Gov. Walker's 2017 budget hurts workers rights laws in that it seeks to eliminate the Wisconsin workers compensation Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC). LIRC is the appeal board that reviews decisions of administrative law judges in workers compensation...
Workers Rights Laws
Workers Rights Laws Opt Out Results
Workers rights laws in the nature of workers' compensation protect both workers and employers across the country for over 100 years. As noted, Texas is the only state with an opt out option. Recently there was a case that shows what can happen to an employer when it...
Workers Rights Laws Opt Out
Workers rights laws including workers' compensation laws were passed to provide a relatively quick and sure remedy for employees hurt on job in the innovative but dangerous employment conditions wrought by the industrial revolution. Employees did not have to prove...
Wisconsin Workers Rights Laws Watching Florida
People concerned with Wisconsin workers rights laws are keeping an eye on several workers compensation cases in the Florida supreme court. In Daniel Stahl v. Hialeah Hospital, the Florida court is asked to decide whether the state's workers comp system is adequate in...
Workers Rights Laws Under Attack in Wisconsin
Workers rights laws are again under attack in Wisconsin. Most states, including Wisconsin, have prevailing wage laws. Prevailing wage is a minimum wage that must be paid to workers on qualifying publicly funded construction projects. Because public work is awarded...