Workers' Compensation

OCTOBER 26, 2023

This standard would reduce occupational exposure to SARS-COV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, influenza viruses, and other pathogens that cause major personal and economic damage yearly and impact the workers' compensation system. It also describes procedures for commissioning systems to determine their installed performance.

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Florida Workers' Comp

AUGUST 23, 2022

The world of workers' compensation is geographic and diverse. There is no workers' compensation "system," but at least 60 systems across the country. Some are managed by a director, other by a board or commission (a critic or two complains that some seem not to be managed at all).

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The Workcomp Writer

MARCH 25, 2024

2d 283 (1996) ( Pittman )], it nevertheless reversed the Court of Appeals in the instant case, determining that neither the lower appellate court nor the state’s Industrial Commission had properly applied the test. The Commission ultimately consolidated plaintiff’s claims for a single hearing. Thomas & Howard , 122 N.C.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Social Security, Unemployment Insurance, Medicare, and Workers’ Compensation require employers pay a percentage of “earnings” over and above any contribution required of workers (typically paid out of gross earnings and often lumped together as “payroll taxes”). or 1.25% of total employer cost of employee compensation [$36.77].

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Florida Workers' Comp

JANUARY 11, 2024

In 2018 Forum Recap and Professionalism (April 2018) ; 2015 Frierson-Colling Professionalism Award (2015), I had the chance to discuss professionalism and The Florida Bar Workers' Compensation Section's efforts to recognize it in their members. Myers who was a legend in Florida workers' compensation before my time. Not so much.

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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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HR Bartender

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

And is it exclusive to worker’s compensation situations? 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. My recovery took years.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

MARCH 12, 2019

These questions appear have arisen as several US states and political analysts have proposed consideration of “single payer” healthcare systems for their jurisdictions. Is the workers’ compensation part of that spending similar across nations? Does it matter to workers’ compensation if there is a single payer system in place?

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The Workcomp Writer

MAY 24, 2022

Following independent medical examinations and the depositions of various providers, the employer and its workers’ compensation carrier raised the issue of a N.Y. 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.

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HR Digest

MARCH 28, 2022

When it comes to compensation plans for sales professionals, there are certain challenges that you must overcome. Building a perfect sales compensation plan is not easy and requires a lot of effort from sales personnel. What are the most important terms related to sales compensation plans? . These terms are the following: .

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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. In workers’ compensation articles, claims are often described as either “accepted” or “denied”.

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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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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. Supreme Court in New York C. White , 243 U.S. South Buffalo Ry.

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Insperity

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

Presently workers’ compensation is a quid pro quo system under which the employee gives up the right to sue the employer for injuries from work-related accidents in exchange for receiving benefits without regard to fault. Review your workers’ compensation treatment program. Fault is not an issue.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

JULY 11, 2019

In the US, Canada, and Australia (and New Zealand, in a comparable manner), workers’ compensation insurance arrangements meet that requirement, with each jurisdiction determining which insurance arrangement is most appropriate to its context. The market for workers’ compensation insurance is far from a free market place.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

JANUARY 1, 2019

The monthly workers’ compensation amount they receive may have sustained them initially but unless it is adjusted for the cost of living, permanently disabled workers will see the buying power of their workers’ compensation income decline with each passing year. Those are some of the options… if you are able to earn an income.

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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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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

APRIL 23, 2020

As with any other work injury or disease the compensability of a COVID-19 case hinges on its work-relatedness. Existing workers’ compensation policies are generally flexible enough to allow for consideration of COVID-19 claims. Are organizations capable of recognizing this and doing something about it?

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The Workcomp Writer

JANUARY 16, 2023

It is, of course, one thing for a state to allow the use of marijuana in the treatment of injuries and diseases, but quite another to require employers and/or insurers to reimburse injured workers in connection with a workers’ compensation claim. Ann. §§ 26-2B-1 to 26-2B-7, et seq.), Four have ruled such reimbursement can be ordered.

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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

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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Empuls

JANUARY 9, 2025

For example Microsoft is known for its performance-based bonus system, where employees receive bonuses based on their individual performance and the company's overall performance. Sales commission Salespeople get extra money based on how much they sell. However, these programs need to be fair and the goals achievable.

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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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