Browsing: Licensing

Decisions from licensing boards are oftentimes arbitrary and unfair

Bill allows for optional registration for in-state insurance adjusters

Wisconsin should join states that have enacted sunrise laws as an alternative to new licenses that fence out workers and don’t protect the public

What is occupational licensing, how does it affect employment and consumer costs, and what options exist for reform?

Creating a license for public insurance adjusters is not necessary in Wisconsin

Nationally and across the states, policy-makers from both parties are supporting less burdensome licensure rules

Fewer barriers mean barbers and stylists are now free to own and grow their businesses beyond shops and salons

Wisconsin’s ‘arbitrary’ exam scores fencing out many young professionals

Badger State requires higher score on national exam than most other states

Several regulations removed from the books, freeing professionals from onerous and unneeded requirements

UW students can’t launch Uber-like haircut business in Wisconsin without action from Legislature

Albert Walker, whose clients include many Packers players, has years of experience but can’t run his own shop

Wisconsin currently licenses hundreds of professions. Some of those are unobjectionable, but other licenses are problematic.

(and the real-world stories of Wisconsinites cheated out of their livelihoods)

Research and stories show the need for occupational licensing reform in Wisconsin. Authors include Ike Brannon, Logan Albright, Scott Niederjohn, Mark Schug and Jan Uebelherr.

POLICY BRIEF
As the labor market for teachers evolves, we need more competition and less regulation.

“How often do ethics change in massage therapy?” she wonders.

“We’re not playing with people’s lives. We’re playing with people’s hair,” Krissy Hudack says.

Beauty school graduate just wants to work but has been thwarted for over a year.