Next Stop on the Dumb Law Tour: Wisconsin
As part of our never-ending quest to keep you up-to-date on all aspects of employment law (even the dumb ones), our official Dumb Law Tour of the U.S. now brings us to my home state of Wisconsin.
To make sure you’re paying attention, one of the laws described below is completely made up. The first person to send an e-mail to blawg@manpower.com correctly identifying the fake law wins a valuable prize.
In Wisconsin:
- it is unlawful to “worry a squirrel”
- employees deemed “offensive-looking” may not appear in public during daylight hours
- an unclothed mannequin may not be placed in any store window unless it is wearing a cheesehead
- it is unlawful to start a riot with a laser pointer
- companies may not sell sparklers in the Milwaukee area but may sell disassembled machine guns
- employees who drive after 3:00 a.m. are required to send a rocket signal into the air each mile
- female employees in St. Croix, Wisconsin are prohibited from wearing red in the workplace
- apple pie may not be sold unless accompanied by a side order of cheese
- employees may not make limburger cheese unless they have a master cheese license
- it is illegal to wake a sleeping firefighter
- employees may not play flutes and/or drums in order to attract attention
- whenever two trains meet at intersection, neither shall proceed until the other does
Please govern yourselves accordingly.
If you have any dumb laws that you would like to bring to the world’s attention, please send us an e-mail at blawg@manpower.com.
Special thanks to the most excellent legal research sites dumblaws.com, crazylaws.com and idiotlaws.com. Please note that the laws listed here are purely for entertainment purposes and that we make no representations or warranties concerning the validity or applicability of any particular law.
