You know work injuries happen, and you expect your employees to file a workers’ compensation claim when they get hurt on the job. However, some employees act like a workers’ comp claim is the equivalent to some kind of special immunity: They seem to think that you...
The majority of individuals head to work each day to provide for their families. They expect to arrive safely and return in the same condition. Unfortunately, there are over 1 million workplace accidents every year in the USA, with some resulting in severe injuries....
Business owners in New York are required to carry workers’ compensation insurance for their employees. Should an employee be injured on the job, they can file a claim. Unfortunately, there are some people who like to take advantage of this and will file a fraudulent...
As a business owner, one thing you should know if you need (or not) is workers’ compensation. If you intend to hire employees, it’s often necessary to carry workers’ compensation unless you’re going to self-insure. Workers’ compensation is costly, but you need to have...
It is almost impossible to reduce the injury risk in your workplace to zero. You can and should implement optimum safety procedures and thorough training and provide your staff with high-quality safety equipment. Yet, despite this, it is almost inevitable that people...
A 2017 amendment to the WCL allows carriers to take credit against a PPD award for any TP benefits paid after 130 weeks have passed since the date of injury. Recently, the Board has begun issuing decisions clarifying its interpretation of the rule.
Do you have employees and contractors in your organization? Believe it or not, how you label your workers does matter. Workers who are labeled as independent contractors may not be entitled to equal rights and benefits as those labeled as employees. Whether...
Over the years we have observed numerous valid controversies fail due to untimely filing of Pre-Hearing Conference Statements. We recommend that any case where a FROI-04 or SROI-04 are filed that a Pre-Hearing Conference Statement and a OC-400.5 Certification be...
As a business owner, you've had a lot of your employees switch to working from home over the last two years. Maybe some of them are planning to never return to the office. You don't mind having them work from wherever they are happiest and most productive, but you are...
Maximum weekly benefit rate to increase by 5.9% effective July 1.
