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This 150-page book shows you how to assess your Workers Compensation program, design program materials, roll-out a program to the organization, and monitor and manage the program once implemented.
The articles represented here are very good examples of the kinds of information covered in greater detail in the book.
The debate over bundled program services vs. unbundled program services is often a matter of perspective. For readers wondering what we mean read on.
NEWS on Workers Compensation Roundtable
The latest in discussions on disability benefits and work; Medicare as a secondary payor; and more.
At any given time outside or internal forces create new hazards for injury in the workplace and with injury comes medical cost, lost wages, and. . .read more.
Not all fraud claims comes from "bad" employees. A "good" employee often knows how to work the system. So, watch out for ALL injuries.
Should we use legal expense review companies? Legal expense review companies have popped up and are growing rapidly. Their purpose is to do the same bill review on legal fees for cases and reduce charges accordingly.
Using "clever" cost-cutting ideas is not a good way to go as they lead to cancelled insurance coverage, penalties, fines, and jail time.
The back injury claim is the most common and often most expensive workers compensation claim. Back injury claims often are associated with lifting heavier objects, twisting, bending, or falling. . .check out these injuries.
The oldest and largest nationwide organization of blind people held more than 20 informational protests across the United States to raise awareness of treatment of blind workers.
Metro North Commuter Rail found by OSHA discriminating against an employee by classifying his on-the-job injury as not being work-related and denying him a promotion.
Ten years of protection by Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act providing compensation and medical benefits to eligible workers and their survivors who become ill as a result of working in the nuclear weapons industry.
$1.5 million civil penalty assessed to Ultimate Tours, LLC, and Godwin Glacier Tours, LLC, for failure to carry workers compensation coverage.
$32 million in Workers Compensation Insurance Fraud grants statewide to aid district attorneys in investigation and prosecution efforts.
Employers can choose "to go bare" in Texas when it comes to workers compensation insurance. The cost of WC insurance is eliminated, but the employer is exposed to the very real possibility of being sued and a costly defense.
Union welcomes government reversal on original shut-down plans, but still opposes any new plans compromising safety. The changes mean some Coast Guard stations threatened with closure will be saved, and all those remaining will stay open 24 hours.
Two companies $155,000 after a worker was blinded and left with multiple facial and skull fractures when a high-pressure gas hose fitting came loose.
Deaths of Scottish fish farm workers on a barge moored at a salmon farm on Loch Creran, Argyll & Bute result in fine in excess of one million dollars. | 
