Industry Insights
| Good News, Good Job: Disability Duration Guidelines | 09/30/2010 | ||
| State: NY | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Michael T. BernsAfter several years of contentious meetings, The New York State Workers' Compensation Board’s Advisory Committee and Task Force has completed a major step towards meeting the goal of the 2007 Amendment to the Workers' Compensation Law: the 108-page Disabi...Read More | |||
| Governor is Acting Above the Law | 01/06/2010 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
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| Genetics and Workers' Compensation Claims | 12/22/2009 | ||
| By: Jon Gelman | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon GelmanGenetic predisposition to occupational illness and disease presents a complex issue in workers’ compensation claims and health technology assessment. New methods now permit the identification of individuals who have risk factors establishing a greater propensity for di...Read More | |||
| Good Medicine is Good Work Comp Policy | 10/19/2009 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Thomas CalderonAs the California Workers Compensation debate has raged on in recent years we have seen business, labor, applicant attorneys and medical providers square off in battle, doing their best to protect their interests. All have good arguments. All have a major st...Read More | |||
| Governor Signs Predesignation Bill | 10/13/2009 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Julius YoungIn what will be a surprise to the conventional wisdom, Governor Schwarzenegger has signed Senate Bill 186, a bill which extends the right to predesignate a physician for workers' comp treatment.Under the 2004 SB 899 reforms, the right to predesignate was sc...Read More | |||
| Georgia's Take-Your-Gun-to-Work-Law Really Not That Bad | 09/04/2008 | ||
| State: GA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Steven G. HopkinsDespite strong opposition from employers and business interests, Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue signed legislation on May 14 which significantly broadened the places in which licensed gun owners could lawfully possess firearms. In addition, the law, officially known as the...Read More | |||
| Gun Legislation Highlights Violence in the Workplace Exposure | 03/26/2008 | ||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| --By Margaret SpenceAfter the recent shooting incidents at Northern Illinois University and at the Wendy’s here in Palm Beach County, I was cautiously optimistic that the Florida Legislators would table the Guns in the Workplace Legislation – I was wrong. Last mon...Read More | |||
| Give Judges a Big Raise | 06/30/2007 | ||
| By: Larry Rogak | |||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Larry Rogak How's this for a fact to ponder: In New York, lawyers who have just passed the bar exam and been admitted to the bar can make more money as a starting salary at their first job, than the most senior judge can earn. Huh? In New York, there are at leas...Read More | |||
| Guarded Optimism in 2007 | 06/02/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Stephen J. Klingel As we move further into 2007, NCCI has examined the available workers' compensation market data and adopted a position of "guarded optimism" regarding the outlook for the workers' compensation market this year. In May 2006, NCCI issued a preliminary marke...Read More | |||
| Greasy Spoon Film Busts Fraudster | 02/24/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By John Crittenden Our subject in this investigation claimed that his injured condition caused him to be unable to sit or stand for more than 10 minutes at a time, due to his restricted range of motion. My chief investigator had seen him leave his apartment and tailed him to a ...Read More | |||
