Genesis HR Solutions
MARCH 22, 2023
One of the first things you ask them for is proof of insurance, in case a worker becomes injured on your property. If this company has partnered with a PEO, the certificate will show the PEO as the named insured. You may wonder, “The PEO’s staff members aren’t performing the job—why are they named as the insured?”
Workers' Compensation Perspectives
AUGUST 22, 2019
[For the first part of this discussion, see “Workers’ Compensation Insurance Arrangements: Does the model make a difference? Part 1” at [link] or [link] ] In my previous post, I described the range of public policy insurance arrangements governments use in the workers’ compensation insurance market.
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Workers' Compensation Perspectives
MARCH 12, 2019
The healthcare of military vets, grants for medical research and public medical insurance typically fall into the public spending category. Workers’ compensation spending on healthcare may be in either category or both depending on the jurisdiction. What portion of National Healthcare Expenditures are related to Workers’ Compensation?
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
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
A recent study of manufacturing hourly compensation demonstrated a similar pattern for the main components (social insurance, wages or salaries, and direct benefits) paid by employers in Canada and Australia: The main divisions of employer costs for employee compensation under the BLS study are wages or salaries and benefits.
HR Bartender
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
Over the years, the workers’ compensation system has given the return-to-work process many names: modified duty, light duty, limited duty, alternative duty, restricted duty, stay at work program, transitional duty or transitional work. If you leave the employee at home, the insurance carrier pays them to be there.
Workers' Compensation Perspectives
JULY 11, 2019
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.
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