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How prepared are workers’ compensation systems for COVID-19?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

The “Unknown” occupational disease risk in workers’ compensation When workers’ compensation systems started a century ago, the focus was “industrial accidents”. page U47] Over time, most workers’ compensation systems adapted to include coverage for occupational diseases. This limitation was noted at the time.

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The 1972 Commission Report re 1935

Florida Workers' Comp

The panel at the United States Department of Labor was focused specifically on half of the Grand Bargain, asking " Is the Workers’ Compensation System Serving Injured Workers? ” Law professor Emily Spieler , Northwestern University School of Law was included, as was workers compensation attorney Alan Pierce. Sighinolfi).

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NY Claimant Wins COVID-19 Claim Without Aid of Presumption of Compensability

The Workcomp Writer

On May 19, 2020, claimant, a freight delivery driver, applied for workers’ compensation benefits on the basis of a COVID-19 diagnosis. Following an independent medical examination (IME) and hearings, a WCLJ established the claim, finding that claimant had met his burden of establishing that he had contracted COVID-19 through his employment.

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Does workers’ compensation cover the full cost of a funeral for a work-related death?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Every workers’ compensation system provides certain payments in the event of a work-related death of a worker. The expectation that workers’ compensation insurance will cover the full cost of a funeral and burial of an injured worker, however, is not the reality in all jurisdictions. but no statutory maximum.

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Are workers’ compensation laws keeping up with changing demographics?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Extracting provincial data from the same series, British Columbia has seen a massive shift in the employment of workers age 65 and older: The monthly unadjusted BC employment rate of 65- to 69-year-olds now routinely exceeds 35% More than a third of males (36.2% of males aged 65 to 69 are employed (Q1 2022) vs. 29.5% in (Q1 2002).

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

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Regardless of the workers’ compensation insurance arrangement (private insurer, exclusive public state or provincial workers’ compensation board) the healthcare expenditures by workers’ compensation systems are relatively small compared to the total national spending on healthcare. In my view, this would be a mistake.

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

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

As noted, the market for workers’ compensation is not a free market but one that is altered by government interventions and oversight. Note: Although the ratio between worker benefits paid and employer costs is often expressed in dollar terms [e.g., However, this analysis shows substantive difference associated with these three models.