Rebecca Shafer is an attorney and expert in workers compensation cost containment. Since 1991 she has utilized her expertise in working with employers to target savings opportunities and reduce their workers compensation costs. Her clients have included airlines, healthcare, printing/publishing, pharmaceuticals, retail, hospitality, and manufacturing. Her greatest strength is helping clients properly assess their problems and move from assessment to implementation. Her work with insurance brokers and position as litigation manager for a Fortune 500 company have given her a broad perspective on how to manage workers compensation within an organization. She is an accomplished writer, speaker, and publisher. She serves on the Executive Committee of LexisNexis Workers Compensation Law Community. She is the author of Workers Compensation Management Program: Reduce Costs 20% to 50%. She can be reached at RShafer@ReduceYourWorkersComp.com

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Reducing Work Comp Costs in Manufacturing

• 01/23/20

Manufacturing job are often thought of as dangerous places to work.  That is not the case if the factory has a proper safety program in place. The creation of a safety program for a factory is not much ...
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Create a Safety Action Plan

• 01/17/20

Engaged employers need to keep a continual eye on safety within the workplace.  According to the National Safety Council, 85 percent of all accidents could be prevented or reduced by having an effective ...
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Using Medical Disability Guidelines to Estimate Return to Work

• 01/15/20

Members of the claim management team face many challenges in handling their files in workers’ compensation claims. When an employee misses work, the team needs to make efforts to return that person to ...
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Understanding Work Comp in the Healthcare Industry

• 01/10/20

Interested stakeholders in the healthcare industry face many unique challenges in terms of finding affordable workers’ compensation insurance coverage. This is especially the case when it comes to ...
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Reduce Work Comp Costs Through a Safety Professional

• 12/19/19

Interested stakeholders are always seeking to reduce workers’ compensation program costs with a focus on safety. Safety measures are critically necessary to ensure work-related accidents do not occur. ...
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Traumatic Brain Injuries and Effective Workers' Comp Claims Management

• 12/12/19

Growing awareness of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) requires members of the claim management team and other interested stakeholders to learn, and understand more about these complex injuries. This includes ...
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The A B Cs of Workplace Safety

• 12/05/19

There are many ways interested stakeholders can reduce workers’ compensation costs in their programs.  Running a more effective program and reducing costs starts with a safe work environment that ...
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First Report of Injury Accuracy Critical for Workers Comp Success

• 11/21/19

Risk managers and workers’ compensation managers normally delegate the job of filling out the First Report of Injury form (also known in some states as the Employer’s First Report). Delegation of ...
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Look to Rated Ages For Realistic Settlement Amounts

• 11/13/19

A well-developed settlement plan can be a win-win for all parties to a workers’ compensation claim. The injured worker is assured of having enough money to meet his future medical – and possibly ...
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