Currie v. State Department of Industry, Labor & Human Relations

Denise Currie, Betty Mein-hardt and Linda Sorenson appeal a circuit court order affirming a Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC) decision which dismissed their claims of gender and age discrimination against their former employer. The employees argue that once they established a prima facie case of discrimination, the burden of persuasion should have shifted to their employer to establish that its actions were not motivated by a discriminatory purpose. They further contend that the evidence was insufficient to support findings of nondiscriminatory purpose in their cases. However, we…