Quote of the day
"It's a true-up process."
Greg Burton, president and chief executive officer of West Virginia's BrickStreet Mutual, about the workers' comp insurer's plan to audit all 38,000 of the state's employers this year
Sen. Ashburn to Host Workers’ Comp Workshop
In conjunction with the Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce, California State Sen. Roy Ashburn is hosting a workers’ compensation workshop August 10-11 that will address how employers can look after their bottom lines and how the legislature is reforming the workers’ comp system. One Bakersfield Online
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BrickStreet: We Will Audit Every West Virginia Employer
BrickStreet Mutual Insurance announces its ambitious plan to audit all of West Virginia’s 38,000 employers this year to verify that payrolls were as reported and job classifications were accurate. That works out to an unprecedented 200 or so audits a day, mostly by mail and phone. By George Hohman, Charleston Daily Mail
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Yellow Tags Confuse Some Charleston Businesses
The yellow notices West Virginia Insurance Commission agents started posting on doors of 147 Charleston-area businesses last week that are delinquent in their workers’ compensation insurance premium payments are confusing some recipients who are either out of business or who never conducted business in the first place. By Justin Anderson, Charleston Daily Mail
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New York Town Considers Private Insurance Vendors
Town officials in Chautauqua, N.Y. are looking to opt out of the county workers’ compensation plan in favor of a private vendor, but some legislators complain that the town will take its share of Chautauqua County’s sales tax payment but leave other municipalities paying for workers’ comp. By Dennis Phillips, Post-Journal (Jamestown, N.Y.)
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Ex-Wife Fine with Comp Payout to Cheating Teacher
In Australia, the former wife of a teacher who had an affair with a 15-year-old schoolgirl says her ex-husband deserves even more than he got in a massive workers’ compensation payout last week because his reputation was “trashed” by the New South Wales Education Department’s investigation into the teacher-student relationship. By Caroline Marcus and AAP, Sydney Morning Herald
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Claim Process Means Big Decisions for Injured Worker: Attorney
A North Carolina attorney discusses the most important decision points for both sides in a workers’ compensation dispute, including whether a job-related injury actually occurred and who directs the employee’s health care during the course of a claim. By Mike Wells, Winston Salem-Journal
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LWCC Provides Heat Stress Prevention Tips
Louisiana knows from hot, sticky summer heat. Here are few simple guidelines, courtesy of the Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp., that workers in extreme heat should know in order to avoid heat-related injuries or death. Shreveport Times
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Data on Workers’ Comp Claimants Stolen, Sold Online
In Wisconsin, personal information on 72 worker’s compensation claimants is stolen from Sentry Insurance and sold online. The data includes names and Social Security numbers but not medical records, according to the company. Baltimore Sun [Third Item] Go to the Full Story…