Workers' Compensation Perspectives

MARCH 4, 2021

In the accompanying slides and in some responses, I provide additional references as a starting point for understanding and comparing initial workers’ compensation. All workers’ compensation systems pay the same rate for lost wages…right? At lower income levels, no income tax may be payable.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

MARCH 12, 2019

Private funding includes out-of-pocket healthcare spending by individuals on medical supplies and services, co-pays or deductibles. Using data from a number of sources, workers’ compensation spending on healthcare accounts for approximately 1% to 2% of total national healthcare spending in the US, Canada and Australia.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The cost of these coverages may be shared with the employees (with worker contributions deducted from the wages or salary) but are otherwise a form of earnings, providing value that a worker might otherwise have to purchase. Each jurisdiction has its own rules regarding which parts of employee compensation are to be assessed at what rate.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

AUGUST 22, 2019

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.

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