California Assembly Bill 5 has been enacted into law, establishing a test to clarify if a worker should be classified as an independent contractor or an employee entitled to benefits such...
California Assembly Bill 5 has been enacted into law, establishing a test to clarify if a worker should be classified as an independent contractor or an employee entitled to benefits such...
...and hazard communications in workplaces across the Commonwealth. These standards also require all employees be notified within 24 hours if a coworker tests positive for the virus. Employees who are...
...rideshare companies are misclassifying drivers as independent contractors instead of employees, utilizing the same “ABC” test used in California. The state sent out surveys to drivers over the last year,...
Kratom, a tropical tree native to Southeast Asia whose leaves contain psychoactive (mind-altering) opioid compounds, has seen an increase in popularity within the U.S. over the last several years. A...
...(PHQ-9) – were used to measure for anxiety and depression, and COVID-19 tests were also conducted. Approximately 20% of retail grocery store workers (21 workers) tested positive for COVID-19, a...
...Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) examined 575,000 claims across 27 states, which represented 37-72% of workers’ comp claims in each state, and found that opioid prescribing dropped significantly in comp claims. In...
Lawmakers look to regulate the U.S. drug supply chain in ways that could impact workers’ comp pharmacy management....
Healthesystems paired up with Risk & Insurance magazine to survey more than 500 workers’ comp professionals to weigh in on their top challenges, major trends, program priorities, and program successes for 2019...
The Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine recently published Association of Opioid, Anti-depressant, and Benzodiazepines with Workers’ Compensation: A Cohort Study, which looks at 22,383 indemnity claims from 2008-2013 to evaluate the association...
Millions of workers are changing occupations, leading to ripple effects for comp....
