Industry Insights
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Paduda: Long COVID Is Real. 'Social Inflation' Is Not. | 08/21/2023 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute report on long COVID’s impact on work comp examined claims with an average of 18 months post-infe...Read More | |||
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Duff: Workers' Compensation in the Proposed UPS-Teamsters Agreement | 08/17/2023 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| I was very surprised during the pandemic at how little some unions knew about workers' compensation. I'll be keeping a close look during this period of union agitation to see what is happening in collective bargaining agreements relating to workers' compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Heat and Job Growth | 08/16/2023 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Two mostly-ignored things will have way more impact on workers’ comp than any other 10 factors. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Another Item on the Wish List: Rule 35.5(e) | 08/15/2023 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Did you know that sometimes regulations are written with invisible ink? It’s true. Crack open the books and look at Rule 35.5(e). ...Read More | |||
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Salem: Meet Judge Shaterra Marion | 08/14/2023 | |
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| By: Jane Salem | |||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| Sometimes, you just know right away when something’s right. ...Read More | |||
| CAAA: State's Labor Movement Has Its Hands Full | 08/11/2023 | ||
| By: CAAA Communications Team | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Hollywood on strike as artificial Intelligence threatens actual intelligence. Teamsters facing autonomous driverless trucks. Hotel owners cutting daily room cleaning to cut hotel housekeepers’ paychecks. Farmworkers organizing under a new first-in-the-nation law.&nbs...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Physician Dispensing in Work Comp Roars Back | 08/10/2023 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Why? Mostly because insurers and employers have been asleep at the switch. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: The Case I Never Forgot | 08/09/2023 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Decades ago, I worked on a massive product liability case. I was involved on the coverage side rather than the case in chief. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: About Those Grants for Further Study ... | 08/08/2023 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| I bring you tidings from the California Court of Appeal. Several parties have sought review of the WCAB’s practice of granting petitions for reconsideration for further review and study, and it appears the practice does not pass Court of Appeal muster. ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: Governor Signs Bill Raising Fees of Evaluating Physicians | 08/07/2023 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| On July 20, Gov. Phil Murphy approved an amendment to New Jersey Statutes Annotated 34:15-64 raising the maximum amount that physicians may be paid for opinions regarding need for treatment or estimates of permanent disability. ...Read More | |||
