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MURPHY v. INDUSTRIAL COMM.

37 Wis.2d 704 (1968)

MURPHY and others, Appellants, v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION, Respondent. [Case No. 162.] MILLER BREWING COMPANY, Respondent, v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION, Appellant. [Case No. 163.]

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

January 30, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants Virginia Murphy, Veronika Monostori, and Catherine Pelt there were a briefs by Charne & Tehan of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Irvin B. Charne.

For the respondent-appellant Industrial Commission the cause was argued by E. Gordon Young, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs was Bronson C. La Follette, attorneys general.

For the respondent Miller Brewing Company there was a brief by T. L. Tolan, Jr., and Samuel J. Recht, attorneys, and Brady, Tyrrell, Cotter & Cutler of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Tolan.

HANLEY, J.

The principal issue on this appeal is whether the Industrial Commission has authority under the Wisconsin Fair Employment Practices Act, ch. 111, subchapter II, of the Wisconsin statutes, secs. 111.31 to 111.37, to award back pay to parties discriminated against on account of their sex in the wages paid them.

Sec. 111.32 (5) (a), Stats., defines discrimination as follows:

"`Discrimination' means...

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