MN Government Shutdown | Contact Your Minnesota Representative

On July 14, 2011, in Government Changes, by Jerry Sisk

The Minnesota government shutdown has left injured workers with no legal recourse to obtain desperately needed workers’ compensation benefits.  Without any conferences or hearings at the Department of Labor and Industry or the Office of Administrative Hearings, injured workers’ are unable to obtain benefits when they have been denied by the workers’ compensation insurer.  This is [...]

OAH Petitions the Court to Reopen

On July 13, 2011, in Government Changes, by Jerry Sisk

On Tuesday, the Chief Administrative Law Judge Raymond Krause went before the retired state Supreme Court Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz, who was appointed special master to hear complaints about the government shutdown, to ask for a reopening of OAH for limited services.  Highlights of some of the items  requested includes: 41 employees, consisting of the senior management [...]

New IRS Mileage Rate for 2011

On July 5, 2011, in Getting Paid, by Jerry Sisk

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has increased mileage rates for the final six months of 2011.   The IRS normally updates the mileage rates once a year in the fall for the next calendar year. Mileage Rate Changes Here are the mileage rates from 2006 to present. 01/01/2006 44.5 01/01/2007 48.5 01/01/2008 50.5 07/01/2008 58.5 01/01/2009 55.0 [...]

Minnesota Government Shutdown | T minus 2 days…

On June 29, 2011, in Getting the System, Government Changes, by Jerry Sisk

With the clock ticking closer to July 1st we can only expect at this point a government shutdown. Unfortunately for the injured worker this may mean a disruption in their workers compensation benefits. Without government services through the Department of Labor and Industry and Office of Administrative Hearings injured workers will not be able to [...]


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