Agriculture is one of the few industries where relatives of workers suffer high rates of injuries due to the nature of working farms existing on private lands, and researchers say farmers need to ensure children are kept safe from workplace incidents. The National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health, in a Wednesday blog post, said …
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The family of a grocery store employee killed after being struck by a vehicle during a work break cannot sue the company for wrongful death because the injury and death were covered under workers compensation, a California appeals court ruled Tuesday. Timoteo Alejandro Martinez Ildefonso died soon after being struck by a pickup truck while …
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The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries is proposing a 4.9% increase in the average hourly rate employers and workers will pay for workers compensation insurance next year. In a statement, L&I Director Joel Sacks attributed the increase to “economic uncertainty and lingering impacts of the pandemic” and “finding a balance between charging enough to cover …
CHICAGO — While rival sports organizations compete fiercely on the field, they can work together effectively to battle risk management concerns they have in common, including workers comp issues, three baseball risk managers said. And the data-heavy analysis that clubs use to optimize players’ performance extends into other areas of their operations and is used …
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Business Insurance held its annual Diversity, Equity & Inclusion conference at the Union League Club of Chicago Sept. 13-14. The 170 registrants attended expert panel discussions, heard the results of BI’s DEI survey and honored the 2023 Alonzo Herndon Award winner, Rebekah Ratliff. Source link
MedRisk LLC, a workers compensation managed care organization, announced Tuesday the appointment of its new CEO, Sri Sridharan. Mr. Sridharan replaces Danielle Lisenbey, who retired in May. The King of Prussia, Pennsylvania-based company said Mr. Sridharan, who joined MedRisk as chief client officer in 2022 and was appointed president this year, will continue to guide …
A former Hertz Corp. employee who claims he experienced workplace retaliation and harassment after complaining about discrimination is not entitled to workers compensation benefits for a claimed mental injury, a Tennessee workers comp court ruled Monday. The employee sought benefits for psychological injuries, claiming he suffered a mental breakdown in February after a yearlong period …
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Lawmakers in Washington, D.C., have introduced legislation designed to create parity in workers compensation in cases involving injured workers who receive out-of-state benefits. The Parity in Workers’ Compensation Recovery Act of 2023, filed Tuesday, states that workers who receive comp awards in any state are not barred from seeking compensation under D.C. workers comp law …
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The West Virginia Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the denial of opioids and related medication to treat an injury in a workers compensation claim filed by a laborer who was hurt on the job in 2014. The high court ruled that the West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Board of Review correctly determined that opioids and drugs …
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Identifying and addressing behavioral health and mental health issues and providing staff training on empathy and other soft skills are among the performance differentiators for top workers compensation claims management companies, according to survey results released Monday by Chicago-based Rising Medical Solutions. Rising’s annual benchmarking survey, now in its 10th year, gathered the input of …
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