Uncategorized Top 10 Non-Fatal Work Related Injuries 1 Mar 201718 Feb 2017 Overexertion tops list of serious, nonfatal work injuries for third straight year - Liberty Mutual The 2017 Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index uses Liberty Mutual workers' comp claims data, as…
Uncategorized Things you should know 22 Feb 201716 Jan 2017 DOL website has new section on worker misclassification The DOL has compiled information on worker misclassification on a new section of its website. Workers' Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement (WCMSA) "Re-…
Uncategorized Legal Corner 17 Feb 201716 Jan 2017 ADA Essential job functions must be proven Camp v. Bi-Lo involved an employee who was a grocery stocker for 38 years in spite of a bad back. He worked the…
Uncategorized OSHA watch 13 Feb 201716 Jan 2017 Court denies preliminary injunction on new rules on drug testing, retaliation claims, and accident reporting The Federal District Court has denied industry's request to enjoin new rules on mandatory post-accident…
Uncategorized Award-winning employers’ successful workers’ comp strategies 3 Feb 201716 Jan 2017 Risk & Insurance's Teddy Awards recognize excellence in workers' compensation risk management that reduces the number and cost of injuries to workers in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. This year's…
Uncategorized OSHA’s revised recordkeeping rule in effect: are you ready? 30 Jan 201716 Jan 2017 The last hurdle to the implementation of OSHA's controversial "Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses" recordkeeping rule was removed when a Texas judge denied a request for a preliminary…
Uncategorized OSHA Form 300A posting date approaching, plus new letters of interpretation and electronic recordkeeping requirements for 2017 25 Jan 201716 Jan 2017 Posting deadline: February 1, 2017 This month, all employers required to keep Form 300, the Injury and Illness Log, should be reviewing the Log to verify that entries are complete…
Uncategorized Tips to address the most common workplace injury – hearing loss 19 Dec 20167 Dec 2016 A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warns that work-related hearing loss is the most common work injury and over 22 million workers a year are…
Uncategorized Q & A: Experience Modification Factor 7 Nov 20164 Nov 2016 While insurance companies now have more tools to determine the pricing of a workers' comp policy, the Experience Modification Factor (mod) remains a factor in the pricing determination and impacts…
Uncategorized Legal Corner 31 Oct 201626 Sep 2016 Workers' Compensation Failure to provide required notices means insurer must pay seven-year-old claim - California In Truck Insurance Exchange v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd, the Court of Appeal of California…
