Industry Insights
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Paduda: 2022 Predictions for Workers' Comp, Part 1 | 01/07/2022 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Once more, I head out on a limb to prognosticate the events and trends that will shape 2022. Here are the first five. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: How Accurate Were My 2021 Predictions (Part 2)? | 01/06/2022 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Yesterday we went through the first five of my predictions for 2021. Today, we’ll wrap up the second batch bef...Read More | |||
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Paduda: How Accurate Were My 2021 Predictions? | 01/05/2022 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| It’s time once again to see how I did on my 2021 predictions for workers’ comp. ...Read More | |||
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Torrey: Court Upholds Award to Worker Who Sustained Flu Shot Injury | 01/04/2022 | |
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| By: David B. Torrey | |||
| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania (an intermediate appellate court) held on Dec. 23 that the workers' compensation judge, in his grant of an original claim for a flu-shot-induced “transverse cervical myelitis,” did not rely on the purportedly incompetent opinion of ...Read More | |||
| Young: Top 10 2021 California Workers' Comp Developments | 01/03/2022 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| It’s time to take stock of 2021 in California’s workers’ comp system. This is a feature I’ve done every year since starting the blog in 2007. ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: Workers' Compensation Benefit Rates Are Skyrocketing | 12/28/2021 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NH | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| It is not widely known, but the new 2022 workers’ compensation benefit rates in New Jersey are 10% higher than those in 2021! ...Read More | |||
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Lynch: WCRI: The Calm in the Storm | 12/23/2021 | |
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| By: Tom Lynch | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In these uncertain times, it’s nice to know there are still a few things you can count on. ...Read More | |||
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Young: CHSWC Tightens Up | 12/22/2021 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In 2021, the California Commission on Health Safety and Workers’ Compensation began to be more skeptical about studies it commissions and their quality. ...Read More | |||
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Duff: 'Worker Protection Bill,' the NLRA and Worker Safety | 12/21/2021 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Although not directly related to workers' compensation, in the aftermath of tornado-related worker deaths in Illinois and Kentucky there have been a number of news stories discussing the need for a worker protection law of some kind. ...Read More | |||
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Coleman: Contribution Considerations During Settlement Season | 12/20/2021 | |
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| By: Lauren M. Coleman | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Toward the end of year, applicants often become interested in settlement of their workers’ compensation claims to help fund celebration of the holidays and the new year. ...Read More | |||
