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Heat Illness: A Firefighter's Fight

Workers' Compensation

As climate change intensifies, extreme heat events are becoming more frequent and severe, posing significant risks to those who bravely battle wildfires and other emergencies. This raises crucial questions about worker safety and the availability of adequate workers' compensation benefits.

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WCI 2024 is Upon Us

Florida Workers' Comp

Sunday brings the collegiality and community of the Kids' Chance Golf Tournament, the Zehmer Moot Court Competition semi-finals, and a variety of other events. The best event today will be the OJCC Meet and Greet at 5:00 in the Anaheim, Atlanta, and Boston rooms. The event has really grown.

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Structure Sales Compensation Plans That Can Fire Up Your Employees

HR Digest

Sometimes these are given as additional bonuses for good performance, while other times these are tied into entire salary compensation plans. Choose sales compensation systems that suit your company. Effective Steps to Create a Sales Compensation Plan Creating effective compensation plans does not have to be complicated.

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The Predicted Active Hurricane Season Stirs Trouble

Workers' Compensation

An active hurricane season can significantly impact the workers' compensation system in terms of claims and losses. Mental health claims: PTSD, anxiety, and depression claims may increase among workers exposed to traumatic events during hurricanes. The probability of major hurricane landfalls along the U.S.

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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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Classification and Controversy

Florida Workers' Comp

Every case may be different and in any event the four states delineated above may be different. The other reminder found in this news story is the lawsuit was filed 14 months after the event. Again, to be clear, “it depends." It depends on each state's law. The different combinations are mind-boggling.

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Another Hurdle to Prove an Occupational Disease Claim

Workers' Compensation

Since risk need only be a contributing cause of the event, the general acceptance may be found to be significantly reliable if it is based upon sound, adequately-founded scientific methodology involving data and information of type reasonably relied on by experts in the scientific field. City of Jersey City Fire Dept., 244, 814 A.2d