Workers' Compensation Perspectives

JULY 4, 2024

The apparent rise in mental disability claims is a significant issue for disability insurers and workers’ compensation systems. The observed rise in workers’ compensation claims for mental injury must be interpreted in context. Handwringing over costs often misses this underlying premise.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Earlier this year, the department announced that t he labor force participation rate of disabled workers rose to 23.1 The 501(c)3 non-profit organization states its dedication to reducing unemployment rates among individuals with disabilities by connecting them to employers who are looking to increase the diversity among their workers.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

JANUARY 1, 2019

Workers with permanent disabilities often don’t have those options. The monthly workers’ compensation amount they receive may have sustained them initially but unless it is adjusted for the cost of living, permanently disabled workers will see the buying power of their workers’ compensation income decline with each passing year.

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Florida Workers' Comp

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Something has kept me in workers’ compensation and the OJCC. First, I was surprised to meet people who are working to become part of workers’ compensation. And it is not just workers’ compensation. But, to summarize: Civil cases in federal court resolved by trial about: 20% in in 1938 12% in 1962 2% in 2002 1%.

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The Workcomp Writer

MAY 24, 2022

A New York appellate court affirmed a decision by the state’s Workers’ Compensation Board that found an injured worker’s failure to disclose work-related injuries he sustained in 1998 and 2002, for which he received schedule loss of use awards, was the sort of misrepresentation prohibited by N.Y. Workers’ Comp.

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Workplace Insight

OCTOBER 7, 2024

High concept noir sci-fi, based on a book by Philip K Dick of course; dystopian, chock full of ideas and technology that seemed cool and subversive in 2002 and is mundane in 2013. Minority Report We obviously like films like this. many ways, the layout has much in common with the way many offices are designed now.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

AUGUST 22, 2019

[For the first part of this discussion, see “Workers’ Compensation Insurance Arrangements: Does the model make a difference? Part 1” at [link] or [link] ] In my previous post, I described the range of public policy insurance arrangements governments use in the workers’ compensation insurance market.

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Florida Workers' Comp

APRIL 10, 2022

The world of workers' compensation faces a cross roads of sorts. Bob Wilson and I addressed this on the Workers' Compensation Hot Seat in March 2020: Rise of the Millennials, the Passing of the Baton. or too few." ( The Two Towers , New Line, 2002). Who is the future of workers' compensation? This is not a new issue.

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Workers' Compensation

AUGUST 13, 2024

The NJ Supreme Court will review whether a workers’ compensation insurance company has a duty to defend an employer against personal injury claims brought by the employer’s employee under an employer's liability insurance policy. 2002) , requires showing the employer knew its actions were substantially certain to result in injury or death.

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Florida Workers' Comp

APRIL 16, 2024

In 2002, when email was relatively new, the OJCC struggled with judges and others who loved the "reply all" button. The blasts are sent no more than monthly and are intended to steer the community to important happenings or challenges in workers' compensation. Social media soon came to replace those. Talk about a waste of time.

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The Workcomp Writer

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The court acknowledged that had the alleged injury been witnessed by a representative of the employer, the result might have been different, the court stressed that the former employee had come forward with no evidence that the employer knew of the alleged work-relatedness of the injury or that he would eventually file a workers’ compensation claim.

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15Five

APRIL 21, 2016

In 2002, college students at the University of Virginia created National High Five Day , an unofficial national holiday. ” We are taking this opportunity to celebrate the release of a new feature that allows employees to celebrate their co-workers for their contributions. ” or “High five!”

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Florida Workers' Comp

MAY 30, 2023

There are many who watch for workers' compensation each session. There are many touched by this law, but relatively few can take the time to make workers' compensation their priority unless a systemic change is in discussion. The 2023 session will not join the annals of Florida workers' compensation history. Trazenfeld , 833 So.2d

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Florida Workers' Comp

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The topic is one of general interest, though the Rules of Civil Procedure do not apply in Florida workers' compensation except to the extent those rules are specifically adopted, see Rule 60Q6.114, particularly (2)(a): "(2) Depositions. (a) 1st DCA 2002) and Univ. Rule of Civ. 1.280 , 324 So. 3d 459 (Fla. Broward County , 810 So.

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HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

John Dunlop was among the first to discuss the interaction of three major groups—management, workers and their personal organizations, and the government. This not long after UPS narrowly avoided a strike recently, just a week ahead of when workers were set to walk out.

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The Workcomp Writer

OCTOBER 4, 2023

It is axiomatic that in every American jurisdiction, once a workers’ compensation act has become applicable—either through compulsion or election—it affords the exclusive remedy for the injury by the employee or the employee’s dependents against the employer [see Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law , § 100.01, et seq. ]. 3d 5, 445 N.E.2d

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The Workcomp Writer

JANUARY 25, 2022

In 2002, Claimant had injured his back in an accident on an oil rig. Given that medical history, the employer and its workers’ compensation carrier contested the claim. The court continued, stressing that Colorado appellate courts had often looked to Larson “as a reliable source synthesizing existing workers’ compensation law.

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The Workcomp Writer

AUGUST 26, 2024

Court’s Analysis The Court clarified its stance on idiopathic falls in workers’ compensation cases. Citing Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law , the court indicated that it was joining a “significant minority” of jurisdictions that allow compensation for idiopathic level-floor falls under certain circumstances.

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Vantage Circle

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Employee Engagement Calendar 2024-25 for 365 Days of Engagement January National Mentoring Month (January): Launched in 2002, this annual campaign aims to unify and expand the mentoring movement. Organize mentorship programs within the company. Conduct workshops on effective mentorship. Recognize and appreciate mentors.

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Florida Workers' Comp

APRIL 21, 2022

Shows like Person of Interest (CBS 2011-2016), Stalker (CBS 2014), and One Hour Photo (Silverlight 2002). Of course, the idea of being tracked has been a long-time Hollywood trope. Furthermore, with the advent and proliferation of digital cameras we are all being watched much more than we might expect.

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Attorney Charlie Hall

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

36] IRWE, especially with the newer rule, are especially effective in reducing a disabled worker’s earnings. When an employer pays an employee who has “serious medical impairments” more than their services warrant, the disabled worker has received an employer subsidy. [37] The second tool is the employer subsidy. 640 or 80 hours*.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The month ushered in an utterly haunting whiplash in the form of ‘layoffs,’ and shattered the stability of thousands of technology workers across the States. The dot-com bust of 2001 and 2002 isn’t exactly shrouded in secrecy, as many of the companies that failed back then weren’t “real” companies.

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Vantage Circle

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Schaufeli et al (2002) define engagement as " a positive, fulfilling, work-related state of mind characterized by vigor, dedication, and absorption." Be specific with recognition, and make sure that none of your workers feel invisible. An organization's success depends heavily on its employees' degree of engagement.

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Qandle

AUGUST 11, 2022

The application will automate, manage, and coordinate the filing of tax returns, as well as pay workers according to a baseline amount. Your workers are valued. Any program that gives workers more say over the benefits they get is certain to be popular with those workers. Monitoring of Both Time and Attendance.

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Florida Workers' Comp

OCTOBER 24, 2021

This blog is about workers' compensation, which is inextricably tied to work. Whether you attribute to Joan Crawford ( Mommie Dearest , Paramount 1981) or Michael Caine ( Goldmember , Newline 2002), “This ain't my first time at the rodeo.” The meta-verse is coming at you. It may be coming for you.

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Florida Workers' Comp

MARCH 20, 2022

Motor vehicle safety is an important consideration in workers' compensation. workers driving or riding in a motor vehicle on a public road died in a work-related crash (24% of all work-related deaths)." Think of that, what if we could prevent crimes before they happen; Minority Report (20th Century Fox, 2002).

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Workplace Insight

JUNE 24, 2024

After joining the Work Foundation in 2002 as Research Director, Steve was instrumental in shaping what back then felt like an emerging agenda, first through establishing and then chairing the UK Fit for Work Coalition, and then in setting up a new Health at Work Policy Unit to share insight and drive improvement.

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The Workcomp Writer

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Commentary: Presumptions Aren’t Always “Equal” I recall that during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, several workers’ compensation practitioners—particularly on the defense side of things—contacted me as states began to enact COVID-19 presumptions of compensability. North Dakota Workers Comp. Bureau , 2000 ND 167, 616 N.W.2d

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Business Management Daily

JANUARY 19, 2024

When it comes to corporate America’s business-reporting landscape, however, an attempt to codify workplace ethics became real and concrete in 2002. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act ushers in workplace ethics Ethics teach us how to live our lives and conduct our businesses morally and ethically, but these standards change over time.

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The Workcomp Writer

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

In a decision not designated for publication, the Court of Appeals of Virginia held that the state’s Workers’ Compensation Commission is not bound by statutory or common law rules of pleading or evidence, nor by technical rules of practice [ Jenkins v. Workers’ Comp. C & T Durham Trucking Co. 0381-22-1 , 2023 Va. 14, 2023)].

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Hppy

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Know the Differences Between Male and Female Workers. In 2002, only 61 percent of Fortune 500 companies included the LGBT community in their nondiscrimination policy. To see diverse employees move forward in their careers, you may need to implement different diversity initiatives to help stimulate the movement.

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Business Management Daily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Final note: Some workers are protected from obesity discrimination; more may soon be. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that by 2022, more than 30% of people ages 65-74 will still be working, up from 20% in 2002. He appealed, arguing obesity itself was a disability. Richardson v. CTA , 7th Cir., and Washington, D.C.

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The Workcomp Writer

APRIL 17, 2023

Even if the injury was due in part, or in toto, to the fault of the employee, fault is not supposed to be an issue within the workers’ compensation scheme of providing medical care and indemnity payments to claimant’s whose injuries (or illness) arose out of and in the course of the employment. GCD removed the case to federal court.

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Hppy

MARCH 7, 2017

Millennials aren’t just skipping school and driving social media growth anymore: they’re a growing part of the workforce, and will soon become the largest segment of workers in the United States. Strengths of Millennial Workers. That means that some Millennials are now entering their 30s, while others are still in their teens.

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Minding the Workplace

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The Wire is a drama series set in Baltimore that ran on HBO from 2002 to 2008. The reason you have collective bargaining in America and it became powerful is that workers were pushed to the starvation point. I believe that politically. The great reformations of society are the result of undue excess and undue cruelty.

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Empuls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Abdul Kalam, was an eminent Indian scientist and statesman who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. Presidential tenure : He was elected as the President of India in 2002. About APJ Abdual Kalam Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, often referred to as A.P.J.

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Vantage Circle

MAY 27, 2021

Since 2002, National Reconciliation Week has been an integral way for Australians to celebrate their shared heritage, culture, and accomplishments. This is a fantastic choice for both remote and regular workers.). It’s more than a holiday. It’s a means of making (and celebrating) impactful change.

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