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3 Steps to Reducing Your Staffing Company’s Experience Modifier

3 Steps to Reducing Your Staffing Company’s Experience Modifier

by katherine | Nov 18, 2016 | Workers’ Compensation

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...
New Mexico Ruling Upholds Compensability of Medical Marijuana

New Mexico Ruling Upholds Compensability of Medical Marijuana

by katherine | Oct 26, 2016 | Workers’ Compensation

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...
An Important Loophole to the Non-Compensability of the “Going and Coming” Rule

An Important Loophole to the Non-Compensability of the “Going and Coming” Rule

by katherine | Oct 24, 2016 | Workers’ Compensation

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...
Two Perspectives on Workers’ Compensation Claims for Home Health Workers

Two Perspectives on Workers’ Compensation Claims for Home Health Workers

by katherine | Oct 18, 2016 | Workers’ Compensation

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...
Are Injured Undocumented Workers Entitled to Wage Replacement Benefits

Are Injured Undocumented Workers Entitled to Wage Replacement Benefits

by katherine | Oct 14, 2016 | Workers’ Compensation

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...
Are Workers’ Compensation Accident Investigations Attorney-Client Privileged?

Are Workers’ Compensation Accident Investigations Attorney-Client Privileged?

by katherine | Oct 12, 2016 | Workers’ Compensation

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...

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