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Workers’ Compensation: What’s payroll got to do with it?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

.); "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.

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Is workers’ compensation spending on healthcare significant? Would a "single-payer" system make a difference?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

These questions appear have arisen as several US states and political analysts have proposed consideration of “single payer” healthcare systems for their jurisdictions. Is the workers’ compensation part of that spending similar across nations? Does it matter to workers’ compensation if there is a single payer system in place?

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Workers’ Compensation Insurance Arrangements: Does the model make a difference? Part 1

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

In the US, Canada, and Australia (and New Zealand, in a comparable manner), workers’ compensation insurance arrangements meet that requirement, with each jurisdiction determining which insurance arrangement is most appropriate to its context. The market for workers’ compensation insurance is far from a free market place.