Worker's Compensation Handbook

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Published by: State Bar of Wisconsin PINNACLE
ISBN: 978-1-57862-749-3 628+ pp.; 11th ed. 2025-26 (including 2026-27 supplement)
Worker's Compensation Handbook

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When a workplace injury or illness strikes, you’ll be ready to advise your clients on their rights and responsibilities with help from the Worker’s Compensation Handbook. It’s an essential resource for any lawyer who represents employees or employers in worker’s comp cases – including corporate counsel and practitioners of employment, personal injury, and insurance law.

The 2026–27 supplement includes a number of changes, such as:

  • The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development filed an emergency rule, effective May 31, 2026, to transfer procedural rules for worker’s compensation cases from Wis. Admin. Code ch. HA 4 to Wis. Admin. Code ch. DWD 80
  • The Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC) decided whether apportionment applies to permanent disabilities resulting from aggravation injuries when the preexisting condition was nondisabling
  • The maximum permanent partial disability rate in Wis. Stat. § 102.11(1) was updated for injuries occurring after April 1, 2026, and will be updated for injuries occurring after January 1, 2027
  • The Wisconsin Court of Appeals reviewed LIRC’s finding that a respondent had a continuing duty to offer an applicant a job when economic conditions improved
  • The mileage fee and witness fee for appearances before a court or before a municipal judge, arbitrator, or committee have increased

 

The 2025-2026 revision includes a number of changes such as:

  • Beginning January 1, 2026, the Division of Hearings and Appeals (DHA) in the Department of Administration will transfer adjudicatory functions related to disputed worker’s compensation claims back to the Department of Workforce Development
  • A new section deals with the recently authorized fee schedule for services rendered by hospitals to employees covered by the worker’s compensation system in Wisconsin
  • LIRC adopted a new method for calculating permanent partial disability benefits owed when there is a preexisting disability
  • The Wisconsin Court of Appeals examined a legal malpractice claim against an attorney who did not inform a worker’s compensation client about the statute of limitation governing third-party claims in a work-related slip-and-fall case

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