HR Bartender

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Over the years, the workers’ compensation system has given the return-to-work process many names: modified duty, light duty, limited duty, alternative duty, restricted duty, stay at work program, transitional duty or transitional work.

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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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The Workcomp Writer

MAY 24, 2022

Claimant further testified that he did not think that he needed to mention the prior injuries or awards because they were already in the workers’ compensation system. The appellate court stressed that the Commission was free to reject claimant’s self-serving explanations.

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HR Digest

MARCH 28, 2022

For example, if a company reaches 100% of the quota, there is a larger commission. For example, if a salesperson fails to meet at least 70% of his or her quota, the commission will be lower, and decelerators will be present to show the person’s lower activity. Sales accelerators and decelerators . This is known as an accelerator.

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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. Bill 49, Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2002 contained a provision for “mental stress” claims.

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Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

OCTOBER 19, 2022

With this focus on executive compensation clawbacks, the DOJ is stepping into an area first highlighted by the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, which directed the Securities and Exchange Commission to promulgate rules requiring publicly-listed companies to have compensation clawback policies.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Not all components of employer costs for a worker attract a premium but most workers’ compensation system defined which components are considered “reportable” or “assessable” payroll. What’s Reportable as Payroll for Workers’ Compensation? For the purpose of this discussion, these rating provisions are not critical.

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Florida Workers' Comp

JULY 24, 2022

In March 2022, I was honored to speak (briefly) at the Workers' Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) conference in Boston, see Friends, Romans, countrymen, lendme your ears (March 2022). The panel included Professor John Burton , an emeritus professor at Rutgers University and the Chair of the 1972 Commission. Youngs , 163 Neb.

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The Workcomp Writer

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Following a hearing on the claim, the Deputy Commissioner ordered that the employer pay TTD until Richards returned to work, until further order of the Industrial Commission, or until compensation was otherwise legally terminated. The employer appealed to the Full Commission, which affirmed in relevant part. 228, 472 S.E.2d

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

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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Florida Workers' Comp

JANUARY 11, 2024

The Workers' Compensation Institute described the award: it "was created “to recognize those who had performed outstanding and selfless service in advancing the philosophy and practice of the workers’ compensation system.” WCI Newsletter (May 2012). In 2024, I am going to figure out who won that award.

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Workers' Compensation

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

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).

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The Workcomp Writer

MARCH 12, 2024

97-44), the state’s Court of Appeals affirmed a decision by the North Carolina Industrial Commission denying an injured employee’s petition to receive a lump-sum payment related to her award of permanent and total disability (PTD) [ Blackwell v. The Commission had afforded little weight, therefore, to the two medical experts’ testimony.

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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. per cent beginning on January 1.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

JULY 11, 2019

Australian and New Zealand workers’ compensation systems include exclusive, centrally funded and privately underwritten workers’ compensation “schemes” [a term used in Australian/New Zealand, analogous to insurance system or arrangement]. There are no jurisdictions with competitive state funds.

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Insperity

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

State agency administers the system. The responsibility for the administration of a workers’ compensation system usually resides in the hands of a commission or board. The proceeds of any such suit are usually applied first to reimburse the employer for benefits paid to the employee.

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The Workcomp Writer

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Heartiest congratulations to the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) as it celebrates 100 years of service to the workers’ compensation system. Our” system has seen substantial changes over the years and NCCI has deftly adapted along with it. Short-Lived Oklahoma Opt-Out Law Vasquez v. Dillard’s, Inc.,

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Florida Workers' Comp

MARCH 15, 2022

The program concludes Thursday just before lunchtime with a panel dedicated to the Report of the (1972) National Commission on State Workmen's Compensation Laws. As I write this, I wonder whether it is this document or the Commission to which I address my Shakespearean references. In fairness, it has its critics today.

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The Workcomp Writer

JANUARY 16, 2023

Thus, we begin with the decisions that have already addressed the preemptive effect of the CSA on orders for reimbursement of medical cannabis made under state workers' compensation laws [Opinion, p. 3d 825 (2021)]. Panaggio suffered from ongoing pain as a result of a 1991 work-related injury to his lower back.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

APRIL 23, 2020

Rapid, accurate and consistent decisions will depend on the degree of agility workers’ compensation systems can achieve on these potentially complex cases and constrained operating environments. A special concern: Mental Injuries Workers’ compensation systems routinely accept psychological impacts as a result of injury.

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Empuls

JANUARY 9, 2025

Sales commission Salespeople get extra money based on how much they sell. Sales commission also incentivizes salespeople to focus on achieving sales targets. For Example Oracle uses a sales commission structure to reward its salespeople based on the amount of revenue they generate.

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The Workcomp Writer

MAY 1, 2025

Refusal of Life-Saving Treatment Within Workers Compensation Context In Martin v. Industrial Accident Commission , 147 Cal. The Industrial Accident Commission denied the claim for death benefits filed by the workers widow and children. 2d 137, 304 P.2d 2d 828 (Cal. He subsequently died from post-surgical shock.

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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. It was my second appearance before the Full Commission, which consisted of three commissioners.

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The Workcomp Writer

JANUARY 23, 2025

Following Booker’s death, his widow filed a claim for death benefits with the North Carolina Industrial Commission. 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.

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The Workcomp Writer

APRIL 10, 2025

Industrial Accident Commission , 18 Cal. 2d 615 (1941), that such a doctrine must be applied with extreme caution for the reason that it is barely distinguishable from the rules of contributory negligence and assumption of risk which are not applicable in compensation cases. 2d 40, 112 P.2d Conclusion Hawk v.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

MARCH 10, 2025

Her statement resonated with my own experience attending workers compensation conferences in each of the past five decades. Many of the issues facing workers compensation systems are perennial; the relative priority and details change with the times, but the themes are enduring.

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