Workers' Compensation Perspectives

AUGUST 27, 2023

Whether you work as a Case Manager for workers’ compensation system, a client services representative for a transport-accident personal-injury insurance, a claims administrator for a non-occupational disability insurance plan, or a return-to-work specialist for a third-party administrator, you will face the disability insurance “trust gap”. [See

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Florida Workers' Comp

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

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.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

[See [link] ] Progress towards improving compensation for workers was noted; so were the many gaps and shortfalls in the present landscape of state workers’ compensation laws. US workers’ compensation benefits generally lag those provided under the Canadian provincial and Australian state workers’ compensation systems.

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Florida Workers' Comp

JULY 28, 2022

I have heard from lawyers for years regarding their perceptions of the Florida workers' compensation system, and those who run it. Their many thoughts and the promise of constructive feedback led to the implementation of the annual joint survey implemented by the OJCC and The Florida Bar Workers' Compensation Section.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

MARCH 12, 2019

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 Perspectives

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

“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.

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Florida Workers' Comp

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The reader might assume that we would send that to Tallahassee by mail, but (I kid you not), we sent it by The Pony Express (July 2019). The analysis of this data may be of great interest in some analysis of the health or practicality of the Florida workers' compensation system.

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Workers' Compensation

JUNE 17, 2024

127, or to dependents of essential employees who died from COVID, who receive a COLA pursuant to P.L.2021, This adjustment is intended to mirror, to the extent possible, the COLA already in place for benefits arising from an injury occurring before 1980.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

MARCH 4, 2021

In the accompanying slides and in some responses, I provide additional references as a starting point for understanding and comparing initial workers’ compensation. All workers’ compensation systems pay the same rate for lost wages…right? Each plan should be examined on its own.

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The Workcomp Writer

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The trial court agreed, finding the statute “creates a new substantive right, is not remedial in nature, and does not apply retroactively to cancer diagnoses occurring prior to its effective date of July 1, 2019.” The statute did not simply alter the means by which firefighters obtain already-existing workers’ compensation benefits.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

JULY 5, 2022

Many workers’ compensation systems impose limits on benefits for older workers. See NASI, 2021 Workers’ Compensation Report – 2019 Data [Appendix D- Table D] – retrieved June 16, 2022 from [link] ) Australia’s coverage provisions under the individual state workcover schemes are varied.

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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. percent increase effective January 2019. per cent beginning on January 1.

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Workers' Compensation

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

For now, as in the past, the workers’ compensation system will assume the role of the decision-maker in this ongoing argument over safety in the workplace. …. Evidence for a health risk by RF on humans living around mobile phone base stations: From radiofrequency sickness to cancer. Environmental Research , 214 , 113851. Morgan, L.

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

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Empuls

JUNE 21, 2024

  In addition to providing a thorough pension plan, Allstate offers a finance coach, and resources 24/7 to get their employees up to date regarding their financial well-being, so far, Allstate has: Contributed $23 million and $24 million to the retirement plans in 2020 and 2019, respectively. 

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

AUGUST 22, 2019

The parameters include maximum insurable earnings (or maximum benefit that may be paid), compensation rate, duration of waiting periods, provisions for retroactive periods, cost of living adjustment provisions, entitlements to vocational rehabilitation, funeral expenses, and many other elements of workers’ compensation coverage.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

MARCH 7, 2020

The adjudicative decision for a workers’ compensation claim will become more complex as the risk differential between work and non-work exposures equalize. COVID-19 appears to spread most easily to those who come into “close contact” with the virus.

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The Workcomp Writer

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Richards, a truck driver for the employer, sustained injuries in a single-vehicle accident on 3 August 2019, when his truck “ran off the road returning from Virginia.” Accordingly, the Seagroves test had not been satisfied by the employer. Background.

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The Workcomp Writer

JANUARY 16, 2023

3d 1099 (2019)], which concluded that such reimbursement would not violate state law. Town of Tonawanda , 2019 N.Y. 17, 2019)] had hinted that reimbursement might be required under appropriate circumstances. Panaggio appealed to the New Hampshire Supreme Court [see 172 N.H. Dicta in an earlier decision [ Matter of Kluge v.

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The Workcomp Writer

MARCH 27, 2023

Background Plaintiff was working for Precision Pipeline (“Precision”) at a pipeline construction project on April 12, 2019, when he severely injured his left leg while dragging a fuel hose. As such, the employee’s exclusive remedy should be within the compensation system.] Kirson , 362 Md. 140, 763 A.2d 2d 185 (2000).

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Workers' Compensation

MARCH 22, 2025

workers' compensation system for a future pandemic requires considering multiple complex factors, including past administrative actions, potential policy shifts, and public health discourse. A lack of adequate resources could hinder the system's ability to handle a surge in claims during a pandemic.

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