California’s workers compensation insurers lost more than $1.5 billion in their underwriting in …
CALIFORNIA Lost Time Accounts for 25 Percent of Workers CompRead More
Questions from Readers – My Employee is Injured HELLLLLLLLP
A Reader Writes... I am just beginning to implement a workers' comp management program …
Questions from Readers – My Employee is Injured HELLLLLLLLPRead More
Avoid Setting Bad Precedents When Settling Workers Compensation Claims
Is it Cost Effective: Avoid Setting Bad Precedents? If you ask different claim …
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CANADA Who Pays If You Ski Out of Bounds in Canada
Search and rescue groups in Alberta, Canada are applauding the passage of legislation providing …
Dont Miss These 35 Ways to Reduce Work Comp Claim Costs
It’s not ALL on the insurer and/or employer to process workers comp claims. A joint …
Dont Miss These 35 Ways to Reduce Work Comp Claim CostsRead More
Take a Lesson From the Europeans – Know Three Ways to Prepare Generation X for Safer Work Environments
Tomorrow’s architects, engineers, health professionals and business administrators will all need to …
Legal Doctrine: Deliberate Avoidance of Employment Relation
At the core of the workers compensation bargain is the employer-employee relationship. Where that …
Legal Doctrine: Deliberate Avoidance of Employment RelationRead More
Who’s Who in the Claims Office – Know The Players
If you never worked in a workers’ compensation claims office, but have dealt with one or more claim …
BRITAIN Experiences Huge Rise in Agricultural Deaths
New figures for the number of workers fatally injured in the British agriculture sector were …
BRITAIN Experiences Huge Rise in Agricultural DeathsRead More
Sixty Percent of Roofers Left the Job Due to Chronic Pain
Researchers conducting a longitudinal study of 979 U.S. roofers between ages 40-59 discovered 10% …
Sixty Percent of Roofers Left the Job Due to Chronic PainRead More
NEW ZEALAND Employers Urged to Improve Forklift Safety After Death at Timber Operation
Employers are urged to make sure their workers are able to work safely around machinery according …
NEW ZEALAND Employers Urged to Improve Forklift Safety After Death at Timber OperationRead More
NEW YORK State Insurance Fund Provides Safety Training and Anti-Fraud Programs
New York State Insurance Fund is a self-sustaining insurance carrier providing workers’ …
NEW YORK State Insurance Fund Provides Safety Training and Anti-Fraud ProgramsRead More
Traveling Employees — When Is Workers Comp Payable
Where and employer is able to control the conditions of the workplace, such as within a …
Turkish Mining Accident Leads to Labor Union Calls for Fewer Subcontractors
Turkish trade union organizations recently denounced the growing use of sub-contracting following a …
Turkish Mining Accident Leads to Labor Union Calls for Fewer SubcontractorsRead More
Company Housed 65 Disabled Men in Bunkhouse is Subject to Million Dollar Fine
A Texas-based company, Henry's Turkey Service, shortchanged its mentally challenged workers by …
Company Housed 65 Disabled Men in Bunkhouse is Subject to Million Dollar FineRead More
EEOC Doesn’t Turn Blind Eye to ADA Disability Complaint Against Staffing Company
A federal judge entered a consent decree requiring a nationwide staffing company to pay $100,000 to …
EEOC Doesn’t Turn Blind Eye to ADA Disability Complaint Against Staffing CompanyRead More
False Statements in Job Applications Do Not Necessarily Make Employment Contracts Illegal and Bar Workers Compensations Benefits
Persons employed under illegal contracts of hire are usually denied compensation if the illegality …
Innovative Study of Workplace Hazards Includes Hunting and Trucking Risks
To study the air workers in auto repair shops breathe, analysts with the SHARP Program, the …
Innovative Study of Workplace Hazards Includes Hunting and Trucking RisksRead More
GREAT BRITAIN Sees Record Lows in Workplace Deaths
A dramatic drop is seen in workers killed (3) at work in Great Britain’s North East between …
Why Uniformity is Key When Assessing Multiple Operating Units for a Workers Comp Program
As the workers' comp coordinator for a multi-site organization, your responsibility is to …
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