Industry Insights
| CAAA: The Final Finals | 08/29/2023 | ||
| By: California Applicants' Attorneys Association | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The Legislature will finish its work for the year on Sept. 15. CAAA is working hard on gender bias with a bill that has the U.C. Berkeley Labor Center gather and interpret accurate and objective data on how injured women are penalized for being women. CAAA is pushing legislation e...Read More | |||
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Moore: I Was Wrong on This One | 08/25/2023 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Many months ago, during the pandemic, I had predicted that a soft workers' comp market was a long tunnel with a small light at the end. ...Read More | |||
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Uribarri: In COVID Claims, Follow the Symptoms | 08/23/2023 | |
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| By: Zane P. Uribarri | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| PQME evaluations in workers’ compensation cases can be tricky. With limited time, and sometimes limited records, a PQME must interview an applicant, make an evaluation and issue an opinion on a wide range of topics outlined by lawyers in very long joint letters. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: 10-Year Workers' Comp Claims Report Card | 08/22/2023 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| What does one have to pay for a 10-year workers' comp claims report card including each year’s report? The answer is gratis. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Long COVID Is Real. 'Social Inflation' Is Not. | 08/21/2023 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute report on long COVID’s impact on work comp examined claims with an average of 18 months post-infe...Read More | |||
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Duff: Workers' Compensation in the Proposed UPS-Teamsters Agreement | 08/17/2023 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| I was very surprised during the pandemic at how little some unions knew about workers' compensation. I'll be keeping a close look during this period of union agitation to see what is happening in collective bargaining agreements relating to workers' compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Heat and Job Growth | 08/16/2023 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Two mostly-ignored things will have way more impact on workers’ comp than any other 10 factors. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Another Item on the Wish List: Rule 35.5(e) | 08/15/2023 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Did you know that sometimes regulations are written with invisible ink? It’s true. Crack open the books and look at Rule 35.5(e). ...Read More | |||
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Salem: Meet Judge Shaterra Marion | 08/14/2023 | |
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| By: Jane Salem | |||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| Sometimes, you just know right away when something’s right. ...Read More | |||
| CAAA: State's Labor Movement Has Its Hands Full | 08/11/2023 | ||
| By: CAAA Communications Team | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Hollywood on strike as artificial Intelligence threatens actual intelligence. Teamsters facing autonomous driverless trucks. Hotel owners cutting daily room cleaning to cut hotel housekeepers’ paychecks. Farmworkers organizing under a new first-in-the-nation law.&nbs...Read More | |||
