WCD to Try Public Shaming to Coerce Compliance With Reporting Rules

Workers’ compensation regulators in Oregon have had enough of carriers and self-insured employers blowing off their reporting responsibilities, and are going to start posting information about violations and civil penalties online. The Workers’ Compensation Division says it issued a record-high number of penalties against payers for not complying with reporting requirements in 2015, and while the numbers have been down since, they’re still above the historical average. Now, the division will test whether public shaming will work to motivate insurance companies and self-insu...