Industry Insights
| VRMA & TD Held to be Different Benefits by Appellate Court | 09/23/2006 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| By Jake Jacobsmeyer The Court of Appeal in the 4th Appellate District ordered publication of a previously issued decision involving calculation of maintenance allowance benefits payable pursuant to Labor Code Section 139.5. In its decision the court raised several significant distinction...Read More | |||
| Violence in the Workplace, part 2 | 07/01/2006 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jamie Charter, M.S., CPDM This article will continue to discuss the subject of workplace violence. In part 1, we discussed the different forms in which workplace violence can manifest. Workplace violence can range from threatening or offensive language and, in the most extre...Read More | |||
| VR and SDI | 07/01/2006 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| When you are receiving SSDI benefits, you are subject to the "80% rule"...this means that you are only entitled to an "income" of 80% of your average wages when you stopped working...this "income" is calculated from ALL sources. Whether it is from PD, VR, interest/dividends, all sources. Even if a f...Read More | |||
| Violence in the Workplace, part 1 | 06/17/2006 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jamie Charter, M.S., CPDM The intent of this article series is to put a spotlight on the vital issue of violence in the workplace. A story recently unfolded in Santa Cruz, California that is very close, both in geographical proximity to my business, as well as on a personal level. ...Read More | |||
| Voc Rehab Case Law Update | 06/17/2006 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| An injured worker's injury is contested AOE/COE. On the Application for Adjudication of Claim, applicant's attorney indicates that Rehab is at issue. Three years after injury, the applicant's treating physician finds the applicant QIW. Four years after injury, an AME finds the inj...Read More | |||
| Voc Rehab Case Law Update | 02/25/2006 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| by Alan LenoDoes the provision of a temporary work assignment create an obligation for the employer under the Fair Employment & Housing Act (FEHA) to make the assignment permanent when the temporary disability becomes permanent? In Raine v. City of Burbank (No. B1...Read More | |||
| View From the Trenches | 08/13/2005 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| (or what they wish you knew) by Jamie Charter For the past 21 years, I have had the opportunity of knowing many injured employees through the provision of a variety of services. Through my experiences, I have listened, counseled and performed damage control, many times after an inj...Read More | |||
| Voc Rehab Case Law Updates | 07/16/2005 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Alan Leno Is an employee entitled to VRMA (and at what rate) while an out-of-state plan proposal is being evaluated? In SCIF v. WCAB (Nash) (2005) 70 CCC 266 (writ denied), the WCAB determined that the applicant was entitled to VRMA benefits at the TTD rate (base...Read More | |||
| Vouchers and Penalties Regulations - an Update | 07/04/2005 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| SJDB vouchers - Proposed Regulations The Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit voucher regulations have been approved by the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) and certified by the Secretary of State with an implementation date of August 1, 2005. The final version of the voucher ...Read More | |||
| Voc Rehab, ADA, and FEHA - How it Fits Together | 06/18/2005 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| A long story short: An employee was placed directly into a vocational rehabilitation plan without the employer having the opportunity to respond to an RU-94 or have the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) "conversation" with the employee. The employee is still in the plan, however the ADA "convers...Read More | |||
