A website recently published a list of fifteen federal and state laws with which most employers …
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Work Comp And The Indirect Approach – Tips For Employers
There are many tools employers can use to solve their workers comp problems. The answer to the …
Work Comp And The Indirect Approach – Tips For EmployersRead More
Defense In Depth On Work Comp Claims: The Employer’s Role
“Defense in depth” is a principal from conflict theory which promotes using several defenses in …
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Stern Warning Issued For Misclassifying Truck Drivers as Independent Contractors
The NY Workers Comp Board, on 4/4/14, issued a bulletin warning employers that attempts to describe …
Stern Warning Issued For Misclassifying Truck Drivers as Independent ContractorsRead More
New Work Comp Case Reinforces Importance of Employer Involvement
A recent NY decision, “Matter of Damin v Stop & Shop”, 2014 NY slip Op 01650, 3/14/14, once …
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Reminder of a NY Decision on Illegals and Workers Comp
If an employer hires an illegal, does the employer lose the exclusive remedy provision under work …
Reminder of a NY Decision on Illegals and Workers CompRead More
Little Used Federal Laws Give Employer Disability Management Control
Employers interact with employee disability through a number of laws. Until now, there has been …
Little Used Federal Laws Give Employer Disability Management ControlRead More
Employer Involvement in Work Comp Claims Can Not Be Delegated
It is assumed, for the employer, solving persistent problems in work comp is a matter for the …
Employer Involvement in Work Comp Claims Can Not Be DelegatedRead More
Call For Change With NY Work Comp Facing $10 Billion in Death Claims
The highest court in NY recently upheld a long standing rule that death claims in comp are not …
Call For Change With NY Work Comp Facing $10 Billion in Death ClaimsRead More
Three Critical Times Employers Should Seek Workers Compensation Advice
Work comp is a real time problem in progress. If you’re an employer, chances are you could use …
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Employers in NY Should Pay Wages After Workers Comp Injury Report
If an employer receives a report of a work injury or illness, does it “help” or “hurt” the employer …
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NY Decision May Lower Construction & Transportation Workers Comp Costs
A case still being argued in NY’s highest court (Auqui v. Seven Thirty One, Ltd. Partnership.) may …
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NY, Affordable Health Care, Work Comp and Employers
Since WWII, work comp has had growing complexity of interactions with other laws and plans offering …
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Work Comp, Mental Injuries, And Hiring Your Next Comp Claim
Work comp, when it first started, paid only for obvious traumatic injuries. It did not pay for slow …
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NY Work Comp and Attorney Contingent Fees – Getting It Backwards
Attorney fees for disability have had a long, troubled history In the USA. In the late 19th …
NY Work Comp and Attorney Contingent Fees – Getting It BackwardsRead More
The Deadly Symmetry In Work Comp. A Stick With Two Short Ends
There is a decades old ongoing discussion in work comp: is it the employer or employee who …
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Employers: Know Your Work Comp Claims – Or Else!
In comp claims, there is no substitute for knowledge of the facts. Not just the underlying facts …
NY Workers Comp Board Decision On Producing Prior Medical Records
A recent Board decision, not a court decision, ruled that when a worker provides the employer, or …
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A New Opportunity in Workers Compensation For Trucking
In the first decades of the 20th Century, work comp was the only game in town for disabled workers. …
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If Obesity Is A Disease – What Are The Work Comp Consequences?
The American Medical Association (AMA) has recently listed obesity as a medical condition, as …
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