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Latex Allergy Adverse Reaction Caused by Swine Flu Shot
Just as health care workers and first responders have started to line up for H1N1 flu shots, an adverse reaction to latex has been reported.
10-22 Work Comp October 16th Fraud Blotter
A survey of what the media, state agencies, insurance companies, and others report in terms of workers’ comp fraud, listing recent arrests, charges, and convictions. ...
CANADA Saskatchewan Workers Comp Board to Reduce 2010 Average Premium
The Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) proposes in 2010 to reduce its average premium rate by 1.8% to $1.63. It is the fifth premium decrease ...
How To Select a Project Team for Your Workers Comp Cost Reduction Program
Select Your Project Team When you begin a cost containment program, think about it as a process — how will you tackle the problem, one bite ...
CALIFORNIA Beating Workers Comp Fraud Case by Case
New Fraud Prevention Program Results in Conviction “Work Comp fraud goes beyond the few employees who abuse the system,” said Ron Paine, vice president of Risk Control ...
Have You Tried Calling Your Workers Comp Carrier?
Information is the most essential ingredient in work comp claim management, but from where does information originate? The employer tends to see itself as a source ...
Injured Women After Reform (iWAR) Seeks to Elect New Calif. Governor, End Discrimination Against Women Injured at Work
By Marguerite Sweeney, Attorney at Law, Redding, Co-chair of iWARoneBay.com. On Thursday, October 8, 2009, women injured at work and women attorneys who ...Permanent total disability benefits a/k/a I only made $100 a week but am being paid $441.93 for life
Illinois has a lot of strong laws on behalf of injured workers. One of the strongest has to do with the amount you will be ...
WorkersCompensation.com’s CompNewsNetwork Selected As A LexisNexis Top 25 Blog
We were very pleased this week to learn that the WorkersCompensation.com CompNewsNetwork Area has been selected as one of the “Top 25” Blogs for Workers’ ...Workers Compensation Insurance Company and PBMs Liability for Drug Abuse
The Wall Street Journal reports today about a claim against pharmacies as a result of customer drug abuse. In the State of Nevada a case ...
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- CA Labor Commissioner Files $250,000 Lawsuit For Unpaid Wage
- NE Gov. Signs Bill Prohibiting Illegal Immigrants From Receiving Benefits
- Former Nurse's Aide Charged With Comp Fraud
- OSHA Orders Southern Air Inc. To Withdraw Lawsuit
- Doctor's Voluntary Resignation To Treat Workers' Compensation Claimants
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04 November, 2009 10:03:10
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03 November, 2009 10:49:39
With average loss time claim in the top five in country for several years, we will see a major increase at some point!
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19 October, 2009 05:06:51
How do you get permission for your investigator to go to the site or how do you pursuade OSHA to visit?
patricia griswold
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15 October, 2009 11:52:53
Does this mean healthcare workers should be given access to swine flu immunizations?
Jonathan Paul
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12 October, 2009 10:19:23
Most workers' compensation rate variation is caused by how an insurance company applies rating classifications to an employer.In some cases, no insurance company is willing ...
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- CA Insurance Commissioner Announces $1 Million Grant To Fight Workers' Compensation Insurance Fraud
- Peter Rousmaniere Discusses Low Risk, Low Cost Strategies for Controlling Chronic Pain
- NE Gov. Signs Bill Prohibiting Illegal Immigrants From Receiving Benefits
- Seven People And 11 Corporations Charged In Million-Dollar Workers' Compensation Fraud
- CA Labor Commissioner Files $250,000 Lawsuit For Unpaid Wage
- Ten Costly Return-to-Work Mistakes
- Seven People And 11 Corporations Charged In Million-Dollar Workers' Compensation Fraud
- Sedgwick CMS Integrates Medicare Compliance Solution With Claims Management Services
- WC Is The Last Nail In The Coffin For Small Businesses
- Increase In Use Of Electronics Creating “Intexticated” Workers