This post is a brief summary of our white paper, “How to Reduce Your Experience Modifier: Staffing Edition.” If you would like to read the long-form version you can download it here. Your experience modifier has a significant impact on the premium you pay for workers...
A New Mexico appellate court issued a ruling in favor of an injured worker who looked to receive financial reimbursement for prescriptions of medical marijuana that were required by the injury the worker sustained on the job. The ruling was based on the Compassionate...
Workers’ compensation law generally finds that an employee who has fixed hours and place of work cannot be compensated for any injuries incurred during a commute. It is viewed in this manner because an employee’s commute is not looked at as being within the course and...
In the state of Oregon, as in a number of other states, there is a program run by the Department of Human Services that provides home health care to qualifying state citizens at state expense. Qualifying citizens are provided with a ‘Service Plan’ and the health care...
While the specific answer to this question differs slightly in each state, an Iowa Supreme Court decision is illustrative of the public policy perspective that generally guides a state’s thinking on this issue. The Iowa Supreme Court has found that there can be no...
Your accident investigations very well may be attorney-client privileged, as demonstrated in the following decision in Alabama. The case in question had an employee who worked in a metal-recycling facility in Birmingham, Alabama who was involved in a workplace injury...
