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Workers’ compensation for remote employees: a guide

Insperity

Do you need to worry about workers’ compensation for remote employees? When your organization adopts or expands a work-from-home policy, it’s a good idea to take a fresh look at your workers’ compensation coverage and processes. It’s important to understand that employee injuries at home may be covered by workers’ compensation.

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How to reduce workers’ compensation costs: 3 proven strategies

Insperity

Are you struggling with how to reduce workers’ compensation costs for your business? If not, do you understand the sizeable risk that workers’ compensation claims pose to your business, and do you have a plan in place for when these claims arise? That’s why controlling workers’ compensations costs is so important to your bottom line.

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Future-ready HR: The versatility of full-service PEO partnerships

Insperity

An example of this is a client company discovering that they’ve been continuing to pay for medical insurance for a terminated employee. Imagine being able to focus on your core business entirely and know that your PEO partner has your HR needs covered for the present and future. Considerations for using a single, full-service PEO 1.

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COVID litigation, lessons for businesses from the courtroom

Business Management Daily

Employee exposure is likely covered under worker’s comp. At the beginning of the pandemic, it was unclear whether workers could easily make a workers’ compensation claim. Generally, community-acquired illnesses like the flu or common cold aren’t covered by workers’ comp. Work with your state’s insurance carrier.

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How Can Workers’ Compensation Claims be Managed?

Insperity

Organizations need to learn to manage workers’ compensation claims. Organizations with organized claims and disability management programs have lower rates of lost work time, reduced costs, and less attorney involvement in their workers’ compensation claims. Lower loss costs means lower workers’ compensation costs.

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US Supreme Declines to Review Medical Marijuana Reimbursement Issue

Workers' Compensation

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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US Supreme Court to Conference Medical Marijuana Preemption Case

Workers' Compensation

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. Preemption Issue The question presented is: “Whether the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. Mendota Heights Dental Center, et al., 801 et seq.,

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