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Workers' Compensation Perspectives
MARCH 23, 2020
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.
Florida Workers' Comp
AUGUST 18, 2024
The institute is a cross-section of every interest group in the workers' compensation system. Profits from the conference are used to enhance the workers' compensation system. Initially, the institute provided a series of "grants" to assist the system. The medical courses will continue on a permanent basis.
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Workers' Compensation
JUNE 19, 2022
The workers’ compensation system nationally has been challenged over the last two plus years of the COVID Pandemic. The multi-state administered workers’ compensation program is based on a litigious patchwork of state programs with varying degrees of eligibility, procedures, and benefits.
Workers' Compensation
JANUARY 5, 2022
Workplaces are now primed for a massive wave of compensation claims due to the Omicron variant. A recent study provides a potential opportunity for employers and insurance companies to reduce their risk exposure through early sequencing and treatment proactively.
The Workcomp Writer
DECEMBER 31, 2022
On May 19, 2020, claimant, a freight delivery driver, applied for workers’ compensation benefits on the basis of a COVID-19 diagnosis. Following an independent medical examination (IME) and hearings, a WCLJ established the claim, finding that claimant had met his burden of establishing that he had contracted COVID-19 through his employment.
The Workcomp Writer
APRIL 3, 2023
The Court acknowledged that under the state’s statutory scheme it was difficult, although not impossible, to establish a causal connection between the employment and the virus. On August 4, 2020, Foster submitted to a COVID-19 test at a regional hospital. LEXIS 72 (Mar. Code § 23-4-1(f). That test was negative. Perdue Farms, Inc.
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. How do workers’ compensation laws work? State agency administers the system.
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