Wisconsin Workers’ Compensation
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I joined a national organization of lawyers representing injured workers (the Work Injury Law and Advocacy Group) twenty years ago when it was first formed. Then, I heard horror stories about legislators messing with an otherwise stable workers' compensation system...

Those of us who represent injured workers have known for a long time that workers' compensation does not restore an injured worker to his pre-injury wage or status. Two reports released in March show how workplace injuries have failed injured workers and leave them...

Proving that repetitive stress injuries are work-related and result from unique occupational risks can be challenging for injured Wisconsin workers. A repetitive stress injury occurs when a joint becomes strained from performing a repeated physical motion. Many...

Wisconsin's worker's compensation system-established in 1911 and part of the "Wisconsin Idea" in politics-has been in place longer than any other in the country and is the envy of other states. The Governor's Budget Bill (2015 SB 21) proposes major changes to the...

Today, from Dee Hall at the Wisconsin State Journal: "Changes Coming to Worker's Compensation System?" : Labor representatives and attorneys say they are concerned about a report that Gov. Scott Walker's two-year budget plan will call for "drastic" changes in...

While Facebook is extremely popular and used by over a billion people every day, no Facebook posting has ever helped an injured worker in a workers' compensation claim. On the contrary, use of a Facebook page poses real dangers for injured workers pursuing workers'...

A new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute(WCRI) indicates trust or mistrust in the work relationship plays a significant role in the outcome of a workers' compensation claim. In a recent benchmark study in Iowa by WCRI, almost four out of ten...

Check out this brief article about the financial impact for states that are refusing Medicaid expansion. The summary: "In other words, the non-expansion states really are shooting themselves in the foot. They're enrolling fewer people, but paying more to do it. They...

This blog previously discussed the legal issues related to workers suffering from Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). Under Wisconsin law, there is a vast difference (in effect and value) for an injury to a worker's "body as a whole" (spine, head) versus a limb...

If an employer terminates an employee because of a work injury, or unreasonably refuses to rehire the employee after a compensable work injury, a penalty of up to one year's lost wages applies. The purpose of Wisconsin's statute is to prevent discrimination against...