The Right to Choose Your Own Worker’s Compensation Doctor in Wisconsin Unlike most other states, the Wisconsin Worker’s Compensation Act provides injured workers in Wisconsin broad rights to choose their own treating practitioners after a work injury....
Employers Sometimes Fail to Report Employee Work Injuries As required by the Wisconsin Worker’s Compensation Act, the majority of Wisconsin employers report all work-related injuries involving their employees to their worker’s compensation insurance companies....
Non-Traumatic Mental Injuries Under Wisconsin Worker’s Compensation Under the Wisconsin Worker’s Compensation Act, “non-traumatic” mental injuries arising from extraordinary work stress are compensable. A non-traumatic mental injury is a psychological injury that a...
The State of Opioids in America It has become increasingly difficult to overlook the growing national conversation concerning the use of opioid drugs and the dire effects they have had on not only average people, but the American economy as a whole. The CDC estimates...
Child Support Agencies May Directly Intervene in a Wisconsin Worker’s Compensation Claim Workers injured on the job in Wisconsin are typically eligible to receive worker’s compensation benefits, which includes wage replacement and disability income, as well as...
Reductions to Temporary Total Disability Payments and Using Vacation Pay After a Work Injury An injured worker is eligible for temporary total disability (“TTD”) payments if he or she is unable to return to work while healing from and receiving medical treatment for a...
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