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COVID-19 Supplemental Benefits for Healthcare Workers Proposed in Legislation

Workers' Compensation

NOT TO BE CONSIDERED FOR SURCHARGE The supplemental benefits are not to be considered in determining the annual surcharge levied on policyholders and self-insured employers for the Second Injury Fund or the experience ratings of individual employers.

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Rehabilitation, recognition and research needed for people living with long COVID

Workers' Compensation

The WHO-produced patient leaflet “Support for rehabilitation self-management after COVID-19-related illness” has been a particularly useful tool to thousands of patients across the WHO European Region. Rehabilitation, recognition and research needed for people living with long COVID, Workers' Compensation Blog, Oct.

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Workers' Compensation Judges Exempt from Gun Permit Requirement

Workers' Compensation

The statutory exception allows individuals to carry concealed weapons in public without a permit if they can show that they have a special need for self-defense. § 2C:39-6(a)(1) to (11).” QUALIFICATIONS To qualify for the permit exemption, workers’ compensation judges must meet certain requirements. District of Columbia v.

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Work-Life Balance: A Blueprint for Employee Happiness

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This blog will delve into the essential components of achieving work-life balance as the blueprint for fostering employee happiness. Promoting Self-Care : 75% of Americans believe self-care activities help reduce work stress.

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Freedom of Speech

Florida Workers' Comp

An academic advocacy group contends that "targeting" of speech in academia is becoming more prevalent. Do we want professors to self-censor ? One survey found 83% of college students self-censor. A tenured professor in California was recently terminated by Bakersfield College. Close to half say they do so.

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Freedom of Speech

Florida Workers' Comp

An academic advocacy group contends that "targeting" of speech in academia is becoming more prevalent. Do we want professors to self-censor ? One survey found 83% of college students self-censor. A tenured professor in California was recently terminated by Bakersfield College. Close to half say they do so.

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State of New Jersey Failed to Address Deficiencies in $96 Million Workers’ Compensation Program

Workers' Compensation

While the Division adopted some performance metrics for the vendor, OSC found the Division continues to accept the vendor’s self-reporting that it meets these metrics. The 2020 audit found medical providers were chronically tardy in submitting medical reports and often did not include an estimated return-to-work date.