The article reports on the announcement made by the Washington Department of Labor and Industries regarding the 12 percent average increase in compensation insurance premiums of employees.EBSCO_AspSafety & Health
Penalties for failing to carry workers’ comp insurance policies can be severe. In general, business owners who are neglectful in this manner can be held liable for the medical expenses incurred by the worker in their employ. Nonetheless, many businesses engage in what is known as “premium fra...
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Workers’ Compensation Insurance is required by law in almost every state. Workers’ comp laws are designed to ensure that employers pay for some part of the cost of injuries—or in some cases, of occupational diseases or even death—received by employees in the course of their work. To lear...
insurance carriers did not have to payout as much for workers compensaiton claims. This allows the insurance carriers offering workers comp coverage in the state of Missouri to pass on some of the savings on to the business community in the form of lower workers compensation insurance rates in...
Workers' Compensation, also know as workers' comp, work comp, workmans' comp and workmens' comp, is a state-mandated insurance program provided by your employer. Nearly every company with at least two employees must have workers' compensation insurance. Workers' comp insurance provides benefits ...
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The four monopolistic states are Ohio, Wyoming, Washington, and North Dakota. They are called monopolistic states because they bar the sale ofworkers compensation insuranceby private insurers. In these states, employers must buy workers comp insurance from an insurance fund operated by the state. Ne...
Washington State Passes Lump-Sum Workers’ Comp Bill How Attorneys in Washington and Other States Should Prepare Their Clients and Themselves for Lump-Sum Settlements Last month, Washington state governor Jay Inslee signed a bill into law that will allow injured workers to receive Workers’ Compensati...
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