Workers' Compensation Perspectives

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

.); "total amount paid to employees over a period," hence, via records-keeping, "list of employees receiving pay." [ See [link] ] Today, the word “payroll” more often than not refers to the department or system that manage employer costs for a range of employee compensation components. per hour worked in March 2019, the U.S.

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Florida Workers' Comp

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Nelson, of Belleville, IL There is significant geographic and practical breadth here with these speakers coming from very different workers' compensation systems and hopefully I will add a national perspective. Delays in care are increasingly lamented in workers' compensation and the issue is challenging.

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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? There may be some integration or offset of workers’ compensation in certain cases.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

MARCH 12, 2019

Regardless of the workers’ compensation insurance arrangement (private insurer, exclusive public state or provincial workers’ compensation board) the healthcare expenditures by workers’ compensation systems are relatively small compared to the total national spending on healthcare. In my view, this would be a mistake.

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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

AUGUST 22, 2019

As noted, the market for workers’ compensation is not a free market but one that is altered by government interventions and oversight. Note: Although the ratio between worker benefits paid and employer costs is often expressed in dollar terms [e.g., However, this analysis shows substantive difference associated with these three models.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Workers’ compensation “reforms” are typically focused on reducing employer costs. 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.

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The Workcomp Writer

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The court reviewed the state’s so-called Seagroves test, which holds that, under appropriate circumstances, an employee’s termination for misconduct may constitute a constructive refusal of suitable employment on the part of the former employee, such that he or she is also disqualified from receiving temporary total disability benefits.

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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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The Workcomp Writer

JANUARY 16, 2023

It is, of course, one thing for a state to allow the use of marijuana in the treatment of injuries and diseases, but quite another to require employers and/or insurers to reimburse injured workers in connection with a workers’ compensation claim. The appellate court disagreed with the employer’s premise. 3d 924 (N.M.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

MARCH 7, 2020

For example, in British Columbia, the test for work-relatedness is “causative significance”, meaning the worker’s employment must have been of causative significance in producing the disease. To satisfy the causative significance test, the worker’s employment must have been more than a trivial or insignificant aspect.

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The Workcomp Writer

MARCH 27, 2023

Background Plaintiff was working for Precision Pipeline (“Precision”) at a pipeline construction project on April 12, 2019, when he severely injured his left leg while dragging a fuel hose. Affirming summary judgment in favor of the employer, the court agreed that the fatal injury occurred in the course and scope of employment.

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