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...
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Month: July 2022
Board Issues Decisions on Carriers’ Credit for TP Benefits Paid 130 Weeks Post-Injury
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.
Warning signs you could be misclassifying your employees
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...
Pre-Hearing Conference Statement Best Practices
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...
Does workers’ comp apply if someone works from home?
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...