Workers’ comp researchers have sometimes looked to the Great Recession as a way to navigate the COVID-caused economic downturn, but the recent pandemic has presented unique challenges that historical data may not be able to solve, industry experts said Wednesday during the second day of the Workers Compensation Research Institute’s annual conference.
And although the duration of temporary disability tends to increase during financial slowdowns, the fear of being unemployed may push some injured employees to return to work more quickly, said Bogdan Savych, a public policy analy...
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