Natural disasters, such as hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and wildfires, are increasing the scrutiny businesses face over their disaster preparedness, response strategies, and liability for injuries and deaths of workers. While the laws vary by state as to whether natural disaster-related...

Back in early July, OSHA released an unofficial version of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for a federal Indoor and Outdoor Heat Illness Prevention Rule. After an unusually long delay, apparently related to the rule’s length and formatting of numerous tables and...

Companies have devoted considerable resources to reducing injuries and conditions have improved, but not enough. Employers reported 2.8 million injury and illness cases in 2022, a 7.5 percent increase over 2021. There were 5,486 fatal work injuries in 2022—the equivalent...

On July 2, 2024, federal OSHA released a proposed heat standard  that has not yet been published in the Federal Register. In the Spring 2024 Regulatory Agenda, the date for the Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) is listed as...

Transportation and warehousing At the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s (NCCI) annual symposium, it was reported that “Most industries show consistent and steady declines in claim frequency. However, claim frequency increased in the transportation and warehousing sector from 2019- 2022....

While many employers focus on Workers' Comp close to the renewal date, this is not the opportune time to control costs. It’s the valuation date, which is the day that the insurance company sends your claim information to the workers...

At the Institute of WorkComp Professionals (IWCP) we have found that approximately 75 percent of audits have errors that result in overcharges. This figure is even more alarming when you realize that employers are responsible for most mistakes because they...

Social media sites are increasingly used by the public as a source of information for medical issues, legal advice, and employer concerns and work comp is no exception. Redditt is a popular platform that workers turn to for work comp...

There has likely never been a time when workers’ compensation insurance has been less expensive than it is now. For example, in 1994, employers constructing single-family homes in Florida paid a rate of $32.89 per $100 of payroll. In 2023,...

According to a survey by the Society for Human Resource Management, roughly 79 percent of employers use some form of AI in the recruitment and hiring process. In its AI in the Workplace Survey Report, Littler, an employment and labor...