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.

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The Workcomp Writer

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

million in damages related to a deceased worker’s work-related asbestos exposure with the defendant employer [ Constantine v. In 2016, decades after leaving Lenox, Constantine was diagnosed with mesothelioma. Lenox Instrument Co. LEXIS 403 (Sept. 17, 2024)].

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Florida Workers' Comp

JULY 24, 2022

The panel at the United States Department of Labor was focused specifically on half of the Grand Bargain, asking " Is the Workers’ Compensation System Serving Injured Workers? ” Law professor Emily Spieler , Northwestern University School of Law was included, as was workers compensation attorney Alan Pierce. Sighinolfi).

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

AUGUST 22, 2019

As noted, the market for workers’ compensation is not a free market but one that is altered by government interventions and oversight. Note: Although the ratio between worker benefits paid and employer costs is often expressed in dollar terms [e.g., However, this analysis shows substantive difference associated with these three models.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

JANUARY 1, 2019

To forestall this eventuality, the majority of North American workers’ compensation jurisdictions adjust periodic payments (sometimes called workers’ compensation pensions or permanent disability payments) to account for increases in the cost of living. No COLA was payable in January 2010, January 2011, or in January 2016.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

APRIL 10, 2018

Every workers’ compensation system provides certain payments in the event of a work-related death of a worker. The expectation that workers’ compensation insurance will cover the full cost of a funeral and burial of an injured worker, however, is not the reality in all jurisdictions. but no statutory maximum.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

JULY 11, 2019

Requiring employers provide financial compensation to workers or their families for work-related injury, illness and death is central to achieving this objective. In exclusive state fund jurisdictions, the sole insurer must insurer all employers requiring (or qualified to opt in to) coverage.

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The Workcomp Writer

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Heartiest congratulations to the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) as it celebrates 100 years of service to the workers’ compensation system. Our” system has seen substantial changes over the years and NCCI has deftly adapted along with it. You likely know the important backdrop of the White decision.

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MARCH 12, 2024

Nevertheless, Plaintiff’s husband, who Plaintiff has granted a power of attorney, testified that Plaintiff had not experienced issues with receiving timely weekly disability compensation since prior to the first hearing on the matter, after which the parties entered into a consent order in May 2016.

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JANUARY 16, 2023

It is, of course, one thing for a state to allow the use of marijuana in the treatment of injuries and diseases, but quite another to require employers and/or insurers to reimburse injured workers in connection with a workers’ compensation claim. The appellate court disagreed with the employer’s premise. 3d 924 (N.M.

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