Courts in many jurisdictions focus on the nature and extent of an employee’s job search before …
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Part 1: Permanent Total Disability in Workers’ Compensation: Now What?
Issues concerning permanent total disability (PTD) benefits are a significant cost driver in …
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Smart Hiring: How to Leverage DOT Standards for Workers’ Comp Success
In the realm of managing workers' compensation costs effectively, one critical error that companies …
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Attacks on Exclusive Remedy in Workers’ Compensation
The grand bargain of workers’ compensation has long been premised on the rights and …
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Metrics to Consider in Work Comp Litigation
Organizations in workers’ compensation are often drowning in data yet starving for meaning. I …
Tools & Tips to Manage Chronic Pain in Work Comp Claims
Dealing with claims involving chronic pain is a real pain in the butt – literally. These claims …
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Who Is Responsible for Your OSHA Data?
This post is one in a 3-part series: What Is Considered OSHA Recordable? How to Calculate …
Enhance Return to Work with Stay At Work Programs
Return-to-Work (RTW) programs have long been a staple for companies aiming to reintegrate injured …
Build Bridges with Labor Unions to Reduce Work Comp Costs
Organized labor has been the backbone of the American workforce for nearly 100 years since the …
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What Is Considered OSHA Recordable?
Link to OSHA Recordable …
Best Practices to Avoid OSHA Penalties and Sanctions
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is a part of the workers’ compensation …
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4 Factors to Consider When Settling Workers’ Compensation Claims
There are many issues to consider when seeking to settle a workers’ compensation claim. These are …
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6 Ways to Get the Most From Medical Treatment Guidelines
A majority of states have some type of medical treatment guidelines in their workers’ compensation …
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Implementing an Effective Injury Triage Program to Reduce Work Comp Costs
Post injury triage offers countless opportunities to interested stakeholders seeking to reduce …
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Settling the Difficult Cases with Structured Settlements
Complex workers’ compensation cases require creative thinking. One tool that can help innovatively …
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Why Caring For Your Injured Workers Is Just Like Car Tires
Catching an injury when it first happens is like catching some worn tires on your vehicle—it can …
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Part 2: Discontinuing Workers’ Comp Temporary Total Disability Benefits
Once a claim has been admitted, the claim handler assumes a pivotal role in managing the file and …
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Part 1: Discontinuing Workers’ Comp Temporary Total Disability Benefits
Part of reducing workers’ compensation program costs is being aware of and developing defenses for …
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4 Items Claims Handlers Want From Their Defense Attorney
Workers’ compensation defense attorneys may lay awake at night wondering what their claims handler …
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The Workers’ Compensation Human Fund by George Costanza
In the iconic Seinfeld episode titled The Strike (a/k/a the Festivus episode), George Costanza …
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