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Long-Term Disability Benefits Can Help After an Injury, Even While a Personal Injury Case Is Pending

After a serious injury, it’s common to focus on the immediate aftermath: medical care, lost work, and possibly a personal injury claim. But what happens...

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How Long Do Long-Term Disability Benefits Last?

As the name suggests, long-term disability benefits are supposed to last for the long term. But what does that actually mean? If you’re facing a...

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What is an idiopathic injury?

An injury is not compensable under Wisconsin’s worker’s compensation system merely because it happened at work. A worker’s compensation insurance company may deny an injured...

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Employer’s error caused you to lose health insurance coverage? You may have legal options 

Milwaukee County employees’ health insurance coverage is in the news lately, due to an error in the renewal process for the County’s health insurance contract. Unfortunately,...

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Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Benefits for Pregnancy and Postpartum Complications

What to know if childbirth recovery, postpartum depression, or anxiety keeps you from returning to work Pregnancy and childbirth are often described as joyful milestones—but...

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 I have a disability, but I am working. Am I eligible for SSDI?

The reality for many individuals with severe disabilities is that they cannot afford to stop working altogether while waiting for their Social Security Disability Insurance...

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Reopening and Vacating Municipal Court Convictions

When most people think about “convictions,” they picture criminal charges. But not all convictions are criminal. A conviction for violating a municipal ordinance, such as...

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How long do I have to consider my severance package?

If an employee is terminated or laid off, an employer may offer them a severance package (or separation agreement) in exchange for a waiver of...

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What Is “FMLA”? And Can I Use It?

Introduction to FMLA Leave   As an employee in Wisconsin, your employer might offer you different types of leave from work—think PTO, vacation, sick, medical leave,...

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