Companies have devoted considerable resources to reducing injuries and conditions have improved, but not enough. Employers reported 2.8 million injury and illness cases in 2022, a 7.5 percent increase over 2021. There were 5,486 fatal work injuries in 2022—the equivalent of one death every 96 minutes. Here are seven reasons why more effective injury and […]
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On July 2, 2024, federal OSHA released a proposed heat standard that has not yet been published in the Federal Register. In the Spring 2024 Regulatory Agenda, the date for the Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) is listed as 8/00/2024. The proposal will apply to employers conducting outdoor and indoor work in all industries, […]
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Transportation and warehousing At the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s (NCCI) annual symposium, it was reported that “Most industries show consistent and steady declines in claim frequency. However, claim frequency increased in the transportation and warehousing sector from 2019- 2022. The couriers and messengers subsector (local delivery drivers) is driving this increase, caused mostly by […]
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While many employers focus on Workers’ Comp close to the renewal date, this is not the opportune time to control costs. It’s the valuation date, which is the day that the insurance company sends your claim information to the workers comp rating bureau. Although many refer to the date as six months after the policy […]
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At the Institute of WorkComp Professionals (IWCP) we have found that approximately 75 percent of audits have errors that result in overcharges. This figure is even more alarming when you realize that employers are responsible for most mistakes because they do not understand how to keep records properly to ensure that the audit is correct. […]
Social media sites are increasingly used by the public as a source of information for medical issues, legal advice, and employer concerns and work comp is no exception. Redditt is a popular platform that workers turn to for work comp guidance. Cureus, a web-based peer-reviewed open-access general medical journal, recently published, Online Perspectives of Workers […]
There has likely never been a time when workers’ compensation insurance has been less expensive than it is now. For example, in 1994, employers constructing single-family homes in Florida paid a rate of $32.89 per $100 of payroll. In 2023, the rate for that same classification was $11.44 per $100 of payroll. Adjusted for inflation, […]
According to a survey by the Society for Human Resource Management, roughly 79 percent of employers use some form of AI in the recruitment and hiring process. In its AI in the Workplace Survey Report, Littler, an employment and labor law practice, found that the adoption of generative AI technologies, such as ChatGPT, that uses […]
Although compliance with OSHA’s injury and illness recordkeeping and reporting rule always has been challenging, it’s never more critical to get it right. The sweeping changes made to the rule in July 2023 significantly increases the number of establishments affected, dramatically increases employers’ reporting requirements, and gives OSHA unprecedented access to workplace data, fueling employers’ […]
October is fire prevention month and a good opportunity to revisit fire prevention measures throughout your company. This article provides a refresher on OSHA requirements for portable fire extinguishers in general industry. Training requirements OSHA requires all general industry employers to have an emergency action plan and a fire prevention plan that covers how to […]
