Workers Comp Blogwire

CANADA Canadian Mounties Workers Compensation Post Traumatic Stress Disabilities Rise

Mounties Experience Rise in PTSD in Past Decade The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, based on RCMP statistics, reports a sharp rise in disability for post-traumatic stress disorder

Use a Comprehensive Approach Not A Quick Fix To Repair Your Workers Compensation Program

Use a systematic approach to managing your workers’ compensation costs. It should be a comprehensive program tackling the key cost areas driving workers’ compensation costs. Cost drivers are ...

LexisNexis Names New York Disability Law Blog Top 25 Workers' Comp Blog for 2009!

The Attorneys at Turley Redmond, Rosasco & Rosasco are honored to have LexisNexis name our New York Disability Law Blog one of the top 25 workers compensation ...

A Fool's Gambit

When it comes to workers' compensation reform, why or why can't we be more like Texas. . .or Kansas. . .or Missouri. . .or this ...

Illinois permanent partial disability: How do you measure it for MRSA?

A reader asks: Do you know how permanent partial disability is valued for contracting MRSA or C-diff? Those are two terrible infections. But unlike a back injury or ...

The Workers' Compensation Beauty Pageant

The chore of ranking state workers' compensation systems is tougher than judging a national beauty pageant. Peter Rousamiere made an excellent attempt this week in ...

PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburgh Firefighters Agree to Random Drug Testing

Pittsburgh’s firefighters say “yes” to random drug testing for the first time in city history, as part of a policy where firefighters may be fired for a second ...

Saving DOLLARS by Integrating Workers Comp with Non-Occupational Treatment

According to a recent study posted on workforce.com from the University of California, Berkeley, integrating workers’ compensation medical benefits and non-occupational medical treatment under a “24-hour ...

NEW ZEALAND Accident Compensation Fees to Rise

New Zealand’s ACC Releases Proposals for Increase to Levies The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) of New Zealand has unveiled proposals to increase accident levies as part ...

NEW YORK Selling Cars Leads to Work Comp Fraud as Investigators of NYSIF Investigate Case

A man is in trouble for allegedly fraudulently collecting approximately $9,000 in workers’ compensation benefits. He allegedly informed investigators with the New York State Insurance Fund’s Division of Confidential ...