Workers' Compensation Blog

April 30, 2025 | Insurers and self-insured employers

Temporary partial disability (TPD) is a wage-loss benefit payable to employees who are back to work but earning less than their pre-injury gross weekly wage. Consistent with Minnesota Rules part 5220.2540, once TPD payments have commenced, they must continue to be paid on a regular basis at the intervals the employee would have received wages from the employer. Failure to do so may result in penalties.

April 30, 2025 | All workers' compensation

The Vocational Rehabilitation unit (VRU) would like to assist Minnesotans who have been injured on the job, had a workers’
compensation claim denied and need help finding employment or returning to work.

March 26, 2025 | QRCs and QRC interns
The Department of Labor and Industry has made recent updates to Work Comp Campus to improve its usability for our stakeholders. We are excited to share some of the recent enhancements made to the R-3 Rehabilitation Plan Amendment process for a qualified rehabilitation consultant (QRC) or QRC intern.

March 26, 2025 | Insurers and self-insured employers
This is a reminder from the Department of Labor and Industry that the workers’ compensation assessment report is due by April 1. 

Feb. 26, 2025 | All workers' compensation
The Department of Labor and Industry communicates important news and updates regularly through email. Stay apprised of the most current information by subscribing to a variety of subject-specific email lists.

Feb. 26, 2025 | All workers' compensation
As workers' compensation professionals continue to look for efficiencies in their claim work, DLI would like to remind the community that the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) unit offers experienced mediation services at no cost to the parties. 

Feb. 26, 2025 | Attorneys and legal staff
It has been brought to our attention that following a recent update, legal staff members who previously received automated notifications of new documents uploaded to claims or disputes they are associated with in Campus are no longer receiving those notifications. The Campus team is working to understand the full scope of the issue so it can work to resolve it.   

Feb. 26, 2025 | Adjusters | Registered trading partners | Trading partners
The newly released Guide to common Minnesota EDI and eForm errors is a resource to help users navigate common error messages and examples, EDI reporting reference links and a glossary of Work Comp Campus and EDI abbreviations. 

Feb. 26, 2025 | Adjusters
The workers' compensation insurers assessment report is available in Work Comp Campus. The report is due by April 1. The information reported will be used to calculate the assessment that must be paid by Aug. 1, 2025, and Feb. 2, 2026.

Feb. 26, 2025 | All workers' compensation
DLI continues to engage with internal and external Work Comp Campus users, customers and stakeholders, since its launch in August 2022, to gather input throughout the design, development and post-launch process of new Campus enhancements. To lead this effort, DLI created a special team comprised of one user experience researcher (UX), one product designer and two product owners.