Workers' Compensation Perspectives
APRIL 29, 2024
Many workers’ compensation jurisdictions and work-disability insurers have noted increasing mental disorder (also called psychological injury, mental injury) claims over time. US Social Security provides benefits to workers for certain disabilities. In this post, we survey some of the data reflecting this increase.
Workers' Compensation
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
Artificial intelligence [AI] opens new frontiers for workers’ compensation law firms and insurance companies. Last week, Google announced new applications that will vastly expand how workers’ compensation claims can be serviced, managed, and supported. This can be achieved using a variety of tools and techniques.
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Workers' Compensation Perspectives
OCTOBER 23, 2023
AI will not change the functions of any disability insurance or workers’ compensation systems. have reported current application of AI in the insurance and workers’ compensation sector. Workers’ compensation or disability insurance are not islands.
Workers' Compensation Perspectives
AUGUST 27, 2023
[The following notes background and discussion points from a series of sessions Disability Management undergraduates completing a 4 th year course on Workplace Insurance and Benefits. Part 1 explores the reasons for the lack of trust in disability insurance. Skepticism and misconceptions about insurance are pervasive.
Florida Workers' Comp
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
The 1948 adoption of the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Law (marking the unanimity of this concept in the nation). The implementation of Social Security Disability Insurance (1956). What "moments matter" right now in the American workers' compensation systems? The passage of the Job Safety Law of 1970 (OSHA).
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? I could find only one jurisdiction with no maximum on insured earnings: Manitoba.
Workers' Compensation Perspectives
JANUARY 1, 2019
To forestall this eventuality, the majority of North American workers’ compensation jurisdictions adjust periodic payments (sometimes called workers’ compensation pensions or permanent disability payments) to account for increases in the cost of living. And exactly whose basket we are considering can make a big difference.
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