Employee Benefits

JUNE 10, 2024

More than half (58%) of UK manufacturers spend between £10,000 and £50,000 on staff wellbeing initiatives, up from a third two years ago, according to research by manufacturers’ organisation Make UK. Overall, 27% of workers have taken ownership of their own wellbeing by making use of the incentives on offer.

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Winston Benefits

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Manufacturing jobs offer some of the best benefits around. According to the Economics and Statistics Administration , employee benefits at manufacturing jobs are worth about 60 percent more in monetary terms than those at other jobs.

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InterWest Insurance Services

MARCH 5, 2024

The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California will recommend changes to class codes for some electronics manufacturing sectors, as well as increases to the wage thresholds for construction industry dual classifications. Rates for lower-wage workers are often double the rates for higher-wage workers.

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InterWest Insurance Services

JULY 9, 2024

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on May 31 approved all of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s recommended changes to class codes for some electronics manufacturing sectors, as well as increases to the wage thresholds for construction industry dual classifications. Starting Sept.

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Empuls

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

At the moment, manufacturing companies are dealing with many challenges such as labor shortages, skill gaps, high turnover rates, and more. To soften these blows as much as possible, employee engagement in the manufacturing industry becomes critical. Manufacturing jobs can be physically demanding.

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3Sixty Insights

DECEMBER 5, 2023

These significant business benefits are being enjoyed by enterprises across industries and geographies when best-fit employee experience programs are in place, extending to predominantly deskless worker industries such as manufacturing, natural resources, public sector, transportation, and retail.

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The Workcomp Writer

JULY 18, 2022

The Court stressed that the dual capacity doctrine, a judicially recognized exception to the exclusive remedy provisions of the state’s Workers’ Compensation Act, did not apply when a machine manufactured by the employer injures the employee since the employer has a duty to its employees to maintain a safe work environment.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 12, 2019

According to a recent study by Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute, the U.S. manufacturing skills gap may leave 2.4 The most promising approach that manufacturing companies seem to agree on is to turn to a previously untapped talent pool – high school students. The “skills gap” in America is reaching epidemic proportions.

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InterWest Insurance Services

JULY 16, 2024

OSHA said it had updated the HazCom standard “to better protect workers by improving the amount and quality of information on labels and safety data sheets and allow workers and first responders to react more quickly in an emergency.” 19, 2026, while those that evaluate mixtures will have to comply by July 19, 2027.

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Workplace Insight

MAY 28, 2024

The report based on a survey of 4,400 US workers, claims to reveal a strong correlation between work location flexibility and positive employee experiences. Tech: Remote workers report better work-life balance but want clearer communication about the company’s future.

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Empuls

MARCH 30, 2023

In case human resources weren’t challenging as it is, it takes it a notch higher in the manufacturing industry. However, the hiring reality doesn’t reflect that, so much so that 83% of manufacturers consider attracting and retaining talent as their top challenge. How manufacturing industries are attracting employees?

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Manufacturing Employee Retention Recruitment Employee Recognition 40

InterWest Insurance Services

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The new rule applies to businesses in 104 high-hazard industries that include the agricultural, food production, manufacturing, retail, wholesale, transportation and medical sectors. All employers with 250 or more workers to electronically submit information from their Forms 300A once per year. 1 through April 30 every year.

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Florida Workers' Comp

MAY 1, 2024

The surprise comes when they are informed that weed is illegal and that there are two outcomes: the employee's workers' compensation claim is denied on the premise that the dope caused the accident. The case involves a worker who was suffering from chronic pain. This is a civil lawsuit and the worker is seeking damages.

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Workers' Compensation

MARCH 25, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) draft risk evaluation of formaldehyde, released on March 15, 2024, raises significant concerns for worker health and worker compensation risk exposure. Exposure Routes: Inhalation and dermal contact are the primary exposure routes for workers. The final EPA decision may differ.

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Workers' Compensation

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Artificial intelligence [AI] opens new frontiers for workers’ compensation law firms and insurance companies. Last week, Google announced new applications that will vastly expand how workers’ compensation claims can be serviced, managed, and supported. This information can be used to improve risk management and prevent future claims.

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Workers' Compensation

MARCH 29, 2024

Unfortunately, some New Jersey workers are facing serious health consequences due to PFAS exposure. Several occupations put workers at risk of PFAS exposure, including: Chemical manufacturing workers who produce or handle PFAS-containing materials. Workers should document all potential exposure incidents.

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Employee Benefits

JUNE 16, 2023

The aim of the pilot is to measure the impact of reduced working time on employees’ physical and mental health and the economic and functional effect on organisations, as well as reducing levels of stress and burnout for workers and improving staff retention. The post Portugal pilots four-day work week appeared first on Employee Benefits.

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Employee Benefits

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Awards between these figures occurred most commonly in construction, financial services, food and drink manufacturing, and retail. This maintains pressure on employers to award their workers with a pay rise that compensates them to some extent for the higher cost of living.”

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InterWest Insurance Services

JULY 30, 2024

The new rules apply to most indoor workplaces, such as restaurants, warehouses and manufacturing facilities, and require employers to provide water, rest, cool-down areas and training when temperatures exceed the threshold. Workers should be monitored for symptoms of heat-related illness when they are taking such cool-down rests.

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Empuls

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The manufacturing industry is the backbone of global economies, producing goods that are essential for modern life. The manufacturing industry presents its own set of challenges when it comes to employee engagement and motivation.  Employee motivation Manufacturing work can often be repetitive and physically demanding.

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The Workcomp Writer

MAY 14, 2024

Saul filed a negligence claim against Seaboard Triumph, which in turn moved for summary judgment, arguing that the suit was barred by the exclusive remedy provisions of Iowa’s workers’ compensation law. Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Co. , The trial court agreed and granted summary judgment in favor of Seaboard Triumph.

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Workers' Compensation

JULY 2, 2022

As Independence Day approaches, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration urges employers in the fireworks and pyrotechnics industry to be vigilant and protect workers from hazards while manufacturing, storing, transporting, displaying, and selling fireworks for public events. Recommended Citation: Gelman, Jon L.,

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Workplace Insight

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Two thirds of British workers would be prepared to take a pay cut for an overall better job according to a poll from the hiring platform Indeed. The mean pay cut workers surveyed are willing to take is 9.2 Workers in large companies (over 500 people) are least likely to believe that they have a good job (85 percent).

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Workplace Insight

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

A Head of HR at a large manufacturing company described the implementation of their wellbeing strategy over the last year. As a result, for many years I have been banging the drum that health issues are safety issues, and that we have to prioritise the wellbeing of our front-line and shop-floor workers. So far, so important.

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Manufacturing Recruitment IT 98

Workers' Compensation

AUGUST 9, 2024

Google’s distribution agreements with browser developers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and carriers were deemed exclusionary under the Microsoft precedent. Potential Impacts on Attorneys The impact of the Google antitrust ruling on how attorneys practice workers’ compensation is likely to be indirect and gradual.

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Workers' Compensation

DECEMBER 13, 2024

In a recent decision, the New Jersey Supreme Court clarified the scope of insurance coverage for employers facing lawsuits from injured workers. He received workers' compensation benefits from Shelbourne Spring. The Court found that the insurance policy's exclusion for workers' compensation claims also applied to Laidlow claims.

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Workers' Compensation

MARCH 4, 2023

I have tested the applications in research and analysis on various workers’ compensation legal issues. Q: Write a judicial opinion in a workers' compensation case based on NJ law, whether a delivery person is an employee or an independent contractor. I asked ChatGPT to write a judicial opinion on the subject.

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Employee Benefits

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Four Day Week Global, Four Day Week Campaign and Autonomy led a six-month trial of a four-day week, with no loss of pay for workers, since last year, surveying 75 employers and 1,751 employees. The findings highlighted that 4% were leaning towards continuing, with the same number deciding to definitely not continue. on average.

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InterWest Insurance Services

MAY 26, 2023

PBMs are intermediaries, acting as go-betweens for insurance companies, self-insured employers, drug manufacturers and pharmacies. Additionally, PBMs have been accused of pocketing the rebates that drug manufacturers offer, instead of passing them on to the end users: the patients who are prescribed the medications.

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Out of Pocket Cost Manufacturing Insurance Medical 98

InterWest Insurance Services

AUGUST 10, 2023

PBMs are intermediaries, acting as go-betweens for insurance companies, self-insured employers, drug manufacturers and pharmacies. Additionally, PBMs have been accused of pocketing the rebates that drug manufacturers offer, instead of passing them on to the end users: the patients who are prescribed the medications.

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Workers' Compensation

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Reporting Requirements The new EPA asbestos reporting rule requires certain entities that manufactured, imported, or processed asbestos from 2019 to 2022 with annual sales of $500,000 or more to report their asbestos use. The new asbestos reporting rule is a significant victory for the plaintiffs in Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization v.

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Workplace Insight

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Only 17 percent of B2B services organisations expect fully in person working, while the figure for manufacturers is 38 percent, and B2C services 37 percent. In a tight labour market, where employers are competing for skilled workers, hybrid working, and flexible working more generally, has become an important part of staff benefit packages.

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Manufacturing Benefits Package Finance Technology 105

Florida Workers' Comp

DECEMBER 1, 2022

It seems like that event can be referenced in regard to a multitude of changes in the world of work, and workers' compensation is no different. workers have gotten way less productive." (Not This is based on "worker output," which has fallen recently to levels not seen in America since 1947. How can productivity be maintained?

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Manufacturing Workers’ Compensation Construction Recruitment 80

The Workcomp Writer

OCTOBER 4, 2023

It is axiomatic that in every American jurisdiction, once a workers’ compensation act has become applicable—either through compulsion or election—it affords the exclusive remedy for the injury by the employee or the employee’s dependents against the employer [see Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law , § 100.01, et seq. ].

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InterWest Insurance Services

JANUARY 23, 2024

Construction firms that don’t keep up with the latest in safety devices are missing an opportunity to save lives, reduce workplace injuries and avoid costly workers’ compensation and liability claims. In addition, to protect their hands, workers have to use gloves when carrying and installing these studs.

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Construction Manufacturing Hospitality Insurance 98

The Workcomp Writer

MAY 28, 2023

The high court said the employer had presented unrequited evidence that the worker agreed to be controlled and directed by employees of the special employer. The unrequited evidence also showed that the temporary worker acquiesced in the employment arrangement. Midsouth Paving, Inc. LEXIS 59 (May 19, 2023)]. 2d 862 (Ala.

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Employment Workers’ Compensation Insurance Manufacturing 52

InterWest Insurance Services

JUNE 7, 2024

The rules will require applicable employers to take steps to protect their workers and the most likely solution would be installing air conditioning, as well as complying with setting up cool-down areas. Allow and encourage workers to take preventive cool-down rests in a cool-down area when they feel the need to do so.

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