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Find Solutions & Strategies                          October 21, 2013

Workplace Wellness & Profitability
 
Can a successful program improve a company's stock performance?
In This Issue
-WELLNESS & PROFITABILITY
-LARSON'S SPOTLIGHT: Notice of Injury, Exclusivity, Death Benefits, Trip & Fall
-NEW BOOK! WORKERS' COMP EMERGING ISSUES
-NAT'L WC CONFERENCE
-LN NEWSROOM BLOGS
-LAW360 HEADLINES
-NATIONAL & STATE NEWS
-eNEWSLETTER ARCHIVES
A Note From the Editor
Robin Kobayashi 2010  
Dear Work Comp Community:  
 
Can a successful workplace wellness program actually boost stock performance? Teresa McLoughlin Rice, Esq. examines a recent study that seems to say just that.
  
Sincerely,
Robin E. Kobayashi, JD
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Can a Successful Workplace Wellness Program Improve a Company's Stock Market Performance? by Teresa McLoughlin Rice, Esq. As companies grapple with ever-increasing healthcare costs, an intriguing notion that boosting employee health and safety can also boost company profitability, has been gaining traction. To test the soundness of this premise, HealthNEXT LLC recently undertook a study to evaluate the stock market performance of companies with award-winning wellness programs. The results were published in the September 2013 edition of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, "The Link Between Workforce Health and Safety and the Health of the Bottom Line". The study concluded that companies focused on the health and safety of their employees outperformed the market. Read more.

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Tom Robinson thumbnailLarson's Spotlight on Recent Interesting Cases, by Thomas A. Robinson, JD    

  

DC: Notice to Employer Deadline Runs From Knowledge That Injury Was Related to Work. The District's Compensation Review Board erred in vacating an ALJ's award of TTD on the ground that an employee had not timely notified...read more.

 

WY: Employee's Intentional Tort Action Against Co-Employees Fails. Most jurisdictions say "intent means intent," that nothing short of a conscious and deliberate intent...read more.

 

NY: No Apportionment of Death Benefits Where Death Caused 80% by Unrelated Cancer. An award of full death benefits to an employee's widow was affirmed where expert medical evidence indicated...read more.

 

VA: Police Officer's Trip and Fall in Parking Lot Not Compensable. Indicating that it was utilizing the "actual risk" test, yet describing what is essentially the "increased risk" test...read more.

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Fraud SignWorkers' Comp Fraud Blotter: Injured Worker Caught Working as BBQ Restaurant Manager. Read it and other news items.  
  
    
   
  
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state news

State-by-State News on the Free Web: 

 

AK: Chamber Discusses Health Care, Workers' Comp, Wellness.

AK: NCCI Files 3.9% Decrease in Loss Cost Rates.

AZ: NCCI Explains 3.2% Increase in Loss Cost Rates.

CA: CHSWC Approves Final Working Paper on Disproportionate Earnings Losses.

CA: CHSWC Releases Feedback on OSHA Inspection Targeting Issues Working Paper.

CA: CHSWC Recommends AD Consider Copy Service Fee Schedule Report.

CA: CHSWC Releases Feedback on Potential Impact of AB 1373 Report.

CA: Ins., Bus. Leaders Survey 2013 Legislation, Brace for SB 863 Impact.

CA: WCIRB Posts Agendas for Acturarial, C&R Committee Meetings.

DE: Lt. Gov., Lawmakers, Businesses Urge Ins. Regulator to Reject 40% Rate Hike.

FL: High Court Adds Westphal to List of High Profile Cases.

FL: Ex-NAIC Staffer Suggests Possible Ethics Violations re McCarty/NAIC Relationship.

IL: IWCC Updates Fee Schedule.

IA: Iowa Choice of Treating Doctor Laws Examined.

IN: Dept. of Ins. Approves 7.7% Decrease in Loss Cost Rates.

KY: Governor Reappoints 5, Appoints 2 to WCB and DWC.

NM: Judge Woodward Reappointed to WCA.

NY: Man Arrested After Threatening to Kill WCB Judge.

OK: AG Appoints Prosecutor as Head of WC, Ins., Social Security Fraud Unit.

OK: NCCI Explains 14.6% Decrease in Loss Cost Rates.

OR: WCD Posts EDI, Medical Bill Data Rules Eff. 7-1-2014.

TX: Commissioner Bordelon, Sen. Van de Putte Discuss HB 7, Closed Formulary.

TX: DWC Posts Adjusted Gross Annual Payroll Requirements re Seasonal Worker Coverage.

WV: High Court Finds OSHA-Compliant Company Not Liable to Pay Black Lung Claim.

WV: Feds Investigate Bank of Mingo's Connections to Multi-Million Dollar WC Scheme.

ENEWSLETTER ARCHIVES

ArchivesTake a deep dive into our past eNewsletters for 2013 and prior...warning - some links to articles may not work...report any linking problems to [email protected].

October 14, 2013: Behind the Numbers: Workers' Comp Costs for Employers.

October 7, 2013: Workers' Comp Prescription Drug Costs

September 30, 2013: Flaming Pig: When Is a Work Injury Substantially Certain to Occur

September 23, 2013: Prevalence/Costs of Physician-Dispensed Drugs

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