Insurance is important for every company. In Wisconsin, virtually every employee is covered, with a few narrow exceptions. While some employers may feel it is a burden because it is an added expense, the reality is most employers will experience some workplace...
Month: September 2015
Asbestos still a threat for many construction
Some jobs in Wisconsin are dangerous. They come with risks, both known and unknown. A worker in a chemical plant or a steel mill knows many of the substances and equipment in their plant create a great many risks. But some risks are tenuous and unknown, like that of...
The race to the bottom
If you are a worker, beware politicians who argue that ' programs must be "reformed." What they really meant to say, is that ' programs must be cut. And those cuts will never benefit the who are injured. In a state like Wisconsin, costs to employers for ' insurance...
Is still a grand bargain?
' has been called a grand bargain, because it removed many workplace injury cases from the personal injury dockets and placed them within a regulated insurance system that would quickly provide the needed benefits for injured to recover from workplace accidents. But...