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Worker's compensation

Oct 21, 2010

2009AP2412 Unified Management Company LLC v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission, et al.

Employment Workers compensation; refusal to rehire This is a worker’s compensation case that presents the issues of whether an employer improperly refused to rehire an injured employee, and whether the Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC) used the correct standard for determining the amount of lost wages due the employee. Unified Management Company, LLC, […]

Oct 19, 2010

2009AP1845 County of Barron v. LIRC

Employment Worker’s compensation An in-home caregiver providing services under the long-term support community options waiver program is an employee of the County for worker’s compensation purposes. “‘Where there are two conflicting views of the evidence, each of which may be sustained by substantial evidence, it is for the hearing examiner to determine which view of [&hell[...]

Oct 5, 2010

2009AP1628 LaBaree v. LIRC

Employment Worker’s compensation An employer paying the medical expenses of an employee in institutional care can be required to pay the costs of transfer to a residential setting, even if it is not medically necessary. “Bowman asserts there is no conflict between the Department’s authority and an individual’s right to be placed in the least […]

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