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Judging a Client’s Workers’ Comp Risk
BIG NEWS for staffing companies when judging a client’s workers’ comp risk Starting in 2017 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will require your clients to have their internal reports of work injuries and illnesses posted to a public website....
Common Mishaps Lead to Serious Injuries
Accidents happen. Even in the safest workplaces, everyday hazards can lead to serious injuries. Despite headlines that describe tragic industrial accidents, it might surprise most employers that slips, trips and falls, usually avoidable, can cause the most serious...
Scared Safe: A Video is Worth 1,000 Words
Sometimes our temporary employees can forget that even though a job is temporary, a work comp injury can be permanent and last the rest of their lives. Lack of training, attentiveness, and failure to follow safety protocols can lead to the more severe injuries. All...
E-Platforms Can Eliminate Payroll and Workers Compensation Costs
The Newest Recruiting and Staffing E-Platforms Can Eliminate Payroll and Workers Compensation Costs-- Just ask UBER As a staffing workers compensation specialist for almost 30 years, I try to stay current on trends in the staffing and work comp industries. A huge cost...
Carve-outs Can Cut Workers’ Comp Costs
Workers' comp law is different in every state and even complicated. So much so, that staffing companies may avoid doing business in states such as California or New York. Multi-state staffing companies may not realize they can get state "carve-outs" through a...
Don’t Treat Your Injured Worker like a Number
Getting injured workers back is the primary goal of all employers, but that process starts during the claims process. A good start is to stop treating injured workers as claimants and more like customers who need to get their bodies and minds fully functioning again....
Social Media: A Potent Weapon against Fraud
You can tell a lot about your employees based on what they post on their social media pages. These include Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and any number of other sites that have come on-line. This is a crucial part of information gathering during a workers' comp claim...
Light Duty Work Can Reduce Workers’ Comp Costs
The best way to hasten the recovery of a work injury is to get an injured worker back to work as soon as possible. Light duty assignments can achieve this goal for a staffing company while minimizing temporary disability payments. Make sure your light duty policy is...
Beware of Dangerous Drug Combinations
It is an unfortunate consequence of many injuries that pain medication, sleeping pills and even anti-depressants are prescribed to get injured workers back on the job. Frequently, these drugs are prescribed simultaneously and, in the case of opioids, can be...
Opt Out Programs Threaten Coverage
Part of the national discussion surrounding workers' comp is the number of states allowing employers to "opt out" of the state's workers' comp system. A court recently declared Oklahoma's opt out unconstitutional, citing disparate treatment of injured workers. While...
Classification and Recordkeeping: the Keys to Proper Coverage
It looks like your workers' comp premiums will increase next year. As a staffing firm, it's a good time to review coverage requirements for your temporary workers. Underpaying premium not only leaves your employees vulnerable, but places you in legal difficulty....
Workers’ Comp Market Turn-around Portends More Choices For Staffing Firms
Workers' comp carrier fortunes are improving as data from 2014 reveal that many large insurers are seeing better financial results from earlier years. The result is lower advisory rates in many states, which is good news for employers, as insurers tend to use those...