel Commission
2003 WI 97 (Wisconsin Supreme Court, 2003)
State of Wisconsin Department of Justice v. State of Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
2015 WI 114 (Wisconsin Supreme Court, 2015)
State v. State of Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
2015 WI App 22 (Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, 2015)
Albrechtsen v. Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
2005 WI App 241 (Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, 2005)
Bethards v. State Department of Workforce Development
2017 WI App 37 (Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, 2017)
Burton, Sabina v. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
(W.D. Wisconsin, 2020)
Legislative History
230.83 History History: 1983 a. 409 .
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Compensation plan coverage.§ 230.12
Compensation.§ 230.13
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