Compensation and death benefit payable to an employee or dependent who was a minor when the employee’s or dependent’s right began to accrue, may, in the discretion of the department, be ordered paid to a bank, trust company, trustee, parent or guardian, for the use of such employee or dependent as may be found best calculated to conserve the employee’s or dependent’s interests. Such employee or dependent shall be entitled to receive payments, in the aggregate, at a rate not less than that applicable to payments of primary compensation for total disability or death benefit as accruing from the employee’s or dependent’s 18th birthday.
Wis. Stat. § 102.45
Benefits payable to minors; how paid
Known as the Worker’s Compensation Act
The act spans §§ 102–102 (84 sections).
1973 c. 150; 1993 a. 492.
Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.