The owner of a landscaping and property service business told me recently that he bought a vacuum lift system that attaches to an excavator to handle the heavy lifting of stone steps, slabs, and pavers […]

As in previous years, I like to kick off January with a look back at last year’s appellate opinions. This post will summarize 2021 opinions from the Tennessee Supreme Court Special Workers’ Compensation Panel. In […]

Yes, I admit it.  I often write about Experience Modification Factors, premium audits, and other parts of the WC system.  I should be writing more articles on Workers Compensation Self Insureds than I have over the […]

Sacramento, CA - RAND Corporation recently released a new Perspectives Report that examines policymakers’ initial efforts and reasoning around enabling access to workers’ compensation benefits for employees who are required to work outside their homes during the COVID-19 […]

Washington, DC — OSHA is withdrawing its emergency temporary standard on COVID-19 vaccination, testing and masking, the agency announced Jan. 25. A notice of withdrawal, set for publication in the Jan. 26 Federal Register, comes […]

Boise, ID (WorkersCompensation.com) - Dean L. Cameron, Director of the Idaho Department of Insurance, has become President of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners as its next President. Director Cameron was voted President-elect by his […]

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) - Increasingly, U.S. industries are using robotic technologies to perform dangerous or repetitive tasks, and these systems are becoming more collaborative and mobile in nature. While these advances add new capabilities to […]

Raleigh, NC (WorkersCompensation.com) - Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has announced that Debbie Walker, Senior Deputy Commissioner of the North Carolina Department of Insurance, is retiring effective March 31, 2022, after 30 years of loyal service. […]