Please take a moment to ready this story out of Pennsylvania: Study: Many Will Die if Medicaid is Not Expanded. As part of the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare"), an expansion of Medicaid was intended. Medicaid essentially is the joint federal-state program to provide...
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Job retraining may be available after a work injury
When you are injured at work, and are unable to work, you are entitled to workers' compensation benefits. Workers' compensation benefits are available under Wisconsin law on a no fault basis, meaning you do not have to show that your employer was negligent, and you...
College Athletes Unionized? They Must Be Employees First
Northwestern University quarterback Kain Colter announced plans to form the first labor union for college athletes. The College Athletes Players Association, in concert with the Steel Workers (who have agreed to pay the legal bills for the effort) will try to unionize...
Why Injured Workers (and their lawyers) Should Care About Unemployment Compensation Changes
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...
Fear of Reporting Safety Claims
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...
OSHA proposal would make workplace safety records public
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...
Domer Law Firm Named A Tier 1 Law Firm For Workers’ Compensation Law-Claimants By U.S.News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”
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...
More Expensive and Difficult: G.E.D. Changes in 2014
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,...
Call to Order: Department Issues New Performance Standards for Judges
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...
Message to Wisconsin Legislators: Hands Off the Advisory Council
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...