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It’s a Match! How to Create an Equitable Compensation System That Fits You

HR Digest

As 2023 draws to a close and companies begin to settle on the wages and hikes for the next year, the question of how to create an equitable compensation system might flash in everyone’s mind—if briefly. Building a conscious pay system requires conscious policies and practices that support such an initiative.

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What is Workers' Compensation Self-insurance?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

This means: - Employers are shielded from legal suits for work-related injuries in exchange for funding the costs of statutory compensation and benefits specified by the relevant workers’ compensation statute. ComCare handles the claims including payments, medical expenses, are related benefits. Self Insured : 24.7%

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Workers’ Compensation: What’s payroll got to do with it?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

.); "total amount paid to employees over a period," hence, via records-keeping, "list of employees receiving pay." [ See [link] ] Today, the word “payroll” more often than not refers to the department or system that manage employer costs for a range of employee compensation components.

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Is workers’ compensation spending on healthcare significant? Would a "single-payer" system make a difference?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Private funding includes out-of-pocket healthcare spending by individuals on medical supplies and services, co-pays or deductibles. The healthcare of military vets, grants for medical research and public medical insurance typically fall into the public spending category. In my view, this would be a mistake.

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Workers’ Compensation Insurance Arrangements: Does the model make a difference? Part 1

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

The workers’ compensation coverage for US federal employees does not fall easily into these three categories. US federal government employees are covered under the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA), administered by the Department of Labor’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP).