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Why Every Employer Should Request Their Special Handling Instructions

Special Handling Instructions One of the main goals in managing workers’ compensation costs is returning your injured worker to work as soon as medically advisable. For

CANADA Newfoundland and Labrador Workplace Health and Safety Compensation Commission Reports Rates for 2010

WHSCC to Maintain Average Base Assessment Rate for Employers The Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission (WHSCC) of New Foundland and Labrador reports it is maintaining the ...

Finding and Developing Tools to Build Your Workers Compensation Program

Why You Need to Know the WC Cost Containment PROCESS Yes, you’ll need to know the subject matter of workers’ compensation cost containment, but you’ll also need to ...

CANADA Calgary Local Employment Programs for Disabled Workers

Calgary Residents with Disabilities Receive Help from Local Employment Program People with disabilities will get help preparing for jobs as a result of the Government of Canada’s ...

Former Police Officer Charged with Mail Fraud for Filing NY Workers Comp and Disability Claims

Former Police Officer Charged With Mail Fraud - 9/3/2009 A 32-year-old former Johnson City Police officer who faked an assault at is charged with 20 counts ...

"My Waukegan workers' compensation lawyer said he has too many cases."

This comment came from a frustrated caller. Essentially their lawyer hadn't called them back in a week to tell them what he would do about ...

BP fined by OSHA a record $87M for Texas City Explosion

Four years follow a massive explosion in Texas City, OSHA fined BP a record $87 million dollars. The Financial Times reports: "Jordan Barab, acting assistant secretary of ...

"I don't want to give it all to a lawyer"

We heard this from someone who ironically enough had not received workers' compensation benefits for about six months. She hadn't yet hired an attorney because ...

Life After Andrepont: The Contentious Issue of Attoney’s Fees in Longshore Cases

By Paul B. Howell, Franke & Salloum One of the most contentious issues under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (33 U.S.C.S. § 901 ...

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Texas: Workers’ Compensation Research and Evaluation Group Publishes 2009 Workers’ Compensation Network Report

By Stuart D. Colburn, Downs Stanford, PC The Workers’ Compensation Research and Evaluation Group (WCREG) published its 2009 workers’ compensation network report card results. ...

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