Wisconsin Workers’ Compensation
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Workers' compensation is the sole remedy available to those individuals that suffer an injury or illness while on the job under Wisconsin law. This is confusing to many people, who do not understand what happens in these types of work-related situations. Based on a...

Worker's compensation has provided benefits or coverage for occupational diseases for generations. In Wisconsin an occupational disease is one acquired as a result of working in an industry over an extended period of time. An occupational disease cannot result from a...

I recently wrote an article in the national magazine for the Worker's Injury Law Advocacy Group (WILG), the Worker's First Watch, Fall 2013 reviewing the worker's compensation resources research report indicating that the worker's compensation industry is extremely...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...