Industry Insights
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Langham: The Law of the Case | 02/12/2020 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 460 | 0 | |||
| Here's an interesting decision from Texas: Steele v. Murphy & Beane Inc. and Viacom. ...Read More | |||
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Duff: More Reaction to Regulatory Arbitrage | 02/11/2020 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 404 | 0 | |||
| A recently offered Pennsylvania bill doubling down on the ABC employee-status test for app-based companies like Uber and Lyft has created in me the strong impression that one school of national opinion seems to be coalescing around a presumption that the gig economy writ large is not benign but a...Read More | |||
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Gelman: New OSHA Silica Standard Not Strong Enough | 02/10/2020 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 969 | 0 | |||
| Silica exposure was the catalyst that brought occupational diseases in the state workers’ compensation acts in the 1950s. In an effort to shield employers from civil liability, silicosis was incorporated as a compensable condition under the capped damage system of state workers’ compe...Read More | |||
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Paduda: The One Call Overhaul, Part 1 | 02/07/2020 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 414 | 0 | |||
| One Call’s new owners just announced the hiring of Tom Warsop as the company’s new CEO, replacing Rone Baldwin. ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: Medical Providers Win in Supreme Court on Statute of Limitations Issue | 02/06/2020 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 473 | 0 | |||
| In New Jersey, a medical provider dispute arising from a work injury can only be filed in the Division of Workers’ Compensation ever since 2012. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Quid Pro Quo | 02/05/2020 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 396 | 0 | |||
| We’ve heard a lot about quid pro quo lately. But it’s not necessarily a bad thing. ...Read More | |||
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Castillo: Compounding the QME Crisis | 02/04/2020 | |
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| By: Michael Castillo | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 567 | 0 | |||
| The State Auditor's report exposing the Department of Industrial Relations' failure to adequately administer the qualified medical evaluator process continues to ripple throughout the workers' compensation community. ...Read More | |||
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Truong: Is Your Worker Truly an Independent Contractor? | 02/03/2020 | |
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| By: Jennifer L. Truong | |||
| State: WA | Segment: Top | 292 | 0 | |||
| Employers are often caught off-guard when a Washington Department of Labor and Industries’ workers’ compensation audit results in a daunting Order of Assessment demanding back payment of industrial insurance premiums, penalties and accruing interest due to the misclassification of cov...Read More | |||
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Zender: What Robots Mean for Workers' Comp | 01/31/2020 | |
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| By: Matt Zender | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 535 | 0 | |||
| History provides interesting insights into the debate around automation and employment. ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: Is Workers' Comp Ready for Coronavirus? | 01/30/2020 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 2372 | 0 | |||
| It seems that every decade a new pandemic emerges on the world scene and complacency continues to exist in the workers’ compensation arena to meet the emerging challenges of infectious disease. ...Read More | |||
