Top ten ways employers mess up Workers’ Comp claims
While it’s well known that costs mount the longer a Workers’ Compensation claim stays open, employers often unwittingly make mistakes in managing the claim. Here are the top ten… Read More.
Helpful new studies, surveys and guides
- Lump-sum settlements encourage employees to return to work
- Study sheds light on risk factors for neck pain among office workers
- Coalition of healthcare organizations publish guidance for Outcomes-Based Wellness Incentives
- Physician-dispensed drugs adds to escalating Workers’ Comp costs
- Using criminal background checks in hiring decisions
- Police stress linked to health problems
- Why employees become whistleblower
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OSHA Watch
- Temporary policy for proximity alarms in cranes and derricks standard
- Direct final rule updates head protection standards
- Construction safety initiative in Pennsylvania
- Final Rule on whistleblower retaliation complaints made under the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act
- Recent fines and awards
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Legal Corner
FMLA
- Supervisor’s comments create viable FMLA claim
ADA
- EEO says “No restrictions, full duty” violates ADA
- School district violates ADA by not transferring teacher with seasonal affected disorder to classroom with windows
Workers’ Compensation
- Reports from doctors who are not part of WC network admissible – California
- Farm employee secures benefits for fall caused by gusty winds – Illinois
- Repetitive walking is workplace hazard – Illinois
- Volunteer firefighter proves use of prescribed narcotics caused condition – New York
- Officer hit by car while walking to get coffee due Worker’s Comp – Oregon
- Violation of employer work rule leads to denial of benefits – Pennsylvania
- Compensation for PTSD denied cop who shot, killed suspect – South Carolina
- Waiter who choked on quesadilla cannot collect comp – Virginia
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Things you should know
- DOL issues new guide for employees about FMLA
- NIOSH releases small-business safety resource
- New materials address safety in cleaning industry
- CSB releases video on inherently safer design
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