Wisconsin to compensate workers with disabilities for wrongfully denied unemployment claims

Wisconsin to compensate workers with disabilities for wrongfully denied unemployment claims

Reading Time: 3 minutes Click here to read highlights from the story A judge’s order promises compensation to potentially thousands of disabled workers who were denied unemployment benefits under a state law struck down as discriminatory. The invalidated law prevented recipients of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) from collecting unemployment insurance. Two classes of workers may be eligible for compensation: those denied unemploym…

Wisconsin to compensate workers with disabilities for wrongfully denied unemployment claims - Milwaukee Courier Weekly Newspaper

Thousands of workers could see relief after a judge struck down the state’s ban on unemployment insurance for Social Security Disability recipients. By Janelle Mella Wisconsin Watch A federal judge has ordered Wisconsin’s Department of Workforce Development to compensate disabled workers who were denied unemployment benefits under a state law struck down as discriminatory. U.S. […] The post Wisconsin to compensate workers with disabilities for w…

Unemployment claims: Wisconsin to compensate workers with disabilities for being wrongfully denied

A federal judge has ordered Wisconsin’s Department of Workforce Development to compensate disabled workers who were denied unemployment benefits under a state law struck down as discriminatory. This story also appeared in WisconsinWatch.org U.S. District Judge William Conley’s order promises relief to potentially thousands of workers affected by a 2013 Wisconsin law that banned recipients of federal disability aid fro…