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Why Today’s Incentive Thinking Is Different

Achievers

After several evolutionary waves, we have a deeper insight into what truly motivates people, and today’s incentives are about far more than compensation. Furthermore, as the IRF puts it, standard compensation systems that rewarded people for just showing up and completing their baseline tasks are no longer enough. “To

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WCI 2024 is Upon Us

Florida Workers' Comp

See Give Kids the World - Our Community (August 2018). 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.

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An Evidence Constraint

Florida Workers' Comp

See Who is the Employer? The bill is of interest in the workers' compensation community because we have a fair number of opportunities to examine the "employer/employee relationship" in the context of various statutory sections. The application of workers' compensation in Florida is dependent upon that employment relationship.

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US Supreme Declines to Review Medical Marijuana Reimbursement Issue

Workers' Compensation

5, supra (noting 2018 change to CSA definition of marijuana), and continues to consider more expansive approaches; indeed, shortly after the Court issued its invitations in these cases, the House of Representatives passed legislation that would remove marijuana from the CSA’s list of controlled substances altogether.” 801 et seq.,

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US Supreme Court to Conference Medical Marijuana Preemption Case

Workers' Compensation

5, supra (noting 2018 change to CSA definition of marijuana), and continues to consider more expansive approaches; indeed, shortly after the Court issued its invitations in these cases, the House of Representatives passed legislation that would remove marijuana from the CSA’s list of controlled substances altogether.” 801 et seq.,

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Is workers’ compensation spending on healthcare significant? Would a "single-payer" system make a difference?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Regardless of the workers’ compensation insurance arrangement (private insurer, exclusive public state or provincial workers’ compensation board) the healthcare expenditures by workers’ compensation systems are relatively small compared to the total national spending on healthcare. In my view, this would be a mistake.

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Mental Injuries- Part 3: Implications for Disability Insurers and Workers’ Compensation

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

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. WorkSafeBC is the exclusive insurer for workers’ compensation in British Columbia, Canada.