With more people working from home, workers compensation has become a 24-hour exposure for employers, some experts say.
Much of what directs the trajectory of a workers compensation claim has little to do with the claim itself the injury, the prognosis and much to do with the claimants everyday life, such as where they live or how much money they have in the bank.
With more people working from home, workers compensation has become a 24-hour exposure for employers, some experts say.
Of job holders in the United States, 58% the equivalent of 92 million people say they can work remotely at least part of the time
Much of what directs the trajectory of a workers compensation claim has little to do with the claim itself the injury, the prognosis and much to do with the claimants everyday life, such as where they live or how much money they have in the bank.
An appeals court in Texas on Wednesday ruled that a military contractor must prove a worker was an employee to avoid a substantial jury award over negligence stemming from a workplace accident in 2016.
The Department of Industrial Relations Division of Workers Compensation and its Anti-Fraud Unit suspended 178 medical providers during the first eight months of 2022.
An Oregon State University study found an association with increasing temperatures and increased rates of injury claims that were more pronounced among workers in the agricultural and construction sectors.
The National Council on Compensation Insurance in late August released its updated legislative activity report for 2022, highlighting that bills that address mental injuries suffered by workers continue to trend nationwide.
California lawmakers concluded the 2022 legislative session this week by passing bills that would allow social workers to be listed in medical provider networks and give some state firefighters full-pay salary continuation benefits in lieu of temporary disability.
The growing use of industrial robots by manufacturers in the automotive and other sectors has helped improve overall productivity and workplace safety, but companies need to assess the risks of individual robotic applications they deploy to ensure adequate safety protections are in place, experts say.
SUITELIFE Underwriting Managers, part of RSG Specialty LLC, a unit of Ryan Specialty Group LLC, said Thursday it has added coverage for franchise hotels to its portfolio.
Falls from heights are the No. 1 cause of death for workers, but the hazard remains the most-cited workplace safety violation year after year despite being relatively easy to prevent.
A California appellate court on Monday ruled that a state presumption doctrine on who controls an employees work barred an injured worker from suing a company that contracted with his employer to perform work.
Workers compensation systems are creatures of statute, and state supreme courts throughout the country have recently addressed how to interpret laws relating to sovereign immunity, special circumstances warranting benefit increases, admissibility of medical reports, and the compensability of mental injury claims.
Workers compensation insurer AF Group cut its budget for site safety visits by half in one year after introducing technology in 2021 that enabled on-site risk professionals to remotely gauge workers ergonomics to prevent injuries.
This years dearth of enacted COVID-19 legislation that would affect workers compensation is an indication that lawmakers have lost their appetite for measures to address the pandemics effect on worker infections, insurance experts say.
CorVel Corp. says it designed Cogency IQ to help clients strengthen their existing claims programs and prepare them for the future.
California lawmakers on Wednesday sent three more workers comp-related bills to the governor on Wednesday.
The growing use of industrial robots by manufacturers in the automotive and other sectors has helped improve overall productivity and workplace safety, but companies need to assess the risks of individual robotic applications they deploy to ensure adequate safety protections are in place, experts say.
Falls from heights are the No. 1 cause of death for workers, but the hazard remains the most-cited workplace safety violation year after year despite being relatively easy to prevent.
SUITELIFE Underwriting Managers, part of RSG Specialty LLC, a unit of Ryan Specialty Group LLC, said Thursday it has added coverage for franchise hotels to its portfolio.
Workers compensation systems are creatures of statute, and state supreme courts throughout the country have recently addressed how to interpret laws relating to sovereign immunity, special circumstances warranting benefit increases, admissibility of medical reports, and the compensability of mental injury claims.