The Workcomp Writer

OCTOBER 26, 2022

In 2017, she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, which she attributed to her years of service as a firefighter. She did not, however, file for workers’ compensation benefits. The statute did not simply alter the means by which firefighters obtain already-existing workers’ compensation benefits. Background.

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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. 2017: $82,022.93 $US).

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Florida Workers' Comp

JULY 28, 2022

I have heard from lawyers for years regarding their perceptions of the Florida workers' compensation system, and those who run it. Their many thoughts and the promise of constructive feedback led to the implementation of the annual joint survey implemented by the OJCC and The Florida Bar Workers' Compensation Section.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

MARCH 4, 2021

For the more than 70% of nonfatal occupational injury or disease cases that involve 30 days or less away from work, the laws and policies governing Temporary Total Disability (TTD) are the only provisions that will determine their compensation for lost wages. Canada, 2017]. Each plan should be examined on its own.

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Florida Workers' Comp

MARCH 15, 2022

For more on Federalization, see A Move Towards Federal Influence (June 2017), and Is Federalization in the Wind (October 2021). Some would also find irony in the "wasteful litigation" perception of tort that drove us to workers' compensation. The Commission Report is available on John Burton's website.

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The Workcomp Writer

MARCH 25, 2024

Additional Causal Test: Treatment Must Be Directly Related to Original Injury Yet, here too, stressed the majority, North Carolina’s appellate courts had imposed an additional causal requirement to safeguard the purpose of the workers’ compensation system. 2d 838 (2017). City of Greenville , 369 N.C. 730, 799 S.E.2d

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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 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. percent increase effective January 2019. per cent beginning on January 1.

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