Laws aimed at reducing skyrocketing workers' compensation costs appear to have another effect: They discourage some workers from filing claims. That's the conclusion of two economists who published a ...

February 15, 2024 - The objective of every workers' compensation system is to provide an injured worker with reasonable and necessary medical care and wage replacement while they recover from an ...

Slip and fall accidents remain one of the most common causes of workplace injuries, particularly during winter months when ice, snow, and ...

Santa Monica’s workers' compensation program saw a significant 29.5% increase in total liabilities during the 2023-24 fiscal year, largely driven by three catastrophic claims that accounted for $7.9 ...

Workers’ compensation stress claims can be, well, stressful. Both the employee who has filed the claim and the employer who must handle it experience frustrations. Also, stress claims (also called ...

For the third consecutive year, both the number and frequency of work injury claims reported by California's public self-insured employers declined last year, even as total paid and incurred workers' ...

A workers' compensation settlement covers several costs incurred when an employee is injured. Learn about the workers' compensation settlement process.

Last year, the Nevada Attorney for Injured Workers (NAIW) agency, which has nine attorneys in Las Vegas, four attorneys in ...

“Workers’ compensation law involves specific procedural rules that can affect eligibility and benefits,” said Brian Mittman, partner at Markhoff & Mittman, P.C. “The firm’s focus is on ensuring that ...

The cost of settling workers’ compensation claims is increasing even as workers are filing less claims. In Fiscal Year 2020-21, workers filed 261 claims with the City, which reflects a 21 percent ...