THE WCI WEEKLY
Week of February 21 - 27, 2016    
  
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Welcome to your weekly WCI Newsletter. We have selected the top stories that appeared on our website this week to help you stay up to date on what is happening in the world of workers' compensation and insurance. Enjoy.
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Running the Numbers
The North Carolina Court of Appeals recently provided guidance regarding calculating the average weekly wage for temporary employees. How do things add up? Read More
#WCI2016: Managing the Litigated Work Comp Claim
There are many approaches to managing a litigated workers' compensation claim. On Tuesday, August 23, at the 71st annual Workers' Compensation Educational Conference, a panel of experts will present a two-hour discussion about these different approaches from the claims, medical, and legal perspectives. Read More
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The Journey to Shortsville
How does a 1929 New York workers' compensation case help resolve a Texas workers' compensation claim? Read More
Workers' Compensation in
Three Acts
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Comp, Jones, and Defense Base Acts often can be intertwined. And there is still, almost 100 years after enactment, a great deal of litigation surrounding them. Read More
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Chicago Is Better Than This
Chicago has a $100 million-a-year workers' compensation program. One lawmaker says it's being run by a bunch of political appointees instead of professionals. Ah, Chicago. Read More
How Big Is the Gig?
Everybody is talking about the Gig Economy, but the JP Morgan Chase Institute found no evidence that people are becoming full-time gig workers. Read More
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SPICE Up the Care of Your Injured Workers
The work injury management model, given the acronym SPICE, includes five components: Simplicity, Proximity, Immediacy, Centrality, and Expectancy. Read More
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Two Bitcoins, Four Bitcoins, Six Bitcoins, a Dollar?
Some businesses are paying their employees in bitcoin. How do you calculate the average weekly wage with this new-age currency? Read More
Workers' Compensation and
the Illinois Budget
Some lawmakers say that the workers' compensation system might be the point where Republicans and Democrats can get together and start breaking the month-long impasse that has left Illinois without a budget. Read More
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Great Insurance Jobs
Get that summer job now! Travelers is looking for a Workers' Compensation Summer Associate in its Orange, Calif. office.
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