4 Types of Workers Comp Claim Leakage You May Not Have Heard of Yet
Payment errors big headache for workers comp insurers.
Getting Through the Maze of Medicare Set Asides to Lower Workers Comp Costs
Set-Asides: A complex issue employers MUST pay attention to.
Lower Your Workers Comp Premiums By Doing Reserve Audits Before This Secret Date
Time your audits so they benefit you. If you wait too long, the benefit will be reduced.
Respiratory Hazard Exposures Reduced by Testing
Two guidance documents, one each for workers and employers, describe new preventive spirometry testing.
New Trends Using Prepaid Debit Cards to Lower Workers Comp Insurance Costs
Prepaid, reloadable debit cards in "vogue" to reimburse employees and pay indemnity benefits.
Mistrust in Workers Compensation
The push/pull between employer and employee in attitudes toward work comp.
State News
Supervisors Fined in Death of Pregnant California Farm Worker
Supervisors must pay small fines, probation and community service time for worker's death.
Kansas State Senate Gives Approval to Workers Comp Reform
Fraud: Workers Comp reform bill makes it more difficult for individuals to file false claims.
Missouri Workers Comp Regulators Back Payments for Duty Claim
Families now receive payments when first-responders die in line of duty.
Update on the New York Workplace Bedbug Lawsuit
Read Why: TV news staffer's pioneering lawsuit tossed out by judge.
PA Firm Fined $129,000 for Exposing Workers to High Lead Levels
OSHA imposes large fine on Pittsburgh firm.
International News
New South Wales Mandates Safety Switches for Workplaces
Employers receive new safety switch mandate.
Ontario Investigates Mold Issue Impacting University Employees
Work stopped following mold discovery in university campus building.
Welding Greater Risk to Infants and Females than Males
If welding is dangerous for men what potential hazards exist for women who weld?
