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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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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. The Mercer QuickPulse US Compensation Planning Survey of August 2023 found that employers are planning a 3.9

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Have You Addressed The Gender Pay Gap & Staff Turnover For 2025?

JGA Recruitment

Instead of treating the symptoms, companies must treat the disease by zeroing in on the fundamental causes of pay disparities and designing compensation systems that are built on fairness and equality. Taking on the embedded biases that silently govern our choices, mentorship and career development programmes challenge the status quo.

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All Employee Medical Information Isn’t Protected by HIPAA

HR Bartender

Most employers, knowing they almost always have some health-related information on their employees gathered from things such as workers’ compensation claims, fringe benefit administration, and administration of leave and absenteeism policies should be rightfully concerned about their compliance with HIPAA’s Privacy Rule.

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Impacts of a Governmental Shutdown

Workers' Compensation

The effects of a government shutdown on state workers' compensation systems and their integration with Social Security will vary depending on the specific circumstances of each state. Workers' compensation insurance Premiums paid by employers fund workers' compensation systems.

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US Supreme Declines to Review Medical Marijuana Reimbursement Issue

Workers' Compensation

Therefore, the individual States will remain the authority on whether reimbursement for medical marijuana will be permitted in a workers' compensation claim. US Government's Position The US Government submitted a brief to SCOTUS by invitation. The US Government urged denial of the Writ. 801 et seq.,

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Waiting for a Treatment for Long COVID Creates Uncertainty

Workers' Compensation

The workers’ compensation system works because there is certainty in the amount and type of benefits available. The lack of an authorized treatment for long COVID disrupts that model and leaves employees, employers, and insurance companies with an unpredictable future. On the promising side. Recommended Citation: Gelman, Jon L.,