Industry Insights
Elson: 7 of the Wackiest Workplace Injuries | 05/17/2022 | ||
By: Matthew Elson | |||
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Workers injured by picking up a bag of french fries, hitting a bowling ball with a sledgehammer and getting a snack out of a vending machine are just three of the wackiest workplace injuries. ...Read More | |||
Espinoza: Workplace Mental Health Even More Critical Now | 07/13/2020 | ||
By: Kathy Espinoza | |||
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Mental health is in the forefront as an impact of the coronavirus pandemic. ...Read More | |||
Espinoza: The Ups and Downs of Sitting, Standing | 06/26/2018 | ||
By: Kathy Espinoza | |||
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Alternating between sitting and standing throughout the workday has a positive impact on our physical and emotional energy, and moods. It’s important to know that even small amounts of standing, stretching and walking during the day can have a positive impact: Even one hour of reduced sitti...Read More | |||
Economic Insecurity and Chronic Pain | 04/06/2016 | ||
By: Michael Gavin | |||
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Earlier this year, the estimable industry consultant Peter Rousmaniere published a report entitled The Uncompensated Worker: Financial Impact of Work Comp on Households.&nbs...Read More | |||
Even Uninsured Employers Need Love | 06/09/2015 | ||
By: Zachary Sacks | |||
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When you look to categorize employers in workers’ compensation, most fall into one of two categories: insured and self-insured. They are the “good” employers since they took the steps to take care of their injured workers. Yet there is another category consisting of the ...Read More | |||
Enforcing IMR Records Requirements | 12/12/2014 | ||
By: Julius Young | |||
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It appears that the California Division of Workers' Compensation is prepared to get tougher about enforcing independent medical-review regulations. In a Nov. 25 newsline, the DWC announced that as of December it will begin to mete out penalties where claims administrators fail to send...Read More | |||
Eliciting Effective Testimony | 07/11/2014 | ||
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In June I attended an educational program and the conversation somehow turned to effective advocacy. It is worthnoting that many attorneys think they are effective. Some think they are Perry Mason (for those of you too young to recall this TV lawyer, he managed to elicit amazing confessions on...Read More | |||
En Banc WCAB Opinion on Total Permanent Disability Due Date | 05/27/2014 | ||
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The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board has issued an en banc opinion (consisting of five commissioners, given the two vacancies remaining on the Board) in the case of Warren Brower v. David Jones Construction.The basic facts are simple enough: applicant sustained an injury in Dece...Read More | |||
Employment Contract Modification Gave Jurisdiction | 05/09/2014 | ||
By: Teague Campbell | |||
State: NC | Segment: | 0 | |||
Vincent Burley, a truck driver and Georgia resident, began working for U.S. Foods in 2000, when he entered into an employment contract in South Carolina. This contract included language that allowed U.S. Foods to modify the terms. In 2002, U.S. Foods reorganized and offered Burley either a severance...Read More | |||
E-Filing Landmarks | 03/24/2014 | ||
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Billy Preston immortalized the lyric, Nothin' From Nothin' Leaves Nothin', back in 1974. In the spirit of the U.S. Postal Service and their never-ending quest to price the postage stamp out of existence, I thought we might double the charge for e-filing this year. That lyric would be Not...Read More | |||