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

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

I’ve mapped the values from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics release to illustrate the relative size of each component of employee compensation for the average hour worked by a civilian worker. The employer portion is an employer cost of employee compensation. The worker portion is a deduction from earnings.

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Workers’ compensation Insurance Arrangements: Does the model make a difference? Part 2

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Some states allow for employer deductibles, effectively a form of self-insurance. Some Australian jurisdictions require employers pay the initial time-loss compensation and medical costs before workers’ compensation takes over, although the amounts and durations vary by jurisdiction. There are other employer costs.