Republicans Planning to Put More Fault in Comp as Part of Overhaul

Republican state lawmakers in Wisconsin plan on introducing legislation next week that would overhaul the nation's first workers' compensation law, reducing benefits in cases where a worker's intoxication or violation of a safety rule contributed to an injury and allowing employers to cut off temporary disability benefits to workers who are fired for misconduct, according to a report by a liberal online news service. The Progressive reported Friday that Sen. Duey Stroebel and Rep. John Spiros sent a memo to all legislators on Wednesday afternoon outlining their plan to make sweepi...