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InterWest Insurance Services
APRIL 19, 2022
More employers are using return-to-work programs for injured workers even if they were not injured on the job, according to a study by Prudential Insurance Co. The worker should resume, if possible, work that meets restrictions and requirements outlined by the treating physician.
Workers' Compensation
DECEMBER 11, 2021
Jon Gelman’s* newly revised and updated treatise on Workers’ Compensation Law is soon to be published by Thomson Reuters®. The treatise is the most complete and research integrated work available on NJ Workers’ Compensation law.
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Workers' Compensation
DECEMBER 10, 2021
While the Federal expanded benefits are ending for many workers on Labor Day, Workers’ Compensation Benefits are still available for those workers who have been exposed to COVID at work and contract disease and remain ill from Long COVID. Workers' Compensation Blog, Sept.
Take It Personel-ly
DECEMBER 4, 2021
Workers’ compensation coverage functions to pay any bills associated with their medical care. Furthermore, it replaces a portion of the wages of the worker while they are receiving this […].
Workers' Compensation
JUNE 22, 2022
Washington’s workers’ compensation law discriminates against the Federal Government and its contractors. The state law, by its terms, applies only to federal workers who work at one federal facility in Washington.
Workers' Compensation
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Stakeholders Face Challenges The numerous stakeholders of the workers’ compensation system have been repeatedly faced with episodes of increased infectious disease, and little has been done to take the necessary precautions against the hazardous consequences.
Workers' Compensation
DECEMBER 27, 2021
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) announced increases in the maximum benefit rates for Unemployment Insurance, Temporary Disability Insurance, Family Leave Insurance, and Workers’ Compensation for the calendar year 2022. The maximum weekly benefit for new state plan Temporary Disability and Family Leave Insurance claims increases to $993 , from $903, while the maximum weekly benefit for new Workers’ Compensation claims rises to $1,065 , from $969.
Take It Personel-ly
JUNE 29, 2020
Did you know that a worker is injured at the workplace every 7 seconds? If you’re a victim of occupational injuries or illness, you could benefit from workers’ compensation. Injuries in the workplace are a normal occurrence.
Take It Personel-ly
AUGUST 20, 2021
Fortunately, workers’ compensation may cover expenses from anxiety, stress, and other less obvious […]. Business Human Resources anxiety employee health employees Health HR Leadership Mental Health stress workers compensation Workplace workplace wellness
Abel HR
SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
Sure, none of us like to think that it’s possible that an accident could occur at our place of work, but even the seemingly safest of workplaces can be the subject of a worker’s compensation claim. The post PEO insider: Workers’ Compensation appeared first on Abel HR.
Workers' Compensation Perspectives
MARCH 23, 2020
Regardless of the workers’ compensation model (private insurance, competitive state fund, exclusive state fund), every insurer has to prepare for the unexpected. page U47] Over time, most workers’ compensation systems adapted to include coverage for occupational diseases.
Workers' Compensation Perspectives
DECEMBER 1, 2020
COVID-19 has been infecting, disabling, and even killing workers in the course of their employment. Healthcare workers, first responders, cleaners, grocery clerks and other essential workers are put at elevated risk of COVID-19 infection because of their work.
Workers' Compensation
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
The New Jersey Division of Workers' Compensation [DWC] has announced that it will go forward with in-person hearings effective March seven 2022.
Insperity
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
Do you need to worry about workers’ compensation for remote employees? When your organization adopts or expands a work-from-home policy, it’s a good idea to take a fresh look at your workers’ compensation coverage and processes. Benefits and compensation
Workers' Compensation Perspectives
MARCH 4, 2021
Work-related injury not only physical and mental pain, but any resulting disability also raises immediate questions Injured workers and family members often turn to their human resource (HR) and disability management (DM) professionals to provide guidance on workers’ compensation issues.
Workers' Compensation Perspectives
DECEMBER 27, 2019
If you are injured in a work-related incident or suffer a work-related illness or disease, you are very likely entitled to workers’ compensation. In Canada, all but one jurisdiction have adopted the Net basis to calculate workers’ compensation payments for temporary disability.
Workers' Compensation Perspectives
NOVEMBER 22, 2019
Many workers live paycheck to paycheck and struggle to support their families on lower-than-average earnings. Like a lot of workers in the tourism sector, she relies on unemployment insurance when there is no work. Yukon Territory is the exception with a 75% of gross compensation rate.
Workers' Compensation Perspectives
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
For workers’ compensation, payroll can have different meanings depending on your jurisdiction and whether you are a worker or an employer. In the graphic of the employer cost of employee compensation above, the “wages and salaries component” is shown in blue.
Workers' Compensation Perspectives
OCTOBER 29, 2019
The vast majority of workers in the US and Canada are employed in jobs “covered” by workers’ compensation insurance. Her workers’ compensation claim was accepted. Workers’ like Marion will have a higher proportion of their gross earnings withheld for taxes.
AssuredPartners
JANUARY 14, 2020
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Workers' Compensation
DECEMBER 19, 2021
Computation of Annual Recovery Thresholds for Certain Liability Insurance, No-Fault Insurance, and Workers' Compensation Settlements, Judgments, Awards, or Other Payments for 2022 were announced this week.
Workers' Compensation
JANUARY 19, 2022
The employee was therefore entitled to benefits under the Workers’ Compensation Act. Lapsley filed a complaint against defendants in the Law Division and, later, a claim for workers’ compensation benefits against the Township in the Division of Workers’ Compensation.
Take It Personel-ly
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
You also comply with your state’s workers’ compensation statute by maintaining the required coverage and posting the mandated notices in the […].
Workers' Compensation Perspectives
JULY 11, 2019
For more than a century, governments have pursued a social policy objective: to protect workers from work-related injury, disability, illness and death in a compassionate and sustainable way that still allows the economic activity and innovation necessary for societies to operate and thrive.
Workers' Compensation Perspectives
AUGUST 22, 2019
[For the first part of this discussion, see “Workers’ Compensation Insurance Arrangements: Does the model make a difference? As noted, the market for workers’ compensation is not a free market but one that is altered by government interventions and oversight.
Workers' Compensation Perspectives
JUNE 3, 2020
Workers contracting the COVID-19 virus in the course of their employment are claiming workers’ compensation. Just how many workers’ compensation claims for work-related coronavirus disability have been filed to date is not reported in most jurisdictions but a few recent reports provide some insight into what may be a significant class of ongoing workers’ compensation claims. Presumptions may also shift the onus of proof away from the worker.
Workers' Compensation Perspectives
MARCH 12, 2019
I’ve received a lot of questions recently on workers’ compensation healthcare spending in Canada, the US and other countries. Is the workers’ compensation part of that spending similar across nations? See the G overnment Employees Compensation Act ].
Workers' Compensation Perspectives
MARCH 7, 2020
[The following is a general response to questions from students in workers’ compensation, disability management, and workplace insurance courses. While prevention, control, and treatment questions top the list, workers’ compensation questions are being raised.
Workers' Compensation Perspectives
JANUARY 1, 2019
Workers with permanent disabilities often don’t have those options. This policy, however, is far from universal among US workers’ compensation systems. Not all jurisdictions use a version of CPI to adjust compensation payments.
AssuredPartners
MARCH 9, 2021
futureWork, uses easy-to-deploy apps to improve worker health and safety. Facing ever-increasing economic uncertainty, forward-looking transportation companies proactively adopt new tools and processes to control costs, manage compliance and reduce workplace risk. The key to proactively identifying and reducing workplace risk lies in using technology and data to reinforce and elevate safety culture with awareness, engagement, action and accountability.
Business Management Daily
MARCH 30, 2020
As calls for workers to stay home and stay safe mount, workers who fear they have been exposed to the coronavirus ask what benefits are available should they get sick. Many of those questions revolve around workers’ compensation rights.
Workers' Compensation Perspectives
APRIL 10, 2018
Every workers’ compensation system provides certain payments in the event of a work-related death of a worker. Most commonly, the amount to cover funeral and burial expenses is a separate benefit from payments or compensation that might be available to survivors and dependents.
Workers' Compensation Perspectives
MAY 21, 2018
As I drove home I notices the neighbour’s new garage door being installed by another crew of young workers… Weekend workers seemed to be everywhere. I saw farmworkers pruning and maintaining drainage in the nearby fields and a crew of greenhouse workers coming off shift.
Workers' Compensation Perspectives
AUGUST 1, 2018
The number of “older” workers is rising at an unprecedented rate. Older workers- those age 65 and older- have always been present but their proportion in the workforce has been on the rise at rates that far exceed any change in their proportion of the population.
AssuredPartners
OCTOBER 29, 2019
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Insperity
FEBRUARY 12, 2019
Are you struggling with how to reduce workers’ compensation costs for your business? If not, do you understand the sizeable risk that workers’ compensation claims pose to your business, and do you have a plan in place for when these claims arise? You’re probably well-aware of the direct costs you pay in workers’ compensation insurance premiums, but you may not have considered the indirect costs of on-the-job accidents and injuries.
AssuredPartners
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
Workers compensation is a state-level social insurance program that provides financial, medical, and rehabilitation benefits to workers who sustain job-related injuries or illnesses. Workers, employers, and other stakeholders involved in workers compensation administration have long voiced concerns about the extent to which workers compensation promotes occupational safety and health and the well-being of injured workers.
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