Industry Insights
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Young: Two From the Supremes | 07/28/2023 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The California Supreme Court recently decided two closely watched cases, Kuciemba v. Victory Woodworks and Adolph v. Uber Technologies. ...Read More | |||
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Bonsall: The Crucial Importance of Disability Insurance | 07/27/2023 | |
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| By: James Bonsall | |||
| State: NA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| You never know when an accident can happen or your health can take a turn for the worse, disrupting your ability to work effectively. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Research on Wearable Tech: It's the Data, Too | 07/26/2023 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Two recently published peer-reviewed studies give more insight into the utility and effectiveness of wearables/digital health. ...Read More | |||
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Duff: Additional Reflections on Kuciemba | 07/25/2023 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The workers’ compensation portion of the Kuciemba case holds that workers’ compensation exclusivity does not defeat “take home” liability. The exclusive rem...Read More | |||
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Paduda: 2023 Predictions for Workers' Comp, Part 1 | 07/24/2023 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Time to check in and see how well/poorly my predictions for 2023 are panning out. ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: Should Employers Pay for Both Lawyers in Workers' Comp Cases? | 07/21/2023 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| When a workers’ compensation case settles in the New Jersey Division of Workers’ Compensation for a percentage of disability, the employer pays for its own lawyer and most of the fee of the injured worker’s lawyer. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: NCCI Video Answers Key Question | 07/20/2023 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| I have been very hesitant over the years to include videos in these articles. Quite a few articles in this blog have covered the vast improvements in the NCCI combined ratio figures. Being text-based and easy to read has been my goal since the first article was published in 2007. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: The Cost of Heat | 07/19/2023 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| While ignoramuses continue to deny we humans are changing the planet’s climate, folks with profit and loss responsibilities are calculating the cost of heat and heat-related injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Duff: Earnings Disparities, Comp Issues Connected to Race and Ethnicity | 07/18/2023 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Many employee benefits systems, including workers’ compensation, are pegged in a purportedly neutral fashion to earnings. Thus, in workers’ compensation, we might say that a benefit is based on 66 2/3% of the preinjury average weekly wage, capped at the state average weekly wage for a...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Work Comp and Mass Shootings | 07/17/2023 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Kudos to Texas’ Department of Workers’ Compensation for highlighting workplace mass shootings in a just-concluded annual conference. The presentation is here. ...Read More | |||
