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Hartford VT School District
Benefits From an Active Injury Management Program
In 1978, when Vermont’s Town of Hartford School District hired
him straight out of the University of Vermont Teacher Corps to become
the Director of Pupil Personnel and Special Education, John OHaus
didn’t foresee himself ending up as the Assistant Superintendent,
responsible for just about everything in the system, including workers’
compensation. But that’s what happened. [more]
Contractor Law Update Vexes
Firms
In this article, Worcester Sunday Telegram Business Editor Andi
Esposito examines the difficulties facing employers in the wake
of a recent update in Massachusetts law regarding independent contractors.
Lynch Ryan's Jon Coppelman comments on the problem that the law
creates for contractors and other employers in terms of responsbility
for workers compensation coverage. [more]
Are
You a Good Risk?
Organizations must present an attractive risk to underwriters or
run the risk of being forced into assigned-risk pools. In this article,
(The Journal of Workers Compensation, Fall 2004) Jon Coppelman
presents an overview of the conventional under-writing process and
its various components, including a discussion of the limitations
of the proc-ess. He suggests a variety specific situations - organizational
expansions, the aging of the work force, and downsizing - where
the paper process may fall short, and offers guidelines for defining
a "good risk." [more]
Good
Grief! Does Our Future Lie in California?
This article by Thomas Lynch (The Journal of Workers Compensation,
Winter 2004) examines the pre-reform California workers compensation
dilemma. It presents an overview of the historic underpinnings of
the workers compensation system, identifies some of the forces that
led to system breakdown, and suggests that the answer to the problems
- for employers in California and elsewhere - lies not in the legislatures
or the courts but in the workplace. [more]
Best
Practices for Workers Compensation
Learn new tips, tools, and practices that will help you to manage
your workers compensation program. We’ve compiled some of
the most important topics from the archive of our weblog, the Workers
Comp Insider. Topics range from performance measurement to prevention
– we add new features monthly. [more]
Down
The Rabbit Hole
Attorney General Tom Reilly has parachuted himself and his office
smack-dab into the middle of the Massachusetts workers' compensation
rate filing debate. In doing so, he threatens to pull the entire
system headfirst down the rabbit hole, right behind Alice and the
March Hare.[more]
Where
the Rubber Meets the Road: Risk Management for Employees Who Drive
When employers hire drivers, they routinely check driving records.
That's just common sense. But when the same employers hire craftsmen,
salesmen, technicians, attorneys, accountants, and others who have
to drive to carry out their jobs, the screening focuses exclusively
on the technical skills needed to perform the work.[more]
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