Workers comp payments stagnant in Wisconsin because of political fight
MADISON - People injured on the job in Wisconsin haven’t seen an increase in benefits in four years because of political disputes over the state’s workers' compensation system. Wisconsin lawmakers for decades took the advice of a panel of labor and management representatives to decide how to run the system and how much to pay injured workers. That approach has broken down in recent years. Republicans who control the Legislature have been unable to agree among themselves on workers' compensation for most of the last decade. With a new legislative session underway, lawmakers will once agai...
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