As a human resources professional, you play an important role in detecting potential fraudulent workers' compensation claims. By simply being on the lookout for specific red flags indicating possible fraudulent claims, you can save your company thousands of dollars.
Workers' compensation administration is one of the daily challenges crossing the HR desk, so an understanding of its highly complex, sometimes-esoteric workings is an essential part of the HR toolkit. In a recent webinar, Dr. Richard Victor, executive director of the Workers' Compensation Research Institute explained how workers' compensation works--and highlighted some telling differences among states in terms of comp related costs and state system successes.
Doug McCoy, a recognized expert in workers' compensation and the author of several manuals providing practical advice for employers, offers his five steps for controlling workers' comp costs.
Although they do not account for a large percentage of workplace claims, workplace stress claims are the fastest growing type of workers' compensation claim today. And emotional stress may be among employers’ largest hidden costs.
A federal appeals court ruling in the case of Seman v. FMC Corporation Retirement Plan provides two big lessons, among them: Always follow all of a plan’s claims procedures.
Insurance rates are rising dramatically in all areas of coverage, and workers’
compensation is no exception. But you and your
company don’t have to stand idly by, watching it happen.
Trying to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the workers’
compensation system at the same time can give employers a headache, to say the
least.
An overwhelming majority of Americans agree that inadequate sleep impairs their work performance and puts them at increased risk for accidents, injuries, and health problems.
Ellen comes into your office and sinks down on the chair in front of your desk. "I’ve had it," she tells you. "I’m under so much stress that it’s making me
ill."
Overexertion, falls and being struck by an object are among the leading causes of workplace accidents, according to a newly-released workplace safety index.
