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Construction sites are active, busy places, and while this is great for getting jobs done, it also can result in injuries. Researchers at the Bureau of Labor Statistics point out that simple preventive measures can help protect workers against these common incidents....
Wisconsin's Governor recently proposed significant changes to Wisconsin's best-in-nation worker's compensation system. For the second budget cycle in a row, the Governor's Budget Bill wants to drastically change the structure of worker's compensation cases. The Budget...
When employees are injured on the job, they often have many questions. How do they apply for compensation? Will their employer cover the costs of care? Can they continue working? These are just a few of the initial concerns that may come to mind. Luckily, the Michigan...
I came across this article about the continuing problems and concerns about Opt Out worker's compensation plans: Opt Out: A Painful Reassessment. One major take-away: these opt out plans have grown in the absence of informed public debate. The more one can shine a...
What is a legal presumption? Can a legal presumption be rebutted by sufficient contrary evidence? Wisconsin workers' compensation law contains many presumptions. For example, for firefighters, it is presumed that if a firefighter has cancer, the cancer is...
Overall occupational injury rates continued to decline in Wisconsin in 2015, according to data collected by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Both public and private sector rates declined, as did rates in the U.S. as a whole, following a downward trend over the...
Mild fall weather in Wisconsin has allowed farmers and their employees extra time to work outside this season. As the opportunity for work increases, the chance for injury and unsafe working conditions continue. Farm employees should always remember that they have the...
A recent study in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, the official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, in September 2016 reported that obese and overweight workers are more likely to result in higher...
One of the biggest myths or misunderstandings about workers who are collecting workers' compensation benefits is that they do not want to return to work. In most cases, nothing can be further from the truth. Indeed, a major objective of the workers' compensation...
If you are a younger worker, you are more likely to get hurt on the job. That is the conclusion in a recent interesting article in Occupational Health & Safety: Protecting our Future: Young Worker Safety on the Job. The article offers theories on why younger...
