Employers often use pre-employment screening services to complete their hiring process. Some employers order personal background checks on prospective new hires. Some companies require candidates to undergo various medical or physical examinations. The law says you cannot require these screenings unless you’ve made a bona fide job offer. But the law does not specify who can or should perform the tests or where screenings should take place.

The hospitality industry is a prime candidate to implement ergonomic solutions. Workers in restaurants and lodging facilities perform many types of jobs. Many of these jobs are very physical. Dishwashers, servers, bartenders and luggage handlers are all at risk of on-the-job injuries.

In our last blog article, we talked about whether your company should offer rehab at work. Now let’s take a closer look at the benefits rehab at work can bring your company and your employees.

In our last blog article, we explored some corporate wellness program ideas. About half of American companies now have wellness programs. But do they really work? Should your company have one?

If you’re a workers’ compensation professional, of course you want to be a hero. Workers’ comp is a key part of your company’s business operations. It affects regulatory compliance, productivity, employee relations, and the bottom line.

As more managed care (MC) organizations seek to fill their excess capacity with workers' compensation claims, it's worth examining their impact on claims costs, particularly as compared to a direct-to-specialist approach. Both approaches sit on fundamentally different foundations.

Medical bills, lost time payments, and permanent injury payments. The costs associated with workers compensation goes far beyond the basic premiums. Reducing the number of claims is in the best interest of the employees and the company.

Prevention is the name of the game when it comes to worker’s compensation. The fact is accidents do happen. The healthier a worker was before the accident the faster they will heal and return to work after.