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New Year Sees Workers’ Compensation Rates Drop in FL – Again Liz Carey

More States Move To Cover PTSD For First Responders Liz Carey

Corrections Officer Suspected of Worker’s Compensation Fraud Toni Sutton

WCRI finds opioid dispensing more prevalent in rural areas; small businesses Liz Carey

Could (Would) I Write you a Recommendation Letter? Judge David Langham

Rousmaniere: A WCRI for our times Peter Rousmaniere

Injured Food Service Workers Out on Average 30 Days, Report Says Liz Carey

Governor Hutchinson Appoints Scott Willhite to the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission Staff Report

Trucking Deaths Up for 2017, Expert Blames Truckers Liz Carey

New York Governor Vetoes Paid Family Leave Revision to Workers’ Comp Staff Report

Encouragement for Pain Sufferers Becky Curtis

MD: Cafeteria Worker Attacked by Students at East Baltimore High School Toni Sutton

4-1-1 on Comp: Update on Work Comp Attorneys’ Fees in FL Bruce Burk

Rousmaniere: How PTSD Laws are Changing Peter Rousmaniere

4-1-1 on Comp: Private Firefighters in CA Bruce Burk

Raging Retail? Recent Report Ranks States by Risk of Violence from Black Friday FJ Thomas

TN Experiences Ongoing Drug Shortages FJ Thomas

‘Deep Fakes’ and What It Could Potentially Mean for Work Comp FJ Thomas

Five Tips for Getting Through the Holidays with Chronic Pain Becky Curtis

4-1-1 on Comp Defenses: Major Contributing Cause vs. Exacerbation of Pre-Existing Condition and Return to Baseline Bruce Burk

OH Initiates Program to Help Recovering Addicts Return to the Workplace Kenneth Davis

NY: Unbridled Workers’ Compensation Rates Slow Thoroughbred Racing Industry Chriss Swaney

4-1-1 on Comp: Poll Workers and Work Comp Claims Bruce Burk

An Update on Work Comp Rates for Employers FJ Thomas

OH Court Awards Work Comp Benefits to Data Entry Clerk Toni Sutton

Resilience Defined Mark Pew

TX Dept. of Insurance Study: High Percentage Of Injured Workers Have Previous Claims FJ Thomas

4-1-1 on Comp: Traumatic Brain Injuries Bruce Burk

4-1-1 on Comp: CT Man Charged with Work Comp Fraud Bruce Burk

Rousmaniere: Time to Rebalance Workers’ Comp Peter Rousmaniere

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

New Year Sees Workers’ Compensation Rates Drop in FL – Again

Liz Carey

More States Move To Cover PTSD For First Responders

Liz Carey

Corrections Officer Suspected of Worker’s Compensation Fraud

Toni Sutton

WCRI finds opioid dispensing more prevalent in rural areas; small businesses

Liz Carey

Could (Would) I Write you a Recommendation Letter?

Judge David Langham

Rousmaniere: A WCRI for our times

Peter Rousmaniere

Injured Food Service Workers Out on Average 30 Days, Report Says

Liz Carey

Governor Hutchinson Appoints Scott Willhite to the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission

Staff Report

Trucking Deaths Up for 2017, Expert Blames Truckers

Liz Carey

New York Governor Vetoes Paid Family Leave Revision to Workers’ Comp

Staff Report

Encouragement for Pain Sufferers

Becky Curtis

MD: Cafeteria Worker Attacked by Students at East Baltimore High School

Toni Sutton

4-1-1 on Comp: Update on Work Comp Attorneys’ Fees in FL

Bruce Burk

Rousmaniere: How PTSD Laws are Changing

Peter Rousmaniere

4-1-1 on Comp: Private Firefighters in CA

Bruce Burk

Raging Retail? Recent Report Ranks States by Risk of Violence from Black Friday

FJ Thomas

TN Experiences Ongoing Drug Shortages

FJ Thomas

‘Deep Fakes’ and What It Could Potentially Mean for Work Comp

FJ Thomas

Five Tips for Getting Through the Holidays with Chronic Pain

Becky Curtis

4-1-1 on Comp Defenses: Major Contributing Cause vs. Exacerbation of Pre-Existing Condition and Return to Baseline

Bruce Burk

OH Initiates Program to Help Recovering Addicts Return to the Workplace

Kenneth Davis

NY: Unbridled Workers’ Compensation Rates Slow Thoroughbred Racing Industry

Chriss Swaney

4-1-1 on Comp: Poll Workers and Work Comp Claims

Bruce Burk

An Update on Work Comp Rates for Employers

FJ Thomas

OH Court Awards Work Comp Benefits to Data Entry Clerk

Toni Sutton

Resilience Defined

Mark Pew

TX Dept. of Insurance Study: High Percentage Of Injured Workers Have Previous Claims

FJ Thomas

4-1-1 on Comp: Traumatic Brain Injuries

Bruce Burk

4-1-1 on Comp: CT Man Charged with Work Comp Fraud

Bruce Burk

Rousmaniere: Time to Rebalance Workers’ Comp

Peter Rousmaniere

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