MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The University of Wisconsin System, under fire for its employment practices, employs 40 felons as of this fall, four of them on the academic staff, according to an audit released Tuesday.
The nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau reviewed the system’s employment rolls after concerns were raised last year following media reports on three professors who kept their jobs despite felony convictions.
….The audit noted state statutes prohibit job discrimination based on an employee’s arrest or conviction record unless the conviction is substantially related to the person’s job.