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20 CEOs who make a typical worker's yearly pay in less than a day
Business Insider ranked dozens of companies in the S&P 500 based on how long it would take their CEO to make what a typical ...
After 10 years and $31M, WA workers’ comp upgrade has little to show
An effort to modernize Washington's aging workers' compensation system that has produced few results is getting renewed ...
Courthouse News Service5d
Workers’ comp upheld for Covid-19
A utility worker who contracted Covid-19 in February 2021 while on the job is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. The ...
Insurance Business America11d
Mental health is the next frontier for workers’ compensation
“The next evolution of workers’ compensation is around mental health,” Walls says. He believes this broad and largely ...
Josh Kraft campaign lacked workers’ compensation insurance, in apparent violation of state law
Under state law, “all employers in Massachusetts must have workers’ compensation insurance to cover their employees.” Online ...
Opinion
Research Paper Confirms Attorneys' Positive Impact on Clients’ Workers’ Comp Benefits, But Also a Need to Do More
A recently published National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, titled “Unresolved Conflict in Workers’ Compensation: The Impact of Legal Representation on Workers’ Compensation Benefits,” ...
Workers’ Comp Executive12d
Workers’ Comp Cannabis Amnesty Bill
Why is a legislator proposing an amnesty program for certain workers' comp scofflaws? How would it work, and who would be covered?
WHYY13d
Pennsylvania is recruiting bilingual workers with a pay incentive pilot program
The pilot program will focus on recruiting workers to help connect residents to employment services and unemployment compensation benefits and services. A relationship between the commonwealth and ...