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It’s a Match! How to Create an Equitable Compensation System That Fits You

HR Digest

As 2023 draws to a close and companies begin to settle on the wages and hikes for the next year, the question of how to create an equitable compensation system might flash in everyone’s mind—if briefly. The Mercer QuickPulse US Compensation Planning Survey of August 2023 found that employers are planning a 3.9

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Long COVID Continues as a Workplace Crisis

Workers' Compensation

For some, the change in job status can affect health insurance and workers’ compensation benefits, which can further treatment options. held a Hearing on Thursday, January 18, 2024, titled “Addressing Long COVID: Advancing Research and Improving Patient Care.” “The Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Long COVID , www.

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NJ Expands Compensation Benefits for First Responders

Workers' Compensation

If they suffer health emergencies of their own due to the dangers of their jobs, the responders and their families deserve the compensation they have earned. This law will bring more fairness to the workers compensation system.” First Responders’ Workers Compensation Bill Enacted, www.gelmans.com (01/17/2024), [link].

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Issue Commentary: Obesity In the Workplace–Who Pays?

The Workcomp Writer

Noah’s Playloft Preschool , 2024 N.C. 22, 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.

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New Premium Threshold Set for X-Mod Qualification

InterWest Insurance Services

Employers whose annual premiums exceed $9,200 in annual premiums need to start paying closer attention to their workers’ compensation policies and safety practices. Under California’s workers’ compensation system rules, starting Sept.

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Mental Injuries: Workers’ Compensation and Disability Insurance Part 1

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

see Phil Melnychuk, “Online program gives firefighters some advance notice about the trauma and tragedy they’ll face”, Delta Optimist, March 20, 2024] That’s the way Captain Ben Lewis recently described the nature of a firefighter’s job. So, these data may not fully represent what is happening in either country’s workers’ compensation system.

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Awards and Memories

Florida Workers' Comp

The Workers' Compensation Institute described the award: it "was created “to recognize those who had performed outstanding and selfless service in advancing the philosophy and practice of the workers’ compensation system.” In 2024, I am going to figure out who won that award. WCI Newsletter (May 2012).