Industry Insights
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Paduda: The Cost of Heat | 07/19/2023 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| While ignoramuses continue to deny we humans are changing the planet’s climate, folks with profit and loss responsibilities are calculating the cost of heat and heat-related injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Duff: Earnings Disparities, Comp Issues Connected to Race and Ethnicity | 07/18/2023 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Many employee benefits systems, including workers’ compensation, are pegged in a purportedly neutral fashion to earnings. Thus, in workers’ compensation, we might say that a benefit is based on 66 2/3% of the preinjury average weekly wage, capped at the state average weekly wage for a...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Work Comp and Mass Shootings | 07/17/2023 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Kudos to Texas’ Department of Workers’ Compensation for highlighting workplace mass shootings in a just-concluded annual conference. The presentation is here. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Employers Have No Duty to Employees' Household Member on COVID-19 | 07/14/2023 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The California Supreme Court issued its opinion in Kuciemba v. Victory Woodworks, essentially ruling that no duty of care exists on the part of employers to household members of employees when it comes to COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: AI, Automation, Junk Health Plans and Other Misadventures | 07/13/2023 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| MyMatrixx’ Chief Innovation Officer Cliff Belliveau, one of the smartest and most articulate tech people I have ever met, penned an excellent summa...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Steel Man vs. Straw Man | 07/12/2023 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Most of us have heard of the concept of a straw man argument. Those are the fallacious arguments you can knock over because they distort the premise to make the proponent’s point. ...Read More | |||
| Young: State's Top Workers' Comp Developments — First Half of 2023 | 07/11/2023 | ||
| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| At mid-2023, it’s time to examine the most important developments in California workers’ compensation so far this year. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Why Is Workers' Comp Claims Staff Turnover So High? | 07/07/2023 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| I viewed/attended a webinar sponsored by various workers’ comp organizations just before the holiday. Not to center on the negative aspects, but why is the workers’ comp claims staff turnover figure increasing at such a high rate? I will explain why this figure is so important to...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: AB 133 to Extend Remote Appearances | 07/06/2023 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| I have made no secret of my support for remote proceedings for court appearances. Hearings conducted remotely have the general effect of reducing transmission of diseases, whether COVID-19 or the common cold, and everything in between. ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: Recording and Taping IMEs in Workers' Compensation | 07/03/2023 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| The rules for recording and taping independent medical exams in New Jersey became much clearer with the June 15 New Jersey Supreme Court ruling in DiFiore v. Pezic. ...Read More | |||
