Workers' Compensation

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Implications for the Industry: The NCCI's study highlights the substantial financial impact of mega claims on the workers' compensation system. Employers: Awareness of the factors contributing to mega claims can help employers implement proactive safety measures to reduce the likelihood of such incidents. ORDER NOW. *

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Workers' Compensation

JUNE 17, 2024

Assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia filed the legislation to institute additional workers' compensation supplemental benefits on June 13, 2024, and Assemblyman Inganamort co-sponsored it. Benefit amount is reduced by some Social Security benefits and employer disability pensions.

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Workers' Compensation

JANUARY 24, 2024

For some, the change in job status can affect health insurance and workers’ compensation benefits, which can further treatment options. held a Hearing on Thursday, January 18, 2024, titled “Addressing Long COVID: Advancing Research and Improving Patient Care.” “The Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Long COVID , www.

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Workers' Compensation

JANUARY 17, 2024

The bill amends current workers’ compensation law to add that a response to an emergency, including work sufficient to cause certain injuries or death, is compensable. In addition, paid, part-paid, or volunteer firefighters and police officers and members of a volunteer first aid or rescue squad are eligible for compensation.

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The Workcomp Writer

MARCH 25, 2024

Noah’s Playloft Preschool , 2024 N.C. 22, 2024)]. Background Plaintiff Robin Kluttz-Ellison, employed at Noah’s Playloft Preschool, filed two workers’ compensation claims alleging that she had sustained injuries in two separate incidents. LEXIS 152 (Mar. 124, 468 S.E.2d

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

APRIL 29, 2024

see Phil Melnychuk, “Online program gives firefighters some advance notice about the trauma and tragedy they’ll face”, Delta Optimist, March 20, 2024] That’s the way Captain Ben Lewis recently described the nature of a firefighter’s job. “Every day we respond, and we attach ourselves to the worst day of somebody’s life.” [see

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Empuls

JUNE 21, 2024

The research also revealed that up to 77% of workers with access to employer-sponsored benefits, chose to participate in the program, increasing the take-up rate. The retirement rewards come with a well-managed and planned retirement to provide financial security and stability among the employees during their post-employment phase.

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The Workcomp Writer

MARCH 12, 2024

As we note in Larson, the excessive and indiscriminate use of the lump-summing device has reached a point in some jurisdictions that it threatens to undermine the real purpose of the workers’ compensation system. Within the workers’ compensation context, the issues are more complex and nuanced. Instruction/ Buncombe Cnty.

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

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Workers' Compensation

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Attorneys can help workers navigate the complex workers' compensation system and ensure they receive all their entitlements. What does this mean for employers? This study suggests employers can reduce workers' compensation costs by advising injured workers to seek legal representation. ORDER NOW. *

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The Workcomp Writer

JANUARY 23, 2025

The case began its journey through the states workers compensation system: first to Deputy Commissioner Stephenson, who, after a hearing on September 10, 1975, found the claim compensable and awarded benefits. It recognized that a disease need not be unique to an occupation to be compensable. 499, 503, 24 A.2d

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The Workcomp Writer

OCTOBER 21, 2024

127,123, 2024 Kan. 18, 2024)]. She received medical and temporary disability benefits under Montana’s workers’ compensation system and continued working in Montana until 2020, when she moved back to Kansas. Comment As we note in Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law , § 143.01, et seq. Healthcenter Nw., LEXIS 31 (Kan.

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Workers' Compensation

JANUARY 8, 2025

does not expressly provide a private remedy for redressing employment discrimination against cannabis users. After a positive pre-employment marijuana test, Walmart rescinded the job offer. The purpose is to provide a swift and certain system for compensating injured workers while limiting employer liability for retaliatory firing.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

MARCH 10, 2025

At a recent personal injury/disability management conference, a panel moderator told delegates, The topics on our agenda today are strikingly similar to those on the conference agenda from a decade ago (Rebecca Harris, GM Regulatory Services WorkCover WA at PIEF Conference, Perth: October 2024 [paraphrased]).

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Workers' Compensation

JANUARY 24, 2025

Disruptions to these services can hinder employers' ability to identify and address workplace hazards effectively. This can increase the risk of occupational illnesses and injuries among employees, leading to higher workers' compensation claims. Live Updates 1/22/2021 Recommended Citation: Gelman, Jon.,

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The Workcomp Writer

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Personal Observation In 1977, I stood before the North Carolina Industrial Commission as a young workers’ compensation defense attorney, barely a year into practice, challenging a deputy commissioner’s credibility determination. Beauchamp , 2024 Ark. An ALJ found Beauchamp had injured both hips in the original fall.

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