Workers' Compensation

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Reporting Requirements The new EPA asbestos reporting rule requires certain entities that manufactured, imported, or processed asbestos from 2019 to 2022 with annual sales of $500,000 or more to report their asbestos use. The naturally occurring mineral has been used in products for its insulating properties for decades. Gelman, Jon L.,

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Workers' Compensation

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT ATTENDANTS An Alameda Superior Court jury found the manufacturer of American Airlines’ uniforms responsible for causing debilitating illnesses to four of the airline’s flight attendants, setting the stage for hundreds more cases filed by employees against the company. Million award.

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Workers' Compensation

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

ALLEGED MEDICAL ISSUES Controversy continues over human medical issues associated with non-ionizing radio frequency exposure. link] CELLPHONE ADOPTION ACCELERATES Cell phones have become an essential tool in the workplace and a significant source of revenue for their manufacturers. Frontiers in Public Health , 7.

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Workers' Compensation

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

This may include locating knowledgeable medical experts and gathering evidence for trial. RISK PREVENTION An insurance company could use AI to identify workers’ compensation claims data patterns. These issues should not deter the advance of innovative AI in the workers’ compensation process.

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Florida Workers' Comp

MARCH 15, 2022

Americans were more apt to work in manufacturing than they do now. There was no Americans with Disabilities Act, no Family Medical Leave Act, and even the ground-breaking Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was not even a decade old. People back then belonged to unions more than they do now (a lot).

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Workers' Compensation

JULY 3, 2022

A divided NJ Supreme Court upheld a verdict for an employee who suffered mesothelioma, a fatal cancer, as a result of a product manufacturer’s failure to warn of the lethal nature of the product in the workplace. The occupationally exposed employee worked at an adhesive manufacturing plant in Bloomfield NJ between 1954 and 1994.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

AUGUST 22, 2019

If the workers’ compensation insurance arrangement is irrelevant, the ratio of worker benefits paid to employer cost should be similar regardless of the insurance arrangement category. The WBP/EC ratio was also below the average for the three categories considered and the ratio for the exclusive state fund category.

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