Charlie Domer has a recent article in the Wisconsin Law Journal. Why Care About Comp? addresses the status of the worker's compensation system in our state, as well as the recent legislative machinations. In short order, we should have a signed worker's compensation...
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Employer Fraud in Workers’ Compensation
Legislatures around the country (including ours in Wisconsin) seem to be preoccupied with employeefraud in workers' compensation, despite overwhelming evidence that employee fraud is virtually nonexistent. Employer fraud, however, continues to plague the industry....
Status of Workers’ Compensation in the United States
For all those concerned about worker's compensation in our country-which really is all citizens-take a look at this important report on the current status of worker's compensation systems. The report, from the Worker's Injury Law & Advocacy Group (WILG) highlights...
Advisory Council Bill Is A Compromise …But The Alternative Is Chaos
Those of us representing injured workers were recently forced into a somewhat difficult decision regarding proposed changes to Wisconsin workers' compensation law. As discussed in prior posts, two parallel bills were proposed, one sponsored by the Workers'...
Unemployment and Worker’s Comp
Interesting take on a provision in the newly proposed Worker's Compensation Advisory Council (WCAC) bill: https://wisconsinui.wordpress.com/2016/01/15/substantial-fault-and-misconduct-principles-from-unemployment-law-to-come-to-workers-compensation/ One of the...
Worker’s Compensation Advisory Council Bill Introduced!
The Worker's Compensation Advisory Council has done what it always does: modifies and improves on the Worker's Compensation Act. The Advisory Council once again produced a common sense reform bill that was recently introduced into the legislature. The Bill (SB-536) is...
One Company’s Scary Assault on Work Comp
Another major article addressed the further attacks on the worker's compensation system. This time, there is an in-depth analysis of one specific company-Tyson Foods-and its attempts to influence worker's compensation benefits throughout the country. From Pro Publica,...
Work Comp Advisory Council Officially Produced an Agreed-Upon Bill
As anticipated, on December 22, 2015, the Worker's Compensation Advisory Council (WCAC) approved its Agreed-Upon Bill. The bill now goes to the Wisconsin legislature for consideration and, hopefully, passage. Production of this Agreed-Upon bill underscores the success...
Often overlooked, work-related car accidents take a heavy toll
Unless you drive a truck, taxi or delivery vehicle, you may not give much thought to the risk that you could be hurt in a car accident on the job. However, occupational traffic accidents are one of the leading causes of workers' compensation claims in the United...
Citizens Pushing Back Against Attack on Work Comp System
Citizens are waking up to the potential legislative attack on the Work Comp System: Workers' Compensation Bill an Attack on Our Rights. This editorial is from the Wausau Daily Herald-right in the backyard of one of the legislators (Spiros) who has proposed this direct...