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Very, Very Strange Workers Compensation Claims

by David Schek | Jul 9, 2013 | Workers Comp, Workers' Compensation Insurance

Some times my staffing clients tell me that they have seen or heard about every kind of workers compensation claim possible.

After they share a few workers compensation claims stories with me, I would usually have to agree with them. Then I read this recent article (see link below) about some VERY VERY Strange Workers Compensation claims. These claims will leave you wondering whether any work environment is “truly safe.” It may also have you wondering what exactly is a “work environment” when it comes to a workers compensation claim?

— http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/5-bizarre-workers-comp-claims-that-were-actually-successful/

I hope these unusual stories help you smile or chuckle a little– especially since these claims did not happen to you. To find out more about the Work Comp Staffing Solutions management consulting services and workers compensation-professional employer organization programs, please contact me at davidstaffing@gmail.com and visit our web site at www.StaffingCompSolutions.com

All the best and we hope you had a safe 4th of July,

David Schek
President
StaffingCompSolutions.com
American Staffing Association Member
California Staffing Association Member
Exclusive PEO Broker for the United States Staffing Association

What Happens To Your Costs When the ACA Meets Workers Compensation?

by David Schek | Jul 1, 2013 | Consulting Services, Professional Employer Organization (PEO), Staffing Company, Workers Comp, Workers' Compensation Insurance

There are basically 2 schools of thought on this issue. The first school of experts suggest that some workers compensation costs will decrease over time since comp costs will be shifted to ACA plans for the millions of workers who are covered under these new health programs. Which would be great for most staffing companies. Conversely, another school of experts say that the ACA will swamp the existing medical facilities and resources from day 1, forcing workers compensation claimants to wait longer for their treatments (at hospitals and clinics) , resulting in increased workers compensation costs and higher indemnity claims.

This article below discusses these issues in more detail. It also looks at Massachusetts’s experience since 2006 where they have had a similar plan as the ACA, and now have some history as to how it has impacted workers compensating costs.

— http://www.aaos.org/news/aaosnow/nov12/advocacy2.asp

Work Comp Staffing Solutions speaks to many staffing company owners each week. This topic comes up in most of our conversations as more staffing companies sign up to partner with Professional Employer Organizations to help them manage these ever increasing payroll responsibilities and liabilities.

To find out what more staffing companies are doing to manage their new ACA responsibilities while trying to decrease their payroll burden costs, please contact me at davidstaffing@gmail.com or visit us at www.StaffingCompSolutions.com

Finally, be sure to ask us about how we can make your staffing company much more efficient and help grow your sales using Work Comp Staffing Solutions’s “hands on” Consulting Services. https://StaffingCompSolutions.com/Work Comp Staffing Solutions-staffing-consulting-services/

All the best
David Schek
President
StaffingCompSolutions.com
American Staffing Association Member
California Staffing Association Member
Exclusive PEO Broker for the United States Staffing Association

Managed Care Providers Are No Cure All for Lowering Workers Compensation Premiums

by David Schek | Jun 24, 2013 | Healthcare Insurance, Professional Employer Organization (PEO), Staffing Company, Workers Comp, Workers' Compensation Insurance

Most staffing companies learned long ago that sending a workers compensation accident victim to the emergency room is probably the most expensive way to deal with the accident. The expenses generated from having an emergency room treat the employee, are bound to be very expensive– even for minor injuries. As a result, over the last 10-15 years, many staffing companies have wisely developed relationships with managed care providers that are located near their offices– believing that this was the best way to control their workers compensation costs.

Like with so many things in business (especially health care related), these relationships need to be managed carefully. This article explains how managed care companies are often over charging for many of their services, and that Third Party Administrators (TPA) that are supposed to be managing the managed care providers for the staffing companies, are not always doing their job properly.

http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/99999999/NEWS080110/399999535?tags=|331|92

This is another reason why working with a Professional Employer Organization (PEO) can help keep your workers compensation costs as low as possible. The PEO has specially trained staff to manage each accident situation, and make sure that the costs for treatment are reasonable- since the PEO is on the hook for these expenses too.

Please feel free to contact me at davidstaffing@gmail.com to discuss how you can start utilizing a PEO partner to better manage your workers compensation costs. Also visit us at www.StaffingCompSolutions.com to find out about our other staffing support services

Work Comp Staffing Solutions Expands Staffing Consulting Services

by David Schek | Jun 17, 2013 | Consulting Services, News, Staffing Company

transforming daily chaos into long-term stability

Work Comp Staffing Solutions has specialized in workers compensation solutions for staffing firms for the last 7 years and is now expanding its services in to management consulting. As a 25 year staffing industry veteran, with 17 years experience operating a 60 office staffing firm, I saw the need for this type of hands on and affordable management consulting in the staffing industry. Most recently I was asked by my PEO clients to help them control costs and operate more efficiently. Many firms these days have been suffering from a variety of operating issues including reduced margins because of increases in workers compensation and SUTA costs and as well as increased competition.

One of our new Work Comp Staffing Solutions Consulting clients is Teramar Staffing Solutions which is a 8M multi state staffing company. Scott Prast the owner of Teramar felt that he needed to improve profitability quickly in order to deal with the higher costs of his 2013 payroll burden. By analyzing the pricing and labor costs related to each client, and developing a business strategy to improve his margins, Work Comp Staffing Solutions has helped Scott increase Teramar’s overall profits– in addition to finding a workers compensation PEO solution. Work Comp Staffing Solutions is also helping Scott improve the efficiency of his sales and marketing programs in order to decrease costs and improve sales productivity.

Here is what Work Comp Staffing Solutions Consulting Services can do for you:

Metrics and planning tools
- Captures revenue, unit labor and margin costs, and fixed expense data at the branch and corporate levels; examine weekly results and quarterly analytics; analyze gaps between results and benchmarks
- Examines loss run and accident data; measure against workers’ compensation costs per client
- Assesses/analyzes sales and marketing costs
- Reviews analytic tools during weekly coaching calls
Customer satisfaction
- Designs targeted surveys
- Develops scripts/supervises contacts with your client base
- Reviews results with owners/staff
- Establishes a feedback loop within the branch
Marketing program
- Ensures that your marketing plan includes the direct sales approach, telemarketing, social media, blogging, LinkedIn groups
- Analyzes your large accounts
- Conducts a detailed cost-benefit analysis of your marketing activities
- Develops metrics for non-large accounts
Revised compensation plans for company and/or temp staff
- Sets manager and recruiting managers’ goals after reviewing model data
- Revises and introduces Incentive compensation if appropriate
- Establishes feedback loop for temp staff
  - Key feedback criteria includes stats on dependability and quality
- Develops core temp plans
- Designs satellite temp plan
Quality improvement
- Implements documented, business-ready system to enhance your service delivery and differentiate you from the competition

To find out more about the Work Comp Staffing Solutions consulting programs and workers compensation solutions, please contact me at davidstaffing@gmail.com and visit our web site at www.StaffingCompSolutions.com

Professional Employer Organization Vensure, Provides Insights To The Staffing Workers Compensation Market

by David Schek | Jun 13, 2013 | News, Professional Employer Organization (PEO), Workers Comp, Workers' Compensation Insurance

About a year ago Advance Payroll Funding President Adam Stern, asked Vensure Professional Employer Organization (PEO) about the workers compensation market. I recently re read that article from 2012, and felt that the information was even more relevant today than a year ago. I would like to share it with you via this link.

http://www.advancepayroll.com/full-story.aspx

The reason it is even more important today is that the workers compensation insurance market for staffing companies has become more difficult to navigate and to secure affordable insurance. There are only a handful of qualified PEO’s still accepting staffing companies as clients; and usually only if they are referred by an experienced PEO broker like Work Comp Staffing Solutions. As of June 1, Work Comp Staffing Solutions has over 45 staffing company clients that generate nearly 50M in annual payroll throughout the country.

Please contact me TODAY at davidstaffing@gmail.com and visit our web site at www.StaffingCompSolutions.com for a free PEO quote.

BOTTOM LINE……WE HAVE THE RIGHT PEO RELATIONSHIPS TO HELP YOUR STAFFING BUSINESS.