Posted November 23, 2015
A new bill was written recently to “address fraud and unfairness within the worker’s comp system” in Wisconsin. From the offices of republican Representatives Spiros, Knodl, and Senator Stroebel, the bill proposes pages of changes to the current system. The changes range from denying claims from other states, to reducing the statute of limitations on […]
Read MorePosted June 05, 2013
Though the law varies from state to state, in Wisconsin, there are two situations where a worker’s family is entitled to receive workers’ compensation benefits following the death of the worker. If the worker dies as the result of work-related accident or occupational disease, or if the worker dies while entitled to Permanent Total Disability […]
Read MorePosted November 05, 2012
In 2008, Congress passed a landmark set of amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The new law went into effect January 1, 2009. Under the old ADA, most people who tried to sue for employment discrimination on the basis of a disability were found not to be disabled for the purposes of the […]
Read MorePosted September 24, 2012
Wisconsin law requires worker’s compensation benefits to be paid “Where, at the time of injury, the employee is performing service growing out of and incidental to his or her employment.” Many claims are easy: an employee is injured, on the job site, usually by a simple slip and fall or the impact of a moving […]
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