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831.5 Limitation to two years prior to filing of complaint

Pension benefits are a component of back pay and may, therefore, not be awarded for any period more than two years prior to the filing of a complaint. Davis v. City of Milwaukee (LIRC, 08/23/82).

Back pay cannot be awarded where liability accrued more than two years prior to the filing of the complaint. Bemis Mfg. v. LIRC (Sheboygan Co. Cir. Ct., 02/28/80).

An employee who was discriminated against was not awarded her lost earnings because her disability occurred more than two years prior to the filing of her complaint. DeWitt v. Appleton Papers (LIRC, 06/07/78).