For nearly two decades, Sanjuana Maltos would travel to Wisconsin from her home in Texas to work from June to November for the state’s cannery companies.

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Practitioners don’t know exactly what to expect from Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to eliminate the independent commission that now reviews administrative-law judges’ decisions in workers’ compensation, jobless-benefits and equal-rights cases.

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A proposal before state officials could have modified the procedures that unemployment claimants must go through to appeal unfavorable decisions to Wisconsin's circuit courts.

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The independent body that reviews administrative law decisions has slammed the state Department of Workforce Development over proposed changes to circuit court reviews of unemployment benefit decisions.

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2011AP2787 Avante v. Labor and Industry Review Commission, et al.

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2011AP2532 Mofoco Enterprises Inc. v. Wisconsin State Labor & Industry Review Commission, et al.

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2011AP2899 Walter v. Labor and Industry Review Commission, et al.

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2011AP2531 Sallis v. Labor and Industry Review Commission, et al.

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2011AP2636 Grede Foundries, Inc., v. LIRC

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2010AP1785 Aldrich v. LIRC

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2010AP208 Aurora Consolidated Health Care v. LIRC

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2011AP1824-FT Friedrich v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, et al.

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2011AP938 Kierstead v. LIRC

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2011AP329-FT Waldvogel Trucking v. LIRC and Berceau

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2011AP837 MacNeil v. Labor and Industry Review Commission, et al.

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A little while back, I was informed that somebody who plays for the Milwaukee Brewers had injured himself playing basketball and would be out for the beginning of the baseball season, if not longer.

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Under the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act ("WFEA"), the circumstances of the pending criminal charge must be substantially related to the circumstances of the team member's particular job before a job offer may be rescinded due an arrest and/or conviction record. What exactly does that mean?

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