Today's post comes from guest author Thomas Domer, from The Domer Law Firm.While Facebook is extremely popular and used by over a billion people every day, no Facebook posting has ever helped an injured worker in a workers'’ compensation claim. On the contrary, use of a Facebook page poses real dangers for injured workers' pursuing [...]
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics National Compensation Survey 1991 - 2014 (Credit: Sisi Wei/ProPublica) Today's post comes from guest author Rod Rehm, from Rehm, Bennett & Moore.Business and insurance interests are bombarding state legislatures every day of the week to take workers'’ rights away by complaining how most states’ workers'’ compensation systems are too expensive. [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Catherine Stanton, from Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano.Medical coverage is a topic on everyone’s mind. Obamacare, while controversial, has started a real dialogue in this country regarding health care. Regardless of whether you are in favor of the current law, most Americans want affordable health care for [...]
Governor Pat McCroryAccording to N.C. Governor Pat McCrory, workers'’ compensation claims cause the state to spend about $150 million per year. He claims that research by CorVel, the state’s administrator for state employee claims, shows that roughly 40% of the workers'’ compensation claims are related to abuse or fraud. When attorneys, professors, and state employee [...]
All of us need to talk honestly about matters that concern us. Talking honestly about end-of-life choices is essential, and Atul Gawande (a surgeon in Boston) makes that clear in his book Being Mortal. Are the desperate surgical procedures and expensive treatments, which usually reduce the quality of life of a terminally ill patient, worth [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Thomas Domer, from The Domer Law Firm.A new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) indicates trust or mistrust in the work relationship plays a significant role in the outcome of a workers'’ compensation claim. In a recent benchmark study in Iowa by WCRI, almost four out of [...]
When an injured worker is a Medicare beneficiary due to age or disability, a Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside (WCMSA) account will often be required as part of a settlement of their workers'’ compensation claim. The funds in a WCMSA are set-aside in order to pay for future medical or prescription drug services related to the [...]
To avoid misclassifying your workers' follow these tips: Don’t make assumptions. If you are a business owner you should consult a tax professional and an attorney to ensure you are complying with IRS and labor laws when hiring staff or contractors. If contracting with staffing companies or labor brokers, make sure those agencies are properly [...]
The number of workers' killed last year on the job in North Carolina has nearly doubled according to the state Department of Labor. A total of 44 people were killed in work-related accidents, all but one of the workers' was classified as male, and all of the deceased workers' were classified as “laborers” by the [...]
According to a recent news article by Rachel Noble Benner, a mental health counselor, chronic pain is defined as pain that lasts longer than three months. It affects more than 100 million sufferers in the United States alone, and for those who suffer from chronic pain caused by an illness or injury it may seem [...]