Industry Insights
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Geaney: Nurse's Back Injury Not Compensable After Cardio Club Activity | 12/13/2021 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| On Wednesday, the New Jersey Appellate Division affirmed the dismissal of a claim for serious back injuries filed by Meghan Ryan-Wirth, a school nurse, against the Hoboken Board of Education and the Pooled Insurance Program Joint Insurance Fund. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Ignore Comp Now, Pay More Later | 12/10/2021 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Many articles have appeared on this website after watching a process repeated multiple times. An employer ignoring workers' compensation insurance will soon pay more premiums to its carrier. A self-insured employer will end up allocating more of its budget to workers' comp payme...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Sudden and Extraordinary Employment Conditions | 12/09/2021 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is blasting from every store and radio station, Amazon boxes are piling up on porches, and email auto-replies are outnumbering actual messages. What a wonderful season!...Read More | |||
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Kamin: Valley Fever On the Rise, but Masks Could Help | 12/08/2021 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| California may be seeing a rise in valley fever cases, but employers could use a preventative care idea from the COVID-19 pandemic to help prevent occupational exposures to the valley fever fungi. ...Read More | |||
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Hannon: Significant Decisions Refresher: Penalties | 12/07/2021 | |
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| By: Mary Hannon | |||
| State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| This week’s refresher concerns significant Washington Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals decisions related to penalties. ...Read More | |||
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Switzer: Second Verse, Same as the Rest | 12/06/2021 | |
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| By: Kenneth M. Switzer | |||
| State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| We’ve tried this once before. “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” is a well-known phrase. ...Read More | |||
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Newton: Preventative vs. Rehabilitative Strategies | 12/02/2021 | |
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| By: Kimetra Newton | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Workers’ compensation professionals are experts at strategizing. We often say that the goal in case handling is to choose the approach that settles the issue the fastest. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Section 31.7 Bypassed With Order for Additional Panel | 11/30/2021 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I bring to your attention, or what I can capture of it between bites of Turkey leftovers, the panel decision in the case of Gonzalez v. Central California Child Development Inc. ...Read More | |||
| CAAA: Benefits Are Not a Gift | 12/01/2021 | ||
| By: California Applicants' Attorneys Association | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| There’s something insidious about the word “benefits.” It suggests that something is being “given” to a worker. And that suggestion immediately creates a false narrative: You have “benefits” because your employer gave them to you. There...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: TD Rates Going Up in 2022 | 11/29/2021 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| It makes sense to look to the future. After all, perhaps once we are in 2022, all the ancient curses we have been living through these past two years or so will finally be lifted. ...Read More | |||
