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Worker's Compensation Advisory Council

The Wisconsin Worker’s Compensation Advisory Council was created to advise the Department and Legislature on policy matters concerning the development and administration of the worker’s compensation law. One of the most important and enduring principles of the Council is maintaining the overall stability of the worker’s compensation system without regard to partisan changes in the legislative or executive branches of government. The Council provides a vehicle for labor and management representatives to play a direct role in recommending changes in the worker’s compensation law to the Legislature.

• Council Membership
• Meeting Schedule
• Meeting Agendas
• Meeting Minutes
• Agreed Bill Summaries
• Council Accomplishments
• Sub-Committee
  Loggers Committee
  Permanent Total Disability Committee
  Professional Employee Organization (PEO) Committee
  Health Care Provider Advisory Committee
  Attorney Fee Discussion Group

DWD 80 and the creation of DWD 81 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code. The WC Treatment Guidelines contained in DWD 81 became effective on November 1, 2007.

DWD 80 and 81   (PDF, 461 KB)  The amendment to DWD 80 and the creation of DWD 81 (WC Treatment Guidelines) became effective November 1, 2007.

2007 Wisconsin Act 185 effective April 1, 2008

Proposals for the Agreed Bill Process for 2007-2008

• Department Proposals
• Legislative Proposals from the Public
• Management Proposals
• Labor Proposals