Managing workers’ comp claims for older workers | PropertyCasualty360 (via PropertyCasualty360)
These tools and tips are essential for employers who may be feeling swamped by the proverbial ‘silver tsunami.’ Source: PropertyCasualty360
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Advocacy model may attract millennials to workers comp – Business Insurance (via Business Insurance)
Promoting a noble goal in workers compensation â getting an injured worker back on the job â could be key to attracting more millennials to the industry, say speakers at the Workersâ Compensation Instituteâs annual Educational Conference. Source: Business Insurance
Is workers compensation a no fault system?/ (via blogs.lawyers.com)
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Are smartphones boosting workers’ compensation claims? (via Florida Politics)
One area is bucking the long-term decline in workers’ compensation claims nationally, according to a study by an industry data clearinghouse and rate-setting agent: Motor vehicle accidents. These increased by 5 percent between 2011 and 2016, amid a 17.6 percent decline in all claims. The blame lik… Source: Florida Politics
On-the-job car crashes up, smartphone usage possibly linked: NCCI study – Business Insurance (via Business Insurance)
Motor vehicle accidents are a sore spot for the workers compensation sector, as the frequency for all claims in comp from 2011 to 2016 declined by 17.6%, yet frequency for on-the-clock car accidents increased 5%, according to data released Wednesday by the Boca Raton, Florida-based National Council on Compensation Insurance. Source: Business Insurance
Workers Compensation for Firefighters With PTSD
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida House approved new workers compensation legislation by a unanimous vote Monday that will recognize post-traumatic stress disorder as an “occupational disease.” Among those in the chamber were Pulse first responder Gerry Realin and his wife Jessica, the woman who launched the fight to change the legislation to recognize PTSD as a …