Finally, the relationship between your agent and your Human Resources Department is the key in making sure you are not hiring a walking, talking Work Comp claim. Here’s why:

5. Is your agent working closely with your Human Resources Department? Agents who build a positive relationship with HR personnel are doing everyone a favor. In today’s economy, most HR departments are under staffed, and may accidentally hire what is known as a “Workers’ Compensation claim,” someone who has a track record at other jobs of filing claims, particularly those of the “soft tissue” variety.

Agents can be helpful by sharing their pre-employment experience in medical and drug screening, background checks, and knowing not only what to ask in the interview process, but how to ask it, based on the physical requirement of a position. How not to assume that a 6-foot, 240-pound man can easily lift 50-pound boxes off a truck, when a simple medical test may show that there’s a past history of back trouble that limits lifting to only 20-pound boxes. And their knowledge of how to withdraw a job offer may be very helpful to you.

Use the Workers’ Compensation skills your agent has been instilled with, and chances are you will reap the rewards.

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