Changes coming to worker's compensation system?--Walker wants more control....
Read the part I bolded especially--Am I reading this as Walker would put some of the control into his Administrative office??? Political appointees??
Changes coming to worker's compensation system?
http://host.madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/changes-coming-to-worker-s-compensation-system/article_deb522ef-3a3d-51e3-9b66-178790d173cb.html#ixzz3Q8wLYiiu
23 hours ago • By Dee J. Hall | Wisconsin State Journal
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Labor representatives and attorneys say they are concerned about a report that Gov. Scott Walker’s two-year budget plan will call for “drastic” changes in Wisconsin’s well-regarded system for compensating injured workers.
An unsigned memo authored by a person with knowledge of the potential changes to the worker’s compensation program states that the Walker administration plans to upend the current one-stop-shop for injured workers, employers and insurance companies by dividing responsibilities among agencies — changes the author said will “clearly have a negative impact on our stakeholders.”
The memo, dated Jan. 15, was sent to “WC Stakeholders” and is filled with shorthand and acronyms aimed at people knowledgeable about the system. The State Journal obtained the memo last week, and it was circulated among the media by Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Madison, on Monday. The author declined to be identified publicly for fear of retribution.
.....Another aspect of the plan would reportedly remove the Worker’s Compensation Division from the Department of Workforce Development and split its duties between two agencies, the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance and the Department of Administration, according to the memo.
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