Wisconsinworkers' comp filing deadline
If no compensation paid (other than medical/burial) and no application filed within 2 years of date of injury or knowledge, right barred. Standard SOL is 6 years from date of injury for traumatic injury; 12 years for occupational disease (§102.17(4))
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Notice to employer
Actual notice within 30 days of injury, OR within 30 days after employee knew or ought to have known nature of disability and its work-relation (§102.12). Absence of notice not bar if employer not misled.
Filing with the state
If no compensation paid (other than medical/burial) and no application filed within 2 years of date of injury or knowledge, right barred. Standard SOL is 6 years from date of injury for traumatic injury; 12 years for occupational disease (§102.17(4))
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Exceptions and tolling
Statute-of-limitations rules have many exceptions that can extend or pause the clock. The most common in Wisconsin:
Occupational disease — discovery rule extended
OD: 12-year SOL with discovery rule for nature of disability and work-relation.
Death claim deadline
Survivors filing for death benefits typically have 6 years from date of death. This calculator does not yet handle death claims; consult a lawyer for those.
Attribution
- Last verified
- May 4, 2026
- Editorial review
- Statute linked to primary source