The number of injured workers returning to work in California increased 5.4 percent in the first half of 2005, following 2004’s workers’ comp reforms. Workers with elbow injuries had the highest return-to-work rates, while those with psychiatric or multiple injuries were far less likely to rejoin the workforce over a 12-month period. The new figures …
Overhaul Aids Return-to-Work: Study Moderately injured workers return to work faster since the 2004 overhaul of California’s workers’ compensation insurance system, according to a new state study dealing with a …
Washington Groups Eye Possible Vocational Rehab Changes Providers of vocational rehabilitation services to injured workers are watching developments that could change the way they do business and boost worker retraining …
Salt Lake Must Pay Off-Duty Officer The Utah Supreme Court rules that Salt Lake City must pay workers’ compensation to an off-duty police officer who was injured in a car …
Injured Worker Describes His Ordeal In his anguished letter to the editor, a Vacaville man living in the bureaucratic hell of the California workers’ compensation system says he is an …
SAN FRANCISCO – Thanks to its subjective approach to psychological injuries, a scale implemented in 2005 that measures an injured worker’s mental ability to work is boosting benefits payments. David Freeman, clinical director for Comprehensive Psychological Services, a firm that does Qualified Medical Evaluator reports for psychiatric cases, says it is a liberal scale. California’s …
Mold Claim Not Barred by Workers’ Comp Exclusivity An injured worker can go forward with a lawsuit alleging that Costco Wholesale Corp. fraudulently concealed information about the presence of toxic …
Injured Illegal Aliens Frequently Exploited and Taxpayers Pay for It Thousands of illegal workers like Jose Hernandez, who lost his leg when he was slashed by a helicopter rotor blade …