Wisconsin Statutes

Wis. Stat. § 102.14 (2026)

Jurisdiction of department; advisory council

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102.14102.14Jurisdiction of department; advisory council.
102.14(1)(1)Except as otherwise provided, this chapter shall be administered by the department.
102.14(2)(2)The council on worker’s compensation shall advise the department in carrying out the purposes of this chapter, shall submit its recommendations with respect to amendments to this chapter to each regular session of the legislature, and shall report its views upon any pending bill relating to this chapter to the proper legislative committee. At the request of the chairpersons of the senate and assembly committees on labor, the department shall schedule a meeting of the council with the members of the senate and assembly committees on labor to review and discuss matters of legislative concern arising under this chapter.
102.14 HistoryHistory: 1975 c. 147 s. 54; 1979 c. 278; 2015 a. 55; 2025 a. 33.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 19 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1949–2021 · leading case: Beecher v. Labor & Indus. Review Comm'n, 2004 WI 88 (Wis. 2004).
Beecher v. Labor & Indus. Review Comm'n, 2004 WI 88 (Wis. 2004). · cites it 8× “By according less than the appropriate level of deference, a court invades, albeit indirectly, the province of the legislature. ¶ 25. The legislature empowered DWD and LIRC to administer the worker's compensation statutes.”
Brown v. Labor & Indus. Review Comm'n, 2003 WI 142 (Wis. 2003). · cites it 4× “See also Hagen v. LIRC, 210 Wis. 2d 12, 19 , 563 N.”
Xcel Energy Servs., Inc. v. Labor & Indus. Review Comm'n, 2013 WI 64 (Wis. 2013). · cites it 4× “4 Wis. Stat. § 102.14 (2). 5 17 Thomas M. Domer & Charles F.”
Aslakson v. Gallagher Bassett Servs., Inc., 2007 WI 39 (Wis. 2007). · cites it 4× “81(2) provides in relevant part: The department may retain an insurance carrier or insurance service organization to process, investigate and pay claims under this section and may obtain excess or stoploss reinsurance with an insurance carrier authorized to do business in this…”
CBS, Inc. v. Labor & Indus. Review Comm'n, 579 N.W.2d 668 (Wis. 1998). · cites it 4× “The first factor is met by the fact that the legislature, through Wis. Stat. § 102.14 (1), has charged LIRC, together with the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) [5] , with administering Chapter 102.”
Acuity Mut. Ins. v. Olivas, 2007 WI 12 (Wis. 2007). · cites it 2× “§ 102.14(2) requires the Advisory Council to "advise the department in carrying out the purposes of this chapter.”
Hagen v. Labor & Indus. Review Comm'n, 563 N.W.2d 454 (Wis. 1997). · cites it 2× “14 (1) with administering Chapter 102, and both the DWD and LIRC are charged with interpreting the statute and making factual findings when determining a claimant's entitlement to worker's compensation benefits. 4 Second, we note that DWD and LIRC have consistently interpreted…”
Mulder v. Acme-Cleveland Corp., 290 N.W.2d 276 (Wis. 1980). “Sec. 102.14, Stats., provides for a council on worker’s compensation which is directed to “submit its recommendations with respect to amendments to this chapter to each regular session of the legislature .”
Beloit Corp. v. State Labor & Indus. Review Comm'n, 449 N.W.2d 299 (Wis. Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 4× “Section 102.14(1), Stats. LIRC is attached to the department under sec.”
Lisney v. Labor & Indus. Review Comm'n, 478 N.W.2d 55 (Wis. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 4× “Section 102.14(2), Stats; Wisconsin Blue Book at 463 (1991-92).”
Gansch v. Nekoosa Papers, Inc., 463 N.W.2d 682 (Wis. 1990). · cites it 2× “Section 102.14(2), Stats. 1985-86. The Legislative Attorney of the Legislative Reference Bureau pointed out to the Advisory Council that the definition of temporary help agency is not limited to an employer in the business of *750 placing employees with other employers.”
M. M. Schranz Roofing, Inc. v. First Choice Temp., 2012 WI App 9 (Wis. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “102, see Wis. Stat. § 102.14 (1), and LIRC's interpretation of worker's compensation statutes is longstanding.”
— Wis. Stat. § 102.14(1) — 2 cases
Beloit Corp. v. State Labor & Indus. Review Comm'n, 449 N.W.2d 299 (Wis. Ct. App. 1989). “Section 102.14(1), Stats. LIRC is attached to the department under sec.”
LaBeree v. Labor & Indus. Review Comm'n, 2010 WI App 148 (Wis. Ct. App. 2010).
— Wis. Stat. § 102.14(2) — 5 cases
Acuity Mut. Ins. v. Olivas, 2007 WI 12 (Wis. 2007). “§ 102.14(2) requires the Advisory Council to "advise the department in carrying out the purposes of this chapter.”
Lisney v. Labor & Indus. Review Comm'n, 478 N.W.2d 55 (Wis. Ct. App. 1991). “Section 102.14(2), Stats; Wisconsin Blue Book at 463 (1991-92).”
Gansch v. Nekoosa Papers, Inc., 463 N.W.2d 682 (Wis. 1990). “Section 102.14(2), Stats. 1985-86. The Legislative Attorney of the Legislative Reference Bureau pointed out to the Advisory Council that the definition of temporary help agency is not limited to an employer in the business of *750 placing employees with other employers.”
Theuer v. Labor & Indus. Review Comm'n, 2001 WI 26 (Wis. 2001).
State Ex Rel. Briggs & Stratton Corp. v. Noll, 302 N.W.2d 487 (Wis. 1981).
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