Workers' Compensation Perspectives
MARCH 23, 2020
The “Unknown” occupational disease risk in workers’ compensation When workers’ compensation systems started a century ago, the focus was “industrial accidents”. page U47] Over time, most workers’ compensation systems adapted to include coverage for occupational diseases. This limitation was noted at the time.
The Workcomp Writer
SEPTEMBER 21, 2024
In 2016, decades after leaving Lenox, Constantine was diagnosed with mesothelioma. He later died and his widow sought damages via a common law civil action rather than a claim filed within the workers’ compensation system.
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Florida Workers' Comp
AUGUST 18, 2024
The institute is a cross-section of every interest group in the workers' compensation system. Profits from the conference are used to enhance the workers' compensation system. Initially, the institute provided a series of "grants" to assist the system. The medical courses will continue on a permanent basis.
Florida Workers' Comp
FEBRUARY 13, 2022
Similarly, the Florida workers' compensation system has experienced various efforts over the last century to limit or define attorney's fees, and to focus judicial discretion. Either measure of discretion may allow for outcomes that are seen by the public as unacceptable, a person receiving too light or too stringent a sentence.
HR Digest
AUGUST 1, 2019
Earlier this year, Chevron announced a $5 million grant to Catalyst, a global nonprofit advancing workplace gender equality, in support of expanding the MARC program, which Chevron adopted in 2016. Our compensation systems are designed to minimize risk of bias based on race and gender and we’re confident they’re sound.
Workers' Compensation
APRIL 5, 2022
The EPA has proposed its first-ever risk management rule under the 2016 Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act. The workers’ compensation system has been plagued by an epidemic of industrial illness, including asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma, flowing from exposure to asbestos fiber in the workplace.
The Workcomp Writer
JUNE 28, 2022
In 2016, the employer requested review of Sheppard’s ongoing health care treatment and service for medications prescribed by Dr. Eva Dickinson. Grady was also a certified provider under the Delaware Workers’ Compensation system. Grady disagreed with Brokaw’s assessment that Sheppard was uncooperative.
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