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Worksafe Report: Tesla Injuries at Fremont Plant Are Double the National Average
By Liz Carey Fremont, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - A report issued this week by a California safe workplace organization alleges that injuries at Tesla’s Fremont plant are nearly double the national...
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MN Workers’ Comp Claims Down; State Group Home Workers an Exception
By Liz Carey St. Paul, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) - While Minnesota continues to see decreases in its workers’ compensation claims, one segment of Minnesota employees is filing more claims than ever....
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CA Cuts Down on Fraud
By Angela Underwood San Bernardino, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - Deputy District Attorney Scott Byrd said California is one of the utmost stringent and expensive employers among the states, making it...
View ArticleWCI and the Spirit to Serve
So you don’t think you can make a difference? Well, the Workers’ Compensation Institute had a “real awakening” on what really can be accomplished with a “Spirit to Serve” attitude to make a difference...
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Employers Cited, but Keep Endangering Employees, Report Says
By Liz Carey Cincinnati, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) – On May 31, Environmental Enterprises, Inc. pleaded guilty to one count of negligent homicide in Hamilton County, Ohio court, after a...
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FL Providers Ask Division of Workers’ Comp to Resolve Disputes
By Liz Carey Tallahassee, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Four Florida groups are challenging changes, in court, to the way the Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation resolves payment disputes....
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NY State Paid Family Leave is Now Under Workers’ Comp
By Angela Underwood Rochester, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) - Family leave is attorney Luke Wright’s priority. Since the esquire with New York-based Harter Secrest & Emery LLP heard Gov. Andrew...
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Study Launches 2017 Claims Survey to Expand Differentiators of Higher...
By Rising Medical Solutions June 6, 2017 — Chicago, IL — The Workers’ Compensation Benchmarking Study’s 2017 annual survey is underway, keeping pace with the industry as it strives to do ever better in...
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Chicago Skyline to Turn Green for Safety During National Safety Month
By The National Safety Council Itasca, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) - The National Safety Council applauds building owners across Chicago for agreeing to light their properties green in observance of...
View ArticleOpening General Session
By Steve Rissman, Program Chair Over the next couple of weeks, I will talk about a couple of highlights of the 2017 program for the Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference. The Conference is...
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Rousmaniere: Pransky’s Gift
By Peter Rousmaniere Liberty Mutual closed its Center for Disability Research, along with the rest of the Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, on June 6, due to corporate cost-cutting. So ends...
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Compounds: The Good, the Bad, and the Kitchen Sink
By Dara Barney Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - PRIUM Senior Vice President Mark Pew, a self-proclaimed agitator and educator in the treatment world, described compound medications as a bad...
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$12 Million Dollar Workers’ Comp Case Reversed in OK
By Angela Underwood Tulsa, OK (WorkersCompensation.com) - A $12 million dollar workers’ compensation award decision has been reversed for two injured workers who lost their legs in a graining accident....
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CA: Largest Attorney Bust in Orange County History
By Angela Underwood Santa Ana, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – It’s big. The Orange County District Attorney’s (OCDA) busted ten attorneys and six others for felony charges in a one of the most “massive...
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Interpreters: Employees or Contractors?
By Liz Carey Sacramento, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - While the standard for interpreters and translators remains as contract employment, some within the industry are calling for interpreters to be...
View ArticleBreakout for Risk Managers
By Steve Rissman, Program Chair Over the last few years, the Breakout for Risk Managers at the Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference has been the envy of all workers’ compensation oriented...
View ArticleWCI and The Florida State University College of Law Partnership – Juris...
The Workers’ Compensation Institute (WCI) is pleased to announce its latest partnership which is in response to an expressed growing need to enhance the quality of professionals in the workers’...
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East Bay Restaurant Owners Plead Guilty
By WorkCompAcademy.com Brentwood, CA (WorkCompAcademy) - Prosecutors allege that the former owners and managers of Golden Dragon Buffet in Brentwood, New Dragon Buffet in San Leandro, Golden Wok Buffet...
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WV Workers’ Comp Ruling Gains National Attention
By Angela Underwood Charleston, WV (WorkersCompensation.com) – A Supreme Court ruling recently denied an inmate workers’ compensation for an injury he sustained participating in state-mandated labor....
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Experts Discuss 2017 Workers’ Comp Trends
By Angela Underwood Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - The only thing that stays the same is that everything is constantly changing. As trends come and go, workers’ compensation experts discuss...
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