Appeals/Objections to the Labor Commission

The Labor and Industrial Relations Commission hears appeals from administrative decisions in workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation, and tort victims’ compensation cases. The Commission also hears and decides prevailing wage disputes.

The LIRC serves as a higher authority appeal board, reviews appeals from workers’ compensation cases, unemployment insurance cases, and tort victims’ compensation cases. The LIRC also hears and determines objections to prevailing wage determinations and challenges to determinations by public bodies to enter into project labor agreements.

Elapsed Days - Unemployment Insurance Appeals

Below is a chart showing the percentage of Unemployment Insurance Appeals cases for which the number of elapsed days from the date the application is filed with the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (LIRC) until the LIRC issues its decision is less than or equal to 40 days.

Percentage of Appeal Decisions Issued Within 40 Days

Year %
2012 63.5
2013 84
2014 76
2015 68
2016 68

Elapsed Days - Workers' Compensation Appeals

Below is a chart showing the percentage of Workers' Compensation Appeals cases for which the number of elapsed days from the date the application is filed with the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (LIRC) until the LIRC issues its decision is less than or equal to 180 days.

Percentage of Appeals Issued Within 180 Days

Year %
2012 58
2013 42
2014 61
2015 60
2016 50