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Ask the Expert: Workers’ Comp, Unemployment, Disability Benefits Generally Not Allowed at Same Time

By Connor Mooney, Attorney, Axley Brynelson, LLP Feb 21, 2025 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Feb 21, 2025

Q           Can employees collect workers’ compensation at the same time as unemployment or state disability insurance payments? The short answer is no. In Wisconsin, workers’ compensation, unemployment benefits, and disability insurance are distinct forms of support, each designed to address specific situations. Workers’ comp provides financial and medical benefits to employees who suffer work-related injuries or […]

Iowa workers’ comp changes coming July 1

By Iowa Employment Law Letter Jun 15, 2017 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Jun 15, 2017

by Tara Hall and Rebecca Duffy Changes to Iowa’s workers’ compensation law—changes seen as mostly beneficial to employers—are set to take effect July 1. The employer-friendly changes to the state’s workers’ comp law include a new provision classifying shoulder injuries as scheduled-member injuries rather than body-as-a-whole injuries, which force an industrial disability analysis. Another change […]

Judge strikes down Alabama workers’ comp law

By Alabama Employment Law Letter May 9, 2017 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 9, 2017

by Al Vreeland In a potentially monumental decision, Jefferson County Circuit Judge Pat Ballard struck down the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act as unconstitutional on May 8. Specifically, Judge Ballard held that 1989 limits on compensation payments to injured workers and fees for their attorneys were so low that they violated the Alabama Constitution. Currently, compensation […]

When Can a Workers’ Comp Claimant be Disciplined?

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Jul 24, 2013 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Jul 24, 2013

“You will find that pretty much every workers’ comp law in the country does have anti-retaliation provisions. And so, just the act of filing a workers’ comp claim gives somebody protected status that’s somewhat analogous to somebody filing a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or filing a complaint under one of the wage/hour […]

Workers’ Compensation: Avoid Adverse Action Claims

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Jun 28, 2013 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Jun 28, 2013

“Most state workers’ compensation laws provide that it is unlawful for an employer to discharge or otherwise discriminate/retaliate against a worker for claiming worker’s comp or testifying at a workers’ comp hearing.” Adele Abrams explained in a recent BLR webinar. And this goes beyond just standard discipline or firing: “Anything that is an adverse action […]

Colorado civil union law means change for employers

By HR Hero Alerts Mar 25, 2013 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Mar 25, 2013

The Colorado Civil Union Act, which takes effect May 1, requires changes in employer-provided insurance plans and makes changes to the state’s workers’ compensation law. Effective for plans issued, delivered, or renewed on or after January 1, 2014, a party to a civil union may cover his or her partner as a dependent. Employers providing […]

New Maine law on independent contractors goes into effect December 31

By Maine Employment Law Letter Dec 17, 2012 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Dec 17, 2012

by Peter D. Lowe Maine employers need to pay attention to a new Maine law on the definition of “independent contractor” that goes into effect December 31. Legislative Document 1314, passed in Maine earlier this year, outlines two sets of conditions that must be in place for an individual to qualify as an independent contractor […]

Retaliation by Compensation—Battleground for Comp Managers

By HR Daily Advisor Staff May 11, 2012 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: May 11, 2012

“Retaliation lawsuits are among the easiest to prevent,” says attorney Jody Katz Pritikin, but retaliation is a common reaction by managers who are embarrassed or angered by an employee complaint, and that means managers have to be on the watch for it. Pritikin, who offered her tips at SHRM’s Employment Law and Legislative Conference, held […]