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Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler!

Florida Workers' Comp

Nelson, of Belleville, IL There is significant geographic and practical breadth here with these speakers coming from very different workers' compensation systems and hopefully I will add a national perspective. Delays in care are increasingly lamented in workers' compensation and the issue is challenging. MODERATOR: James M.

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Awards and Memories

Florida Workers' Comp

Neal Pitts (Orlando, FL) 2019- Christopher Smith (Tampa, FL) 2020- Paul Anderson (Tallahassee, FL) 2021- Glen Wieland(Orlando, FL) 2022- Honorable Robert Dietz (posthumously)(Orlando, FL) 2023-my memory fails me here, and the World Wide Web did also (amendment coming) The Section maintains a list of the honorees on its website.

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Top Ten Priorities for Workers’ Compensation Benefit Reforms

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Workers’ compensation “reforms” are typically focused on reducing employer costs. In the US, the National Commission on State Workmen’s Compensation (1972) [available at [link] ] laid bare the disparity then present across US jurisdictions and established recommendations for the minimum standards of what workers’ compensation should provide.

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Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Occupational Exposure to Cellphone Radiation

Workers' Compensation

Several studies have indicated evidence that the assumptions underlying the FCC and the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection [ICNIRP] concerning exposure limits are invalid and are harmful to humans. International Commission on the Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields (ICBE-EMF). link] ; Miller, A.

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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. Data for 2019 is as of January 31, 2020. Data for 2018 is as of January 31, 2019.

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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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Workers’ Compensation: What’s payroll got to do with it?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

“Payroll” and the Components of Employer Costs for Employee Compensation The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) uses “Employer Costs for Employee Compensation” to more accurately report the main components of employee compensation. per hour worked in March 2019, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.