The quantitative and qualitative benefits of preventing workplace injuries are clear. Healthier, more productive employees. Lower costs, lower WC utilization.
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The grand bargain of workers' compensation is clear. Employees receive fast, reliable access to medical care for workplace injuries in exchange for not suing their employers. As with any bargain, there's needs to be a little good faith on both sides. Thus the short answer to whether employees can be held accountable for injuries resulting from their own unsafe behavior is "sometimes."
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According to The National Safety Council, 20% of work-related musculoskeletal injuries turn into extended disabilities. For employers, this is costly and frustrating. The challenge of injured workers suffering from chronic lower back pain is not new. Finding ways to help them manage their pain can bring relief to both of you.
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As a workers’ comp professional, your natural inclination is to protect your company’s assets by fighting back every time an employee files a claim. After all, these claims can be terribly expensive. But a rigid policy that requires you to refute every workers’ compensation claim does not make good business sense. Some claims are clearly valid, so why would you waste time and money fighting them?
Some aspects of hiring are inherently subjective. In spite of that, HR pros strive to make the best decisions given the information available. We all want to avoid hiring mistakes. None of us want high turnover or injury rates. So we turn to tools and procedures that can help reduce risk. One option is Post Offer Employment Testing – but how effective are they really?
These days the thought of workplace violence conjures up images of shootings or stabbings – multiple life-threatening injuries or even deaths. And, in fact, the U.S. Department of Labor tells us homicide is the fourth leading cause of fatal occupational injuries in this country. Nonetheless, workplace violence comes in many forms, from bullying and harassment to physical and sexual assault.
As an HR professional, you do everything you can to hire the best possible people. You want to help your company grow and thrive. You also want to protect it and its employees. That’s why it’s so frustrating when new hires injure themselves on the job, or quit because the job turned out to be more physically demanding than they expected.
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Physical Therapy Treatment Programs
We appreciate how stressful managing worker’s compensation (WC) injuries can be for a hotel. While you’re concerned for your worker, you’re also worried about the impact his/her injury will have on the hotel’s ability to service its clientele. Here are questions you want to ask throughout the WC process and physical therapy treatments that your injured workers are receiving. The information you gather will put you back in control, and help get your injured workers back on the job with minimal chance of reinjury.
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