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A Comprehensive Guide to Total Rewards (And How to Master It)

Vantage Circle

Recommended Read: 15 Types Of Employee Benefits That Won't Break The Bank Characteristics of A Total Rewards Program. Reward systems are accurately aligned to employees' performance and what they value. Your employees deserve a reward system based on their needs rather than what you think is best for them.

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How prepared are workers’ compensation systems for COVID-19?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Regardless of the workers’ compensation model (private insurance, competitive state fund, exclusive state fund), every insurer has to prepare for the unexpected. As noted in my last post, the COVID-19 event most certainly is a rare event and just as assuredly will result in accepted workers’ compensation claims.

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Does workers’ compensation cover the full cost of a funeral for a work-related death?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

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.

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Can a worker claim workers’ compensation for COVID-19 exposure, illness or quarantine?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

[The following is a general response to questions from students in workers’ compensation, disability management, and workplace insurance courses. While prevention, control, and treatment questions top the list, workers’ compensation questions are being raised. The law and policy will vary by specific jurisdiction].

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Issue Commentary: Employer’s Liability for Post-Injury Medical Treatment

The Workcomp Writer

The injured worker had alleged the co-employees had a financial motive in minimizing his medical care—they would receive additional pay if certain safety goals were maintained. The Supreme Court said accordingly, workers’ compensation immunity barred Plaintiff’s claim for negligent hiring, retention, and supervision.

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