How Marijuana Affects Worker Rights, Workplace Safety December 5, 2016 By BOB SALSBERG Changing marijuana laws aren’t necessarily making weed more welcome in the workplace. For now, many employers appear to be sticking...
Washington 2017 Workers’ Comp Rate Will Increase Less Than 1% December 2, 2016 The average premium for workers’ compensation coverage in Washington will go up less than 1 percent in 2017. The state...
The Taming of the Skew December 1, 2016 By Dr. Laura Gardner, VP, Products, CLARA Analytics In the famous comedy by William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew,” the main plot depicts the courtship of Petruchio...
Most Casual and Work Winter Boots Don’t Stand up to Icy Surfaces November 29, 2016 A team of researchers from the iDAPT labs at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network have developed evidence-based ratings on footwear...
Decline in ER Visits, Claims Costs Spurs EMPLOYERS to Expand Nurse Triage Hotline November 28, 2016 By Denise Johnson Reductions in emergency room visits and total claim costs prompted EMPLOYERS, a small business insurance specialist, to expand its Injured...
Kentucky Governor Gets Okay to Appoint Workers’ Comp Judges November 28, 2016 A Kentucky judge has cleared the way for Republican Gov. Matt Bevin to appoint six administrative law judges to help...
How Data Analytics Helps to Control Workers’ Comp Claims and Costs November 23, 2016 By Denise Johnson Several challenges unique to workers’ compensation claims highlight the benefits of a robust data analytics system, according to a panel...
Cycle Time Is King November 21, 2016 By Dr. Laura Gardner, VP, Products, CLARA Analytics Workers’ compensation is essentially a collection of interrelated actions taken by the employer, payer, provider and injured worker in the...
Arkansas, Louisiana, and West Virginia Have Highest Rates of Workplace Deaths in Southeastern U.S. November 15, 2016 According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), researchers found that one U.S. region with a particularly...
Top 10 OSHA Citations of 2016 November 14, 2016 Last month, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration released a list of the 10 most frequently cited...