Industry Insights
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Gelman: Nonsmokers Suffer From COPD | 04/10/2019 | |
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| Source: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Approximately 25% of adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have never smoked, and workplace exposures likely contribute to much of their disease. ...Read More | |||
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Langham: The End of a Relationship | 04/09/2019 | |
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| Source: David Langham | |||
| State: LA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The more intense the relationship, the more intense perhaps its dissolution. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: What Worked Then Works Now | 04/08/2019 | |
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| Source: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In 1992, workers' compensation case managers were finding their patients were often unable to get to their doctor’s office, physical therapy appointments or to the drug store to get their prescriptions filled. Many didn’t have their own vehicles or relied on friends, fam...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Automated Claims Handling? It's Coming | 04/05/2019 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| You know, dear readers, our workers’ compensation system is darn near perfect. Really, it is. Stop laughing. ...Read More | |||
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Duff: Are State's Undocumented Workers Covered by WC? It's Complicated | 04/04/2019 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In a remarkable case just decided by the Tennessee Supreme Court, Sandoval v. Williamson, the court concluded that a provision in the Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Act, “wh...Read More | |||
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Bobik: It's Groundhog Day for WC Claims Handling | 04/03/2019 | |
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| Source: John Bobik | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The popularity of the 1993 Bill Murray movie rendered the phrase “Groundhog Day” with a common reference to a continually occurring unpleasant situation, according to Wikipedia. ...Read More | |||
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Fein: Visions of Safety and Pictures of Success | 04/02/2019 | |
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| Source: Lewis Fein | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Sight is the savior of the insurance industry. Lew...Read More | |||
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Young: A Sordid Tale | 04/01/2019 | |
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| Source: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| With last Tuesday’s release of a report by California State Auditor Elaine Howle, lingering questions have now been answered about the sudden 2018 departure of Christine Baker from her post as director of the California Department of Industrial Relations. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Why Are California's Work Comp Costs so High? | 03/29/2019 | |
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| Source: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Why are California's workers' comp costs so high? A few possible contributors: ...Read More | |||
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Duff: New National Employment Law Project Report on the Gig Economy | 03/28/2019 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| As I have been arguing for years, the gig economy is not the exception, it is "the plan." ...Read More | |||
