Workers' Compensation Perspectives

MARCH 23, 2020

The “Unknown” occupational disease risk in workers’ compensation When workers’ compensation systems started a century ago, the focus was “industrial accidents”. page U47] Over time, most workers’ compensation systems adapted to include coverage for occupational diseases. This limitation was noted at the time.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

JANUARY 1, 2019

To forestall this eventuality, the majority of North American workers’ compensation jurisdictions adjust periodic payments (sometimes called workers’ compensation pensions or permanent disability payments) to account for increases in the cost of living. No COLA was payable in January 2010, January 2011, or in January 2016.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

JULY 5, 2022

Many workers’ compensation systems impose limits on benefits for older workers. The rapidly growing number of older citizens, record demand for labour, economic imperative of rising prices, and the social shift towards working later in life mean the workplace is seeing and will continue to see more older workers.

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