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Exploring the Safety Net for Non-Traditional Employees Chriss Swaney

Five Foods to Help Fight Chronic Pain Becky Curtis

NYC Law Dept. Report: Taxpayers Are Footing the Bill for More Work Comp Claims Liz Carey

Study Links Opioids to Workers’ Compensation Liz Carey

CA: Five Charged in Work Comp Referral Scheme Liz Carey

Rousmaniere: The Smart Phone as Curse — and Savior? Peter Rousmaniere

Robots in the Workplace: What Effects Does it Have on Employees, Employers and Work Comp? Kenneth Davis

Workers’ Compensation Auto Accidents Increasing, Study Shows Liz Carey

Neck-Up Thinking Becky Curtis

TX Resources: Can Responsiveness Determine Long-Term Impacts of Disasters? FJ Thomas

TX Study Analyzes Access to Medical Care FJ Thomas

CDC Releases Report on Carpal Tunnel Statistics FJ Thomas

Supervisors Beware David Langham

Risky Business: Pizza Delivery Drivers Liz Carey

4-1-1 on Comp: California First Responder Legislation Bruce Burk

Risky Business: Logging Deemed the Most Dangerous Job of 2018, per the US Bureau of Labor Statistics Liz Carey

4-1-1 on Comp: KY Workers’ Comp Reform Bruce Burk

Human Nature in the News Judge David Langham

9th Circuit Deals Blow to Gig Workers, But Perhaps Not a Huge One Liz Carey

SC: Officers Shot During Search; One Dead, Six Others injured Liz Carey

New Bill Calls for Consistency in Billing Costs for Air Ambulances Liz Carey

Census Report: Three Quarters of Businesses Have No Employees Liz Carey

FL Takes on New PTSD Training Initiative for First Responders FJ Thomas

States Trend Toward Digital Conversion in Work Comp Karen Ridder

Ouch! Former CT FedEx Driver is Awarded $160G in Settlement After Vicious Dog Attack Toni Sutton

Drug Monitoring Back in the News Florida Deputy Chief Judge of Compensation Claims David Langham

Shooting in Baltimore Marks Third US Workplace Shooting in 24 Hours Liz Carey

A TX Telehealth Law Update FJ Thomas

Update: Workers’ Comp Coverage for Firefighters Karen Ridder

Rousmaniere: How Fare Workers Benefit? Peter Rousmaniere

The Hidden Costs of the Gig Economy Liz Carey

Death Toll From Cancer for 9/11 Responders Expected to Outnumber Victims of Attack Liz Carey

CA: Groups Help Female Janitors with Workplace Safety Improvements Liz Carey

Opioids Can Interfere and Complicate David Langham

The Smaller Technology Gets, the Bigger Our Opportunities in Workers’ Comp Bob Wilson (From Bob’s Cluttered Desk)

Familiar Numbers Julius Young

How Movement at Work Can Make a Difference: An Ergonomics Update Phil Yacuboski

NY: Correctional Dept. Work Comp Claims Are on the Rise Toni Sutton

WA: Amazon Responds to Allegations of Poor Working Conditions Liz Carey

CA Company to Offer Work Comp Insurance to the Cannabis Industry Liz Carey

The Search for Ways To Deter Over-Prescription Of Opioids in Work Comp Continues… FJ Thomas

CA Supreme Court Upholds Appeals Court Decision in King v. CompPartners Liz Carey

The CA Supreme Court Speaks Julius Young

4-1-1 on Comp: Update on Independent Contractors Bruce Burk

HI Flood Updates from Honolulu and Hilo Liz Carey

Safe and Sound Week Wrap-Up Phil Yacuboski

A Star in Sports: Emmy-Award Winning Sports Caster Keynotes WCI 2018 Dara Barney

WCI 2018: Why ‘People, Places and Things’ Matter to Work Comp Dara Barney

Taking Off to New Planets: Let’s Talk About Workers’ Recovery at WCI 2018 Dara Barney

Beyond the Cookie Cutter: WCI 2018 Brings a Diversity and Inclusion Panel to ‘Walk the Talk’ Dara Barney

It’s a WCI 2018 Wrap: Taking a Comprehensive Look at What You Missed Dara Barney

Tower MSA Partners’ WCI-TV Segments to Share Advice on Settling Workers’ Compensation Claims

LA Employers Face Fines Following Misclassification Crackdown Liz Carey

Construction Site Risks are On the Rise Chriss Swaney

OH: Agents to Receive New Bulletproof Vests Toni Sutton

Weather Causes Injury, Concerns on Both Coasts Liz Carey

West Coast Fires Continue to Take Toll on Firefighters Liz Carey

FAIA teams up with WCI for agents track Dave Newell

NY: Ruling that Uber Drivers are Employees Could Impact ‘Gig Economy’ Liz Carey

Deadly Degrees: Excessive Heat Is Hazardous to Those That Work Outside Toni Sutton

Bullying: From the Backyard to the Boardroom? Chriss Swaney

WA: More than 40 Workers Test Positive for Radiation after Nuke Site Clean-Up Liz Carey

4-1-1 on Comp: Disability in FL Heart Disease and Hypertension Claims Bruce Burk

Spotlight: ‘Secondary Payer’ Sessions at WCI Michelle Allan of the Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC)

Risky Business: Stunt Doubles Liz Carey

KY: Federal Officials Charge Mine Operators with Violating Safety Legislation Liz Carey

You Don’t Have to Hire the Psychologist, But You Must Understand the Psychology WorkersCompensation.com President and CEO Robert Wilson

Confusion and Disconnects in Medicine David Langham

News at the North Carolina Industrial Commission National Workers Compensation Defense Network (NWCDN)

WorkersCompensation.com Legislative Update: July 2018 Liz Carey

Work Comp Rebates in OH Join Lower Premiums in Other States Liz Carey

Rousmaniere: Faces from 9/11 Peter Rousmaniere

CDC: More than 22M People Are Exposed to Noise Risks at Work Phil Yacuboski

The WCIRB Reports Julius Young

Breakout for Risk Management Steve Rissman, WCI Program Chair

Coming to WCI? Help Kids’ Chance Give Kids the World WorkersCompensation.com President and CEO Bob Wilson (Bob’s Cluttered Desk)

FL Officials Arrest 12 Unlicensed Contractors in Sting Operation Liz Carey

Risky Business: Fireworks Employees at Much Less Risk than Fireworks Consumers Liz Carey

Rousmaniere: Making Sense of the Turmoil Over Immigration Peter Rousmaniere

Alternative Therapies Gain Ground, But Still Have a Long Way to Go Liz Carey

Exploring the Safety Net for Non-Traditional Employees

Chriss Swaney

Five Foods to Help Fight Chronic Pain

Becky Curtis

NYC Law Dept. Report: Taxpayers Are Footing the Bill for More Work Comp Claims

Liz Carey

Study Links Opioids to Workers’ Compensation

Liz Carey

CA: Five Charged in Work Comp Referral Scheme

Liz Carey

Rousmaniere: The Smart Phone as Curse — and Savior?

Peter Rousmaniere

Robots in the Workplace: What Effects Does it Have on Employees, Employers and Work Comp?

Kenneth Davis

Workers’ Compensation Auto Accidents Increasing, Study Shows

Liz Carey

Neck-Up Thinking

Becky Curtis

TX Resources: Can Responsiveness Determine Long-Term Impacts of Disasters?

FJ Thomas

TX Study Analyzes Access to Medical Care

FJ Thomas

CDC Releases Report on Carpal Tunnel Statistics

FJ Thomas

Supervisors Beware

David Langham

Risky Business: Pizza Delivery Drivers

Liz Carey

4-1-1 on Comp: California First Responder Legislation

Bruce Burk

Risky Business: Logging Deemed the Most Dangerous Job of 2018, per the US Bureau of Labor Statistics

Liz Carey

4-1-1 on Comp: KY Workers’ Comp Reform

Bruce Burk

Human Nature in the News

Judge David Langham

9th Circuit Deals Blow to Gig Workers, But Perhaps Not a Huge One

Liz Carey

SC: Officers Shot During Search; One Dead, Six Others injured

Liz Carey

New Bill Calls for Consistency in Billing Costs for Air Ambulances

Liz Carey

Census Report: Three Quarters of Businesses Have No Employees

Liz Carey

FL Takes on New PTSD Training Initiative for First Responders

FJ Thomas

States Trend Toward Digital Conversion in Work Comp

Karen Ridder

Ouch! Former CT FedEx Driver is Awarded $160G in Settlement After Vicious Dog Attack

Toni Sutton

Drug Monitoring Back in the News

Florida Deputy Chief Judge of Compensation Claims David Langham

Shooting in Baltimore Marks Third US Workplace Shooting in 24 Hours

Liz Carey

A TX Telehealth Law Update

FJ Thomas

Update: Workers’ Comp Coverage for Firefighters

Karen Ridder

Rousmaniere: How Fare Workers Benefit?

Peter Rousmaniere

The Hidden Costs of the Gig Economy

Liz Carey

Death Toll From Cancer for 9/11 Responders Expected to Outnumber Victims of Attack

Liz Carey

CA: Groups Help Female Janitors with Workplace Safety Improvements

Liz Carey

Opioids Can Interfere and Complicate

David Langham

The Smaller Technology Gets, the Bigger Our Opportunities in Workers’ Comp

Bob Wilson (From Bob’s Cluttered Desk)

Familiar Numbers

Julius Young

How Movement at Work Can Make a Difference: An Ergonomics Update

Phil Yacuboski

NY: Correctional Dept. Work Comp Claims Are on the Rise

Toni Sutton

WA: Amazon Responds to Allegations of Poor Working Conditions

Liz Carey

CA Company to Offer Work Comp Insurance to the Cannabis Industry

Liz Carey

The Search for Ways To Deter Over-Prescription Of Opioids in Work Comp Continues…

FJ Thomas

CA Supreme Court Upholds Appeals Court Decision in King v. CompPartners

Liz Carey

The CA Supreme Court Speaks

Julius Young

4-1-1 on Comp: Update on Independent Contractors

Bruce Burk

HI Flood Updates from Honolulu and Hilo

Liz Carey

Safe and Sound Week Wrap-Up

Phil Yacuboski

A Star in Sports: Emmy-Award Winning Sports Caster Keynotes WCI 2018

Dara Barney

WCI 2018: Why ‘People, Places and Things’ Matter to Work Comp

Dara Barney

Taking Off to New Planets: Let’s Talk About Workers’ Recovery at WCI 2018

Dara Barney

Beyond the Cookie Cutter: WCI 2018 Brings a Diversity and Inclusion Panel to ‘Walk the Talk’

Dara Barney

It’s a WCI 2018 Wrap: Taking a Comprehensive Look at What You Missed

Dara Barney

LA Employers Face Fines Following Misclassification Crackdown

Liz Carey

Construction Site Risks are On the Rise

Chriss Swaney

OH: Agents to Receive New Bulletproof Vests

Toni Sutton

Weather Causes Injury, Concerns on Both Coasts

Liz Carey

West Coast Fires Continue to Take Toll on Firefighters

Liz Carey

FAIA teams up with WCI for agents track

Dave Newell

NY: Ruling that Uber Drivers are Employees Could Impact ‘Gig Economy’

Liz Carey

Deadly Degrees: Excessive Heat Is Hazardous to Those That Work Outside

Toni Sutton

Bullying: From the Backyard to the Boardroom?

Chriss Swaney

WA: More than 40 Workers Test Positive for Radiation after Nuke Site Clean-Up

Liz Carey

4-1-1 on Comp: Disability in FL Heart Disease and Hypertension Claims

Bruce Burk

Spotlight: ‘Secondary Payer’ Sessions at WCI

Michelle Allan of the Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC)

Risky Business: Stunt Doubles

Liz Carey

KY: Federal Officials Charge Mine Operators with Violating Safety Legislation

Liz Carey

You Don’t Have to Hire the Psychologist, But You Must Understand the Psychology

WorkersCompensation.com President and CEO Robert Wilson

Confusion and Disconnects in Medicine

David Langham

News at the North Carolina Industrial Commission

National Workers Compensation Defense Network (NWCDN)

WorkersCompensation.com Legislative Update: July 2018

Liz Carey

Work Comp Rebates in OH Join Lower Premiums in Other States

Liz Carey

Rousmaniere: Faces from 9/11

Peter Rousmaniere

CDC: More than 22M People Are Exposed to Noise Risks at Work

Phil Yacuboski

The WCIRB Reports

Julius Young

Breakout for Risk Management

Steve Rissman, WCI Program Chair

Coming to WCI? Help Kids’ Chance Give Kids the World

WorkersCompensation.com President and CEO Bob Wilson (Bob’s Cluttered Desk)

FL Officials Arrest 12 Unlicensed Contractors in Sting Operation

Liz Carey

Risky Business: Fireworks Employees at Much Less Risk than Fireworks Consumers

Liz Carey

Rousmaniere: Making Sense of the Turmoil Over Immigration

Peter Rousmaniere

Alternative Therapies Gain Ground, But Still Have a Long Way to Go

Liz Carey

Industry Keynote Panel

Steve Rissman, WCI Program Chair