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When it comes to what your Illinois Workers’ Compensation case is worth, a lot of that has to do with how much money your earned per week. That sets your workers’ compensation rate. Payment for […]

Protecting your business and your workers year-round should be an employer’s number one priority. AmTrust's Loss Control department offers 22 helpful tips to keep safety top of mind through the seasons in 2022 - and beyond. Winter […]

Somehow, over the years, my email address has wound up being listed on various press release distribution lists, with the result being that I get many emails every day announcing everything from company mergers to […]

As a young paramedic back in the 1980’s I quickly learned how devastating automobile collisions are. The human body simply doesn’t hold up well given the dynamics of a high-speed impact. Back in those days […]

There is a great deal of discussion in the news recently regarding a concept called "minimum mandatory." This had its birth in the 1980s, when legislative bodies sought to limit judicial discretion in the context […]

I lack the openness that other bloggers bring to their pages. I have always envied the manner in which people like David DePaolo and Bob Wilson open their lives on the Internet and share unabashedly […]

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that it will be holding a webinar on February 17, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. (EST) to discuss a variety of topics related to Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Asides (WCMSAs).  CMS’s […]

The Workers’ Compensation Law grants the administrator rule-making authority. That authority extends to the rules governing the Court of Workers’ Compensation Claims and Alternative Dispute Resolution.Chief Judge Switzer " data-medium-file="https://tncourtofwcclaims.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/kenneth-switzer.jpg?w=207" data-large-file="https://tncourtofwcclaims.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/kenneth-switzer.jpg?w=620" /> As we’ve promised, […]