Recovery from a work injury is more than just the physical aspect. After bones heal, joints are repaired, and spines are fixed, many workers still face psychological scars from the injury's impact. Some workers suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after a...
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Workplace Safety De-Regulation Continues
The con continues. Many American workers were conned into initially voting for Donald Trump, and that con game continues with the Trump Administration and its views on worker safety. Campaign promises of benefitting the US worker ring hollow with each and every...
Premiums Drop Again for Wisconsin Employers!
In yet another sign of the stability of Wisconsin's worker's compensation system, premiums for work comp insurance decreased by 8.46% for the state's employers. The work comp administering agency just released a press release detailing that beneficial decrease. This...
Trump Dumps Workplace Safety
When FBI Director James Comey calls President Trump a liar, the world takes notice, but when Trump lies about workplace safety, the world takes little notice. Trump's administration has recently provided significant "relaxation" in the government's approach to...
Trump’s Budget Cuts and Social Security Disability: Is “Fraud Suspicion” Underlying the Cuts?
Budget Director Mick Mulvaney echoed the mantra of many conservative Republicans who suspect that folks who are Social Security Disability recipients are fraudulent. "If you are on disability insurance and you're not supposed to be, you are not truly disabled, we need...
Groups Oppose Legislation Aimed to Change Wisconsin’s Advisory Council
Wisconsin's Worker's Compensation Advisory Council serves as the driving force behind the state's historically stable and first-rate work comp system. Wisconsin gets its injured workers back to work faster than virtually all states in the country. We have extremely...
Work Comp Budget UPDATE: Committee Votes to Preserve Court Reporters & LIRC
Last week, the all-important Wisconsin Joint Finance Committee voted on two major issues impacting worker's compensation in our state. On both votes, Joint Finance removed the two Budget proposals, opting, instead, to keep the current well-run and efficient system! As...
Recent Changes in Workers’ Comp Around the Country: Where Does Wisconsin Stack Up?
One of the benefits of participating in National organizations such as the Workers' Injury Law and Advocacy Group (WILG) and the National College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers is finding out how your State stacks up against the rest. Some recent cases suggest a...
Undocumented Worker Arrested after Work Comp Claim
Scary news out of Massachusetts after a worker, who was undocumented, was arrested by ICE following a worker's compensation injury. The article can be found here: An ICE Arrest After a Workers' Comp Meeting Has Lawyers Questioning if it Was Retaliation. Employees,...
As Construction Jobs Increase, So Do Work Deaths
More work-related falls and fatalities have gone hand-in-hand with the rebounding construction jobs in the economy. The data in a recent journal showed a positive correlation with fall injuries and population density and construction activity. The full article, from a...