WCRI Chief: Unemployment Rate Is Comp's Elephant in the Room

By Peter Mantius, CorrespondentAn unprecedented disruption of the United States labor market caused by the 2008 recession is apt to force fundamental changes in the state workers' compensation systems, the executive director of the Workers Compensation Research Institute said in closing remarks at WCRI’s annual conference on Thursday.With 25 million U.S. workers now chasing 3.5 million job openings, injured workers are in an increasingly precarious position, Richard Victor said.“We’re seeing a blurring of why the worker can’t go back to work,” Victor said. &ld...