Vol. 7, Issue 20

Find Solutions & Strategies                  May 16, 2016 

Does Long-Term Strength of the SSDI Trust Fund Depend Upon Changes to State Workers' Comp Programs?
In This Issue
A Note From the Editor
does long-term strength of the ssdi trust fund depend upon changes to state workers' comp programs?
Part of SSDI's Fiscal Weakness Tied to Cost Shifting From Workers' Compensation

By Thomas A. Robinson, J.D., workcompwriter.com   
 
In an important recent paper, Professor John Burton and his colleague, Steve Guo, argue that significant fiscal improvements to the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Trust Fund could be achieved by addressing one of SSDI's core problems: the way it interacts with state workers' compensation (WC) programs [see Burton, John F., Jr. and Guo, X. "Improving the Interaction Between the SSDI and Workers' Compensation Programs," SSDI Solutions: Ideas to Strengthen the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, The McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Initiative, a project of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, 2015]. Building on their own earlier research, and that of others, Burton and Guo argue that significant cost shifting from WC to SSDI adds to the overall difficulties experienced...read more. 
LARSON'S SPOTLIGHT ON RECENT CASES
Thomas A. Robinson, J.D., our Feature National Columnist, is the co-author of Larson's Workers' Compensation Law (LexisNexis). 
  
New York: Apportionment in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Claim Deemed Inappropriate Under Facts. Where a union carpenter was employed by several different employers from 1998 through 2009 and, in 2010, he filed a claim for bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome caused by repetitive work, it was...read more.

Pennsylvania: Late Notice of Employer's Uninsured Status by Worker Limits Both Medical and Wage Loss Benefits. Pursuant to 77 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2703(b), if an injured worker fails to notify the Uninsured Employers Guaranty Fund (Fund) within 45 days after the worker knows that the employer is uninsured...read more.

Ohio: Court Rejects Uncorroborated Expert Testimony From Pulmonary Expert. An Ohio appellate court affirmed trial court's decision granting summary judgment to an employer in a workers' compensation matter in spite of what the worker contended was a conflict in the medical evidence...read more.

Michigan: Employer Establishes Workers Was Fired for Gossiping, Not Because Workers' Compensation Claim Was Filed. In an unpublished opinion, the Court of Appeals of Michigan affirmed a trial court's order granting summary judgment to plaintiff's former employer on plaintiff's claims of retaliatory employment discrimination...read more.
Workers' Compensation Emerging Issues Analysis
national & state news

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