OSHA issued a rule Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses (Rule), 81 Fed. Reg. 29624 (May 12, 2016) that revises its record keeping regulation (1904) to include electronic reporting. The new injury [...]
The National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. has proposed a nearly 20% workers compensation rate increase in Florida to cover the projected impact of recent state Supreme Court rulings and a new health [...]
The next generation of connected safety wearables could mark a new era in workplace safety and insurance – but only if the data they produce is harnessed in the right way. Read article [...]
Workers compensation buyers have benefited from increased competition in recent years, but some companies could find it difficult to secure coverage as early as 2017 if underwriting loss predictions are realized. “Many clients [...]
Provisions call for employers to electronically submit injury and illness data that they already record Why is OSHA issuing this rule? This simple change in OSHA’s rulemaking requirements will improve safety for workers [...]
Back in October 1987, Paul O'Neill gave his first speech as CEO of Alcoa, the aluminum manufacturing giant. Investors were nervous, since Alcoa had faltered with failed product lines. But O'Neill didn't talk [...]
Improving the way opioids are prescribed through clinical practice guidelines can ensure patients have access to safer, more effective chronic pain treatment while reducing the number of people who misuse, abuse, or overdose [...]
News stories and press releases from insurance departments nationwide regularly disclose the prosecution of prison guards for workers’ compensation fraud. I often wondered why guards, obviously familiar with prison horrors, would risk incarceration. [...]
A fitness-for-duty examination must be job-related and consistent with business necessity according to the relevant EEOC Guidance. When an FCE is ordered by a physician as part of a workers’ compensation case, it [...]