Quote of the day
"It seems like every time I go to a finance committee meeting, there's a [workers'] compensation claim on the agenda. I just sit there and say, 'This doesn't make any sense.' It's ludicrous."
Springfield, Ill., Ald. Gail Simpson
Land of Lincoln Capital to Pay Workers for Staying Uninjured
Hoping to cut workers’ compensation claims, the city of Springfield, Ill., approves a collective bargaining agreement that will pay employees for not getting hurt. One city official says that some city employees are “working the system,” which pays them for injuries that are not serious enough to keep them from returning to their jobs at full pay. By Bruce Rushton, State Journal-Register
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Opinion: Sooner State’s Broken System
Why should working Oklahomans have to pay attorneys 200 percent more when there is no dispute between the employer and employee about how the injury occurred? More importantly, why would an organization supposedly advocating the interests of working Oklahomans lobby for workers to receive less? By Scott Pruitt, Oklahoman
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Appeal System the Subject of Mountain State Workshops
The West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Office of Judges schedules a series of half-day workshops around the state to explain the appeal system to workers’ comp lawyers, third-party administrators and the public. By George Hohmann, Charleston Daily Mail
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China’s Major Polluters Will Need Health License
China’s major polluting industries will have to take steps to guarantee employees’ health if they want to continue operating, a senior work safety official declares. To obtain special health licenses, firms will have to take a number of measures, such as cutting the amount of harmful dust inhaled by employees. By Wu Jiao, China Daily
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Former Alberta WCB Case Manager Admits Fraud
A former case manager with the Alberta Workers’ Compensation Board admits defrauding her employer of about $750,000 USD and accepting more than $110,000 USD in illegal payments from an injured worker who was getting extra WCB money as a result of her doctoring his claim. By Tony Blais, Edmonton Sun
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WCB: More Young Workers Hurt in August in Nova Scotia
While August is usually a time of vacation, travel and leisure, it is also the month in which more young workers in Nova Scotia are hurt on the job, Workers’ Compensation Board figures show. By Sherri Borden Colley, Halifax Chronicle Herald
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N.S. Union: Automatic Claims for Some Asbestos Exposures
Marine Atlantic workers who have tested positive for asbestos contact recently will be able to file an automatic workers’ compensation claim, according to a local union rep. The asbestos issue surfaced late last year when asbestos was found in some areas of a 30-year-old freighter. By Tom Peters, Halifax Chronicle Herald
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