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What's Hot in Workers' Comp 2022?

Florida Workers' Comp

The world of workers' compensation is geographic and diverse. There is no workers' compensation "system," but at least 60 systems across the country. That congregation discusses the hot topics of workers' compensation before an audience at the WCI Workers' Compensation Educational Conference.

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

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

The “Unknown” occupational disease risk in workers’ compensation When workers’ compensation systems started a century ago, the focus was “industrial accidents”. page U47] Over time, most workers’ compensation systems adapted to include coverage for occupational diseases. This limitation was noted at the time.

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What is Workers’ Compensation?

Insperity

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. How do workers’ compensation laws work? State agency administers the system.