Year: 2013

Eligibility for Unemployment Compensation in Wisconsin will change substantially in 2014. For more than 70 years, an employee would only be found ineligible for Unemployment Compensation if he quit a job or was found guilty of "misconduct". Misconduct was defined...

Workers often fear retaliation if they report a safety violation or work injury related to a violation. Concerns about being fired or other forms of retaliation by employers permeate the process of worker's comp claims filing. Studies have indicated that retaliatory...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently proposed changes to its workplace reporting rules that, if enacted, would require public disclosure of illness and injury reports by many larger employers. Under the proposed rules, many employers would be...

Tom and Charlie Domer have received another honor based on their advocacy for injured workers. Domer Law has been named a Tier 1 law firm in Milwaukee for Workers' Compensation Law-Claimants by U.S.News - Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" in 2014. The U.S. News - Best...

An injured worker with permanent limits who cannot return to their injury employer generally is entitled to vocatational retraining benefits. The worker's compensation carrier covers the whole package: weekly benefits (at 2/3 of wages), plus meals, mileage expenses,...

Judges are people too. If a worker's compensation claim is disputed in Wisconsin, the process will proceed to a hearing before for an administrative law judge (ALJ). The ALJ listens to the hearing testimony, reviews the exhibits, weighs the evidence, and issues an...

For the last 40 years, the Wisconsin Worker's Compensation Advisory Council advises the Worker's Compensation Department and the Legislature on policy matters concerning the development and administration of the worker's compensation law. Overall, the Council has been...

I read with bittersweet thoughts that the state's high-risk insurance program was winding down, in anticipation of the implementation of the insurance exchanges through the Affordable Care Act ("ObamaCare"). Health insurance-or lack thereof-is crucial to the lives and...

In Wisconsin, as in other states, the workers' compensation system provides that an employer or its insurance carrier is responsible for medical bills when an employee is injured at work or contracts a work-related disease. Wisconsin law requires that medical...

In most instances, an injured worker cannot sue her employer for a workplace injury. However, if an injury results from an employer's reckless, intentional, or illegal action, an injured worker can bring a separate claim against the employer directly. An employer's...