Industry Insights
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Addington: Some Important Reminders | 09/21/2023 | |
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| By: Judge Brian Addington | |||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| As a child, and even today, I love to read historical reminders. I used to read them in newspapers or magazines growing up, but now they abound in articles on the web and on social media. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Top Workers' Comp Tax Questions | 09/19/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| J&L’s corporate tax filing season just ended. Every year, we receive the following workers' comp tax questions from employers, injured employees, claims personnel and financial advisers. Let's cover five of the most popular. ...Read More | |||
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Zachry: The Philosophy for Assigning Claims | 09/18/2023 | |
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| By: Bill Zachry | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Within all claims operations, the claims manager and supervisor are responsible for balancing the examiners’ caseload to make sure that the examiners not only have the right caseloads but also have the right claims within that caseload. Properly done, the assignment process will allow ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Prepping for Mediation | 09/15/2023 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Here are three tips for getting your mediation case ready to go. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: PWALSH Test Replaces WALSH for Jurisdiction | 09/14/2023 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| One of the most useful tests and acronyms in the workers' comp insurance world is how to test when an injured employee crosses state lines as part of his job duties. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Update on How Inflation Reduction Act Affects Settlement | 09/13/2023 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: CA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Will the Inflation Reduction Act affect your settlement? A prior post discussed that possibility. A year later, there are developments. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Medical Inflation in Work Comp | 09/12/2023 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Medical inflation in workers' compensation isn’t a problem. In most states. Today. ...Read More | |||
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Young: Comp Bills Advancing | 09/07/2023 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The California Legislature is back after its August hiatus. We’re heading into the legislative home stretch. A few bills of interest to the workers’ compensation community have survived Sept. 1 suspense file votes in the Assembly Appropriations Committee. ...Read More | |||
| CAAA: An Unhappy Labor Day | 09/06/2023 | ||
| By: California Applicants' Attorneys Association | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The State Auditor just released a new report on the failures of the Employment Development Department’s mishandling of the state’s unemployment insurance program, which resulted in a $20 bil...Read More | |||
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Stevens: How CT Doctrine Undermines Post-Termination Defense | 09/05/2023 | |
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| By: Daniel R. Stevens | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The post-termination defense may seem like a good defense against sketchy cumulative trauma claims, but a closer look at California statutes reveals how the Labor Code undermines that plan of action. ...Read More | |||
