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Streamline Employee Rewards: The Power of Compensation Management Software

Qandle

Compensation Planning and Budgeting: With this software, businesses can streamline the annual compensation planning process. It provides a centralized platform where managers can collaborate on budget allocation, ensuring that the organization’s financial resources are utilized effectively to reward deserving employees.

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Delaware Employer Need Not Pay for Claimant’s Opioids More than 9 Years After Accident

The Workcomp Writer

After two unsuccessful attempts at contacting Dr. Dickinson, the utilization reviewer determined that certain opioid medications prescribed by the doctor were not compliant with the Delaware HCPS practice guidelines. Grady was also a certified provider under the Delaware Workers’ Compensation system.

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Implementing AI for Workers’ Compensation Law Firms and Insurance Companies

Workers' Compensation

A law firm could utilize a machine learning model to classify claims into different categories, such as slip and fall, car accident, product liability, Social Security Disability Insurance, or Multi-District Litigation [MDL]. These issues should not deter the advance of innovative AI in the workers’ compensation process.

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It’s a Match! How to Create an Equitable Compensation System That Fits You

HR Digest

As 2023 draws to a close and companies begin to settle on the wages and hikes for the next year, the question of how to create an equitable compensation system might flash in everyone’s mind—if briefly. Building a conscious pay system requires conscious policies and practices that support such an initiative.

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New Mexico Court Discusses State’s “Peculiar” Going and Coming Rule

The Workcomp Writer

Utilizing it and quoting Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law § 15.11, the Espinosa court reasoned that since the plaintiff’s injuries were caused by “the employer’s negligence,” the tort action against the employer was barred. . § Finn’s sole remedy was within the workers’ compensation system.

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

The Workcomp Writer

The evidence indicated that, prior to the shutdown, there was no requirement that employees wear personal protective equipment and the employer’s break room continued to be utilized with multiple people in the room at any given time. Legislators in a number of other states passed provisions granting somewhat similar presumptions.

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Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Occupational Exposure to Cellphone Radiation

Workers' Compensation

Additionally, it was established that the uranium isotope camera utilized emitted gamma rays to x-ray welds and that the annual maximum exposure was required to be less than 5 rems. For now, as in the past, the workers’ compensation system will assume the role of the decision-maker in this ongoing argument over safety in the workplace. ….