Workers' Compensation Perspectives

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Many students I encounter assume that workers’ compensation is simply another variant of traditional insurance. In North America and Australia, the intervention of choice was workers’ compensation. It stipulates that workers’ compensation serves as the “exclusive remedy” for occupational injuries and diseases.

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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. On the disability insurance side, this shift has meant changes to policies and procedures. Disability insurers also want to limit their liability to non-work-related cases.

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HR Bartender

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Meanwhile, I received the Foley & Lardner LLP newsletter and it included an article from our friend Mark Neuberger on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). As in, “I’m an employee who has ABC condition and this is what I think about ….” or “My spouse/child/etc. has XYZ condition and therefore, we need to do…”.

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Qandle

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Furthermore, it considers individual employee performance and contributions, ensuring a fair and transparent compensation system. In the end, a robust compensation management strategy enhances employee satisfaction and engagement, ultimately leading to greater organizational success. Why is Compensation Management Important?

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

APRIL 29, 2024

Many workers’ compensation jurisdictions and work-disability insurers have noted increasing mental disorder (also called psychological injury, mental injury) claims over time. The apparent rise in mental injuries First responders are not the only workers at risk of mental or psychological injuries.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

JULY 4, 2024

The apparent rise in mental disability claims is a significant issue for disability insurers and workers’ compensation systems. The observed rise in workers’ compensation claims for mental injury must be interpreted in context. Here is a brief recap of our discussion so far.

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Hppy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Image by prostooleh on Freepik Understanding Workers Compensation: The Basics Workers compensation is a no-fault insurance system designed to provide benefits to employees who suffer work-related injuries or illnesses.

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Florida Workers' Comp

AUGUST 18, 2024

The institute is a cross-section of every interest group in the workers' compensation system. This includes reports from the insurance commissioner and the director of the workers' compensation division. Members of the workers' compensation judiciary, both at the trial and appellate levels, are participants.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

JULY 11, 2019

In the US, Canada, and Australia (and New Zealand, in a comparable manner), workers’ compensation insurance arrangements meet that requirement, with each jurisdiction determining which insurance arrangement is most appropriate to its context. The market for workers’ compensation insurance is far from a free market place.

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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 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

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) recently released a comprehensive study examining "mega claims" in workers' compensation insurance. Implications for the Industry: The NCCI's study highlights the substantial financial impact of mega claims on the workers' compensation system.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

MARCH 12, 2019

The healthcare of military vets, grants for medical research and public medical insurance typically fall into the public spending category. Workers’ compensation spending on healthcare may be in either category or both depending on the jurisdiction. What portion of National Healthcare Expenditures are related to Workers’ Compensation?

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Workers' Compensation

JULY 10, 2024

An active hurricane season can significantly impact the workers' compensation system in terms of claims and losses. Geographic considerations: Coastal areas and regions more prone to hurricane impacts will likely see greater effects on their workers' compensation systems. Recommended Citation: Gelman, Jon L.,

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

[See [link] ] Progress towards improving compensation for workers was noted; so were the many gaps and shortfalls in the present landscape of state workers’ compensation laws. US workers’ compensation benefits generally lag those provided under the Canadian provincial and Australian state workers’ compensation systems.

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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. 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.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

APRIL 23, 2020

[Supplemental background for students of DMCCJ – Workers’ Compensation and Return to Work and DMCCL- Insurance and Other Benefits – Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health Sciences] Workers’ compensation insurers and legislators are taking the first steps in dealing with the COVID-19 crises.

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HR Bartender

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Over the years, the workers’ compensation system has given the return-to-work process many names: modified duty, light duty, limited duty, alternative duty, restricted duty, stay at work program, transitional duty or transitional work. If you leave the employee at home, the insurance carrier pays them to be there.

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Florida Workers' Comp

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The 1948 adoption of the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Law (marking the unanimity of this concept in the nation). The implementation of Social Security Disability Insurance (1956). What "moments matter" right now in the American workers' compensation systems? The first artificial joint replacement surgery (1938).

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Workers' Compensation

JUNE 21, 2022

preempts a state workers’ compensation order that compels an employer to reimburse an employee for the cost of marijuana used in response to pain arising from a work-related injury.” The petitioner further argued that Minnesota’s workers’ compensation system does not facilitate access to marijuana. 801 et seq., 91-513, Tit.

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Genesis HR Solutions

MARCH 22, 2023

One of the first things you ask them for is proof of insurance, in case a worker becomes injured on your property. If this company has partnered with a PEO, the certificate will show the PEO as the named insured. You may wonder, “The PEO’s staff members aren’t performing the job—why are they named as the insured?”

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Florida Workers' Comp

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In March 2022, the American Bar Association Trial and Insurance Practice (TIPS) section is bringing back its mid-year meeting. This annual tradition has come to have special meaning for the workers' compensation attorney community because of the College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers (CWCL).

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Florida Workers' Comp

AUGUST 23, 2022

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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Workers' Compensation

APRIL 5, 2023

A bill , A5353, to increase attorney fees in workers' compensation cases was introduced by Assemblyman Anthony S. Verrelli Workers' compensation is a system of insurance that provides wage replacement and medical benefits to employees who are injured in the course of their employment. Assemblyman Anthony S.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

APRIL 10, 2018

Every workers’ compensation system provides certain payments in the event of a work-related death of a worker. The expectation that workers’ compensation insurance will cover the full cost of a funeral and burial of an injured worker, however, is not the reality in all jurisdictions. but no statutory maximum.

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Workers' Compensation

JUNE 17, 2024

The bill sets time limits for workers' compensation insurers and self-insured employers to notify the SIF when supplemental workers' compensation benefits are required under the bill. These reductions parallel the reductions provided under current law for claimants who were injured before 1980.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Comparative studies provide stakeholders with context in assessing system performance and policy makers with objective data for decision making. Unfortunately, comparative studies of workers’ compensation system features and outcomes are rare. As with all forms of measurement, comparative analysis is costly and time consuming.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

MARCH 4, 2021

In the accompanying slides and in some responses, I provide additional references as a starting point for understanding and comparing initial workers’ compensation. All workers’ compensation systems pay the same rate for lost wages…right? I could find only one jurisdiction with no maximum on insured earnings: Manitoba.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

OCTOBER 23, 2023

AI will not change the functions of any disability insurance or workers’ compensation systems. have reported current application of AI in the insurance and workers’ compensation sector. Workers’ compensation or disability insurance are not islands. Ignoring and fearing it are not really options.

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Workers' Compensation

MAY 31, 2022

preempts a state workers’ compensation order that compels an employer to reimburse an employee for the cost of marijuana used in response to pain arising from a work-related injury.” The petitioner further argues that Minnesota’s workers’ compensation system does not facilitate access to marijuana. 801 et seq., 91-513, Tit.

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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.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

A recent study of manufacturing hourly compensation demonstrated a similar pattern for the main components (social insurance, wages or salaries, and direct benefits) paid by employers in Canada and Australia: The main divisions of employer costs for employee compensation under the BLS study are wages or salaries and benefits.

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Florida Workers' Comp

MARCH 15, 2022

The delivery of medical care is exceptional today, and in many instances more so than non-work injuries receive through health insurance. Some would also find irony in the "wasteful litigation" perception of tort that drove us to workers' compensation. Interaction of programs with others like Social Security are more uniform today.

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The Workcomp Writer

MARCH 25, 2024

To prove claims for workers’ compensation benefits, employees must prove that the workplace accident caused their injuries. Citing other decisions, the majority stressed that this causal requirement had been imposed because the Act was never intended to be a general accident and health insurance policy. 11, citing Weaver v.

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Workers' Compensation

AUGUST 24, 2023

Payments made under Section 20 may be considered payments of workers’ compensation for insurance rating purposes only. The insurance premium agency in NJ is the New Jersey Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau [NJCRIB]. University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Inc. Christodoulou , 180 N.J. 334, 851 A.2d

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Workers' Compensation

JANUARY 24, 2024

For some, the change in job status can affect health insurance, which can further treatment options. For some, the change in job status can affect health insurance and workers’ compensation benefits, which can further treatment options. Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Long COVID , www. Related: Gelman, Jon L.,

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Insperity

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

This benefit is funded by employers in any one of three ways: state insurance funds, which are created and maintained by employer premium payments that are geared in amount to the risk involved; employers who act as self-insurers; or. Employers are required to be insured. How can workers’ compensation costs be avoided?

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