Workers' Compensation Perspectives

MARCH 12, 2019

I’ve received a lot of questions recently on workers’ compensation healthcare spending in Canada, the US and other countries. These questions appear have arisen as several US states and political analysts have proposed consideration of “single payer” healthcare systems for their jurisdictions. See figure at top of this post.]

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Business Management Daily

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Now a federal program seeks to limit addiction by controlling how much medication injured federal government employees are allowed to receive. It limits the total number of pills workers’ comp recipients may receive and the length of time they can be prescribed. Limited-time prescriptions.

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Workers' Compensation

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

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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Workers' Compensation

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Last week, the French government requested that Apple stop selling the iPhone 12 model because of excessive radiation detected during recent tests. CIVIL LITIGATION Civil litigation discovery from emerging occupational disease claims has historically provided ancillary litigation support in proving non-fault workers’ compensation claims.

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HR Bartender

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

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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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

JULY 11, 2019

For more than a century, governments have pursued a social policy objective: to protect workers from work-related injury, disability, illness and death in a compassionate and sustainable way that still allows the economic activity and innovation necessary for societies to operate and thrive. Government interventions alter the market.

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Workers' Compensation

JULY 14, 2023

A report released today by the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) finds that the agency that manages workers’ compensation claims filed by state employees failed to remedy deficiencies identified three years ago. As of now, the risk of fraud, waste, and abuse in New Jersey’s workers’ compensation system remains unacceptably high.”

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

JUNE 2, 2024

Last time, we outlined the growth in mental disorder/psychological injury claims in workers' compensation and related workplace insurance programs. For workers’ compensation, growing recognition of the work-relatedness of mental injuries requires changes to legislation and policy allowing for compensation.

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Workers' Compensation

JUNE 21, 2022

The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) declined to review the Minnesota Supreme Court’s decision prohibiting reimbursement of medical marijuana costs in a workers’ compensation claim. Therefore, the individual States will remain the authority on whether reimbursement for medical marijuana will be permitted in a workers' compensation claim.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

.); "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. More on that in a future post.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

MARCH 4, 2021

Work-related injury not only physical and mental pain, but any resulting disability also raises immediate questions Injured workers and family members often turn to their human resource (HR) and disability management (DM) professionals to provide guidance on workers’ compensation issues. California) to seven days (e.g.,

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Florida Workers' Comp

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Bidwell (1901 - governance of territories); World War I (1918); The Scopes Trial (1925); racial equality in the military (1948); Nixon Meets Mao (1972); Genetically Modified Organisms (1980); Anita Hill speaks up (1991). The 1948 adoption of the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Law (marking the unanimity of this concept in the nation).

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

JANUARY 1, 2019

Workers with permanent disabilities often don’t have those options. The monthly workers’ compensation amount they receive may have sustained them initially but unless it is adjusted for the cost of living, permanently disabled workers will see the buying power of their workers’ compensation income decline with each passing year.

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Workers' Compensation

AUGUST 12, 2022

The workers’ compensation system works because there is certainty in the amount and type of benefits available. A recent article in Nature discusses why the delay has been so prolonged, especially since the government funding has been enormous. On the promising side. Recommended Citation: Gelman, Jon L.,

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Insperity

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

Workers’ compensation is designed to provide income replacement and coverage of medical expenses for employees who are injured on the job. employers who contract with an approved private insurance company.Workers’ compensation insurance premiums are based on the accident history of a company.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

AUGUST 22, 2019

[For the first part of this discussion, see “Workers’ Compensation Insurance Arrangements: Does the model make a difference? Part 1” at [link] or [link] ] In my previous post, I described the range of public policy insurance arrangements governments use in the workers’ compensation insurance market.

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Workers' Compensation

MAY 31, 2022

The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) is scheduled to conference the Minnesota Supreme Court’s decision prohibiting reimbursement of medical marijuana costs in a workers’ compensation claim. US Government 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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Florida Workers' Comp

JULY 24, 2022

In March 2022, I was honored to speak (briefly) at the Workers' Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) conference in Boston, see Friends, Romans, countrymen, lendme your ears (March 2022). However, society has moved on and "workers" today is more more acceptable; our workplaces are more diverse, vibrant, and inclusive.

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Florida Workers' Comp

JULY 28, 2022

National Geographic notes that “many (governments) had systems for anonymous denunciation of one kind or another." This facilitated an "inquisitorial” system in which "inquiry would be started from a public accusation which often involved witnesses, or a secret denunciation.” Venice was not alone. It is an interesting read.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

AUGUST 27, 2023

Whether you work as a Case Manager for workers’ compensation system, a client services representative for a transport-accident personal-injury insurance, a claims administrator for a non-occupational disability insurance plan, or a return-to-work specialist for a third-party administrator, you will face the disability insurance “trust gap”.

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Workers' Compensation

AUGUST 24, 2023

A cornerstone of the NJ Workers’ Compensation Act [WCA] is that the Division of Workers’ Compensation [DWC] is mandated to oversee the settlement of accident or injury claims. Payments made under Section 20 may be considered payments of workers’ compensation for insurance rating purposes only. 2d 693 (A.D.1953).

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Workers' Compensation

JULY 3, 2022

An asbestos manufacturer or supplier that places inadequate warnings on asbestos bags used in the workplace has a duty to warn the worker, regardless of whether it provides the employer with the correct information, which is reasonably intended to reach its employees. Adequate warnings provide workers with a choice. 34:15-7 to -35.22.”

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Empuls

JUNE 21, 2024

Moreover, 56% of the workers participated in the plans. The research also revealed that up to 77% of workers with access to employer-sponsored benefits, chose to participate in the program, increasing the take-up rate. 73 percent of civilian workers had access to retirement benefits in 2023.    💡 Why?

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Vantage Circle

JULY 13, 2021

The total rewards program should incorporate a comprehensive benefits package beyond the minimums mandated by the federal government. Your employees deserve a reward system based on their needs rather than what you think is best for them. Meaningful rewards create a sense of trust amongst workers. Centralized Administration.

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The Workcomp Writer

JANUARY 16, 2023

It is, of course, one thing for a state to allow the use of marijuana in the treatment of injuries and diseases, but quite another to require employers and/or insurers to reimburse injured workers in connection with a workers’ compensation claim. Stat. . §§ 26-2B-1 to 26-2B-7, et seq.), Four have ruled that it cannot.

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Florida Workers' Comp

JULY 11, 2022

Other state's workers' compensation systems "figured out" how to accept electronic documents as evidence. I recently read an article in which a workers' compensation judge explained a state's decision to eschew video as it presented too many challenges; Florida, on the contrary, switched to video with nary a hitch.

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Workers' Compensation

JANUARY 24, 2024

Long COVID continues to impact the lives of US workers. For some, the change in job status can affect health insurance and workers’ compensation benefits, which can further treatment options. At all levels of government, we must do more to address the health crises countless Americans are living through because of coronavirus.

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The Workcomp Writer

MARCH 12, 2024

As I point out below, boards’ and commissions’ broad use of lump-summing can sometimes undermine the core philosophy of workers’ compensation as a means of replacing a portion of lost earnings. Within the workers’ compensation context, the issues are more complex and nuanced.

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Workers' Compensation

AUGUST 8, 2023

While state benefit systems such as workers’ compensation have made an admirable attempt in many jurisdictions to provide benefits, a significant gap and non-uniform delivery of benefits continue to exist among jurisdictions. The Federal government has continued to active monitoring COVID-19.

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Florida Workers' Comp

JANUARY 16, 2025

The news more recently announced that the government would sue one airline over late flights. The government is seemingly interested in flight delays and challenges in the world of travel. In short, it sounds a lot like the Florida workers' compensation system of the 1990s. You have "status" here.

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Empuls

JANUARY 9, 2025

It's a one-time payment that helps attract good workers and makes new employees feel welcome and appreciated from the start. This would reward hard workers and motivate others to do their best. Solution In a strategic move to revamp their compensation system, Sage Software partnered with PayScale (formerly CURO) in 2020.

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Workers' Compensation

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

This is the first in a series of posts concerning the potential impact of the US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) on the nation's patchwork of workers' compensation systems. It may cause serious repercussions in the workers' compensation system, particularly concerning Medicare Set-Aside Arrangements ( MSAs ).

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Workers' Compensation

MARCH 19, 2025

Changes within the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) could have negative economic repercussions for states that rely on a loophole that allows workers' compensation insurance carriers to benefit from Social Security Disability payments through reverse offsets. DOGE Changes: Workers' Comp Costs Rise?,

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